Daniel Irvin "Dan" Rather, Jr. (born October 31, 1931) is an American journalist and the former
news anchor for the
CBS Evening News. He is now managing editor and anchor of the television news magazine
Dan Rather Reports on the cable channel
AXS TV. Rather was anchor of the
CBS Evening News for 24 years, from March 9, 1981, to March 9, 2005. He also contributed to CBS's
60 Minutes. Rather became embroiled in controversy about a disputed news report involving President
George W. Bush's
Vietnam-era service in the
National Guard and subsequently left
CBS Evening News in 2005, and he left the network altogether after 43 years in 2006.