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caught using forged documents in a smear attempt
'''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 smear attempt against President [[George W. Bush]]'s was exposed by bloggers as being based on a forged documents.
He retired under pressure in March 2005.
==Other career highlights==
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.
==Rathergate==
==Rathergate==