Dan Rather coming up on Rachel to discuss

[malaise]

the great Walter Cronkite.

[Sukie]

1. This should be very interesting.

Dan has got to have some great stories to tell about Walter.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. He looks like he's been crying...

:(

[malaise]

4. It's hard not to cry at his age

He's lost a friend and more and more of his friends are dead or dying.

[liberal N proud]

3. Rather owed everything to Walter

He was handed an the CBS Evening News which Walter had built with integrity

[XOKCowboy]

5. And got chopped down by the RW Media Machine

Dan was a good anchor who got railroaded.

[liberal N proud]

6. True

He carried forward Walters strength until he was a target of the neocons and their evil plan

[SeattleGirl]

7. Absolutely. But at least he has his show on HDnet

If you've never seen any of his reports, check them out. He does a good job.

Edited to add link: http://www.hd.net/danrather.html

[liberal N proud]

8. Thanks for the link

[Lancer]

9. Sadly they had a falling out... NYT reporting tonight that

By the time Mr. Rather was leaving the “CBS Evening News” in 2005 after 24 years at the anchor desk, Mr. Cronkite had abandoned mincing words. He criticized his successor as “playing the role of newsman” rather than being one. Mr. Rather should have been replaced years earlier, he said.

I hope they were able to resolve their differences. Dan has nothing but praise and respect for him tonight... I have been happy to see MSNBC using Dan so much lately.