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  • Dan Rather's book tells how his career ended

    Rather , 80, anchor of "The CBS Evening News" from 1981 to 2005, currently is anchor and editor of " Dan Rather Reports" on HDNet . He's got a new book out -- "Rather Outspoken: My Life in the News" (Grand Central)" -- which is in part a blunt accounting of   Read more »

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Daniel Irvin "Dan" Rather, Jr. (born October 31, 1931) is a journalist and former news anchor for the CBS Evening News and is now managing editor and anchor of a television news magazine, Dan Rather Reports, on the cable channel HDNet. Rather was anchor of the CBS Evening News for 24 years, from March 9, 1981 to March 9, 2005. He also contributed to CBS' 60 Minutes. Rather left CBS Evening News in 2005 and the network itself in 2006.

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