Rather Outspoken : My Life in the News
by Rather, Dan and Diehl, Digby
Published by : Grand Central Publishing (New York) Physical details: 321 Pages 24x14 cm | PB ISBN:9781455502400.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Stacks | 070.92 R232R 2013 (Browse shelf) | Available | 38929 |
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In this book, Dan Rather recounts his removal from the anchor chair in the wake of the controversy surrounding the story of George W. Bush and the Texas Air National Guard. He also exposes the behind-the-scenes machinations that followed. At the same time, he looks back over his entire career, from his boyhood in Houston, Texas, through his coverage of every U.S. president since Eisenhower. Along the way, he sounds a call for more investigative journalists and more in-depth reporting, even in the face of what he calls the "corporatization, politicization, and trivialization" or the news.--
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