No, it was the hurricane coverage. At the time he was the news director for a Houston TV station and he decided that he would give live reports to viewers as the storm hit. In many ways, Rather's idea began news operations obsession with local weather as it proved very successful at attracting viewers.
Dan's move attracted the attention of CBS News and they hired him to work for them.
Even better. Another "urban legend" destroyed!
Oh ok .. I hadn't heard about a hurricane coverage
Thanks for the info