{"id":2234743,"date":"2024-05-01T16:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disgraced-anchor-returns-to-cbs-18-years-after-bitter-exit\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T16:13:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:13:57","slug":"disgraced-anchor-returns-to-cbs-18-years-after-bitter-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disgraced-anchor-returns-to-cbs-18-years-after-bitter-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Anchor Rejoins CBS After 18-Year Hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisgraced-anchor-returns-to-cbs-18-years-after-bitter-exit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2234743&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>At 92, Dan Rather, former CBS anchor, returned to CBS after \u200d18 years for an interview on &#8220;CBS \u200cSunday \u200bMorning.&#8221; \u2063The interview was his first appearance since his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-is-back-on-a-new-platform\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson returns on a new platform.\">controversial departure<\/a> in 2005. Rather reflected on journalism today and faced criticism for his\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reality-tv-can-serve-a-purpose-but-last-week-it-failed\/\" title=\"Reality TV Can Serve A Purpose, But Last Week, It Failed\">past actions<\/a>,\u2062 sparking debates about journalism ethics and truth in media. At 92, former \u2062CBS anchor Dan Rather made a comeback to CBS after 18 years for an interview\u200b on &#8220;CBS Sunday \u2064Morning.&#8221; \u200bThis marked his first appearance since his contentious exit in 2005. Reflecting\u200d on modern journalism, Rather&#8217;s past actions stirred critiques, igniting discussions on journalism \u2064ethics and truth in media.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 1, 2024 at 12:37pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>At the age of 92, former CBS anchor Dan Rather made his first appearance on CBS since leaving the network 18 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Rather was interviewed on \u201cCBS Sunday Morning\u201d in the lead-up to a Netflix documentary about him, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/dan-rather-cbs-news-18-year-absence-3e95b5b111f4fff7ac3c39c138bce26e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The interview was the first time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dan-rather-runs-smack-james-woods-collusion-exchange-priceless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rather<\/a> had appeared on CBS since he signed off in 2005 amid an uproar over Rather\u2019s 2004 report questioning the service record of former President George W. Bush.<\/p>\n<p>Rather\u2019s report claimed that Bush was able to avoid service in Vietnam by being accepted in the National Guard. The documents upon which he based his report were discredited, leading Rather to be taken off the air by CBS in 2005, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/dan-rather-cbs-return-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wrap<\/a>. He left the network in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout apology or explanation, I miss CBS. I\u2019ve missed it since the day I left there,\u201d Rather said during his Sunday interview, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/dan-rather-at-92-on-a-life-in-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Almost 20 years since Dan Rather, 92, left \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d after 44 years, of covering wars, politics, and JFK\u2019s assassination, he talks with former mentee Lee Cowan. Rather discusses his career, including controversial moments, and his post-CBS years. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gpJppsaU9P\">https:\/\/t.co\/gpJppsaU9P<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o8i1dqGawN\">pic.twitter.com\/o8i1dqGawN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS Sunday Morning \ud83c\udf1e (@CBSSunday) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSSunday\/status\/1784585574965215430?\">April 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During his interview, Rather gave his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftist-group-attacks-bad-journalism-using-dan-rather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stamp of approval<\/a> to the current state of journalism.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Are journalists better today than 20 years ago?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe people who are practicing journalism today are so much better than those of us who came up at another time. They\u2019re better educated. They\u2019re more knowledgeable about the world. They wanna do the right thing; they\u2019re doing the best they can,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/30\/opinion\/how-the-dan-rather-scandal-wrecked-journalism-forever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> editorial said Rather gives modern journalists his stamp of approval because they, like him, bend the truth to their preconceptions, writing \u201cseems like the world\u2019s come around to his views now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post editorial said that for Rather, \u201cFacts were and are irrelevant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember, he stuck by the fake story for years and tried to make himself out as a victim of a sinister plot at CBS, when in fact he suffered only thanks to his own partisan rage and midwit hubris,\u201d the Post wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Post said Rather \u201cended up writing the law our stenographer class lives by today. That being: Journalism exists to help Democrats, period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post offered examples that included \u201ctrying to suffocate bad stories about Hunter Biden (including his 100 percent real laptop) to fend off the political harm they might do his dad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post also faulted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-tucker-carlson-message-leftist-media-bobby-kennedy-winning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> for \u201cgreasing the path for the Biden administration to lie about inflation or the border crisis\u201d and \u201cgoing to bat for the Chinese government\u2019s version of where COVID came from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The result, the Post said, is that journalism covers up the truth instead of uncovering it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere we are, almost two decades later, with Ratherism near-triumphant and the actual goals of journalism in near-ruin,\u201d the Post wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, great work, Dan. You and your pals helped wreck a key institution of American life. The only casualty was the truth,\u201d the Post concluded.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rep-anna-paulina-luna-scolds-dems-waving-ukrainian-flags-after-vote-put-those-damn-flags-away\/\" title=\"Video: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Criticizes Democrats Waving Ukrainian Flags - 'Remove Those Flags!\">desperately needed truth<\/a> to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-issues-dire-warning-about-chinas-rapid-military-nuclear-weapons-buildup\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Issues Dire Warning About China\u2019s Rapid Military, Nuclear Weapons Buildup\">military issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 92, Dan Rather, former CBS anchor, returned to CBS after 18 years for an interview on &#8220;CBS Sunday Morning.&#8221; The occasion marked his first appearance on the network before a Netflix documentary about his life. 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