Credibility to Return to CBS in March 2005
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004CBS News Anchor Dan Rather will leave the anchor post on March 9, 2005, CBS News reported today.
Dan Rather announced Tuesday that he will step down as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News in March, 24 years after his first broadcast in that position.
Rather will continue to work full-time at CBS News as a correspondent for both editions of 60 Minutes, as well as on other assignments for the news division. His last broadcast as anchor will be March 9, the 24th anniversary of when he assumed the position from Walter Cronkite.
CBS made no mention of a potential successor.
Rather, 73, has come under fire for his 60 Minutes report on President Bush’s service in the National Guard during the Vietnam War. The report relied on documents that cast Mr. Bush’s service in a negative light. Critics charged that the documents were forgeries, and CBS News was unable to vouch for their authenticity. An independent commission is now investigating the matter.
As I, as well as other bloggers remember it, the investigation into RatherGate was supposed to “take weeks, not months.” Seeing as how it has now taken two months without any end in site, you have to wonder what information is being found and whether or not it determined Dan’s fate. Of course, we won’t here about it from the MSM, as this would be tantamount to admitting that the whole story was fabricated to help Kerry win the election.
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November 24th, 2004 at 3:26 pm
Anyone check the font on the resignation letter?