| − | '''Dan Rather''' (b. October 31, 1931) was the anchor of the [[CBS]] Evening News for twenty-four years, until his retirement in March 2005. He also contributed to the show "60 Minutes". Rather covered many important events during his twenty-four years, and was known for his coverage of [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] in the [[Watergate Affair]] and of the [[Soviet]] invasion of [[Afghanistan]]. He has been accused of having a [[liberal]] bias, and retired suddenly under a cloud after the scandal known as "Rathergate" was exposed. | + | '''Dan Rather''' (b. October 31, 1931) was the anchor of the [[CBS]] Evening News for twenty-four years, until his retirement in March 2005. He also contributed to the show "60 Minutes". Rather covered many important events during his twenty-four years, and was known for his coverage of [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] in the [[Watergate Affair]] and of the [[Soviet]] invasion of [[Afghanistan]]. He has been accused of having a [[liberal]] bias, and retired suddenly under a cloud after the scandal known as "Rathergate" was exposed. In September 2007, Rather sued CBS News for $70,000 million, claiming that they gave him insufficient airtime on [[60 Minutes]] after forcing him to step down as anchor of the [[CBS Evening News]] in March 2005.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/20/business/media/19cnd-rather.html?hp</ref> |