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Dan Rather Tees Off on His Former Network in Scathing Interview: ‘The Wreckage of CBS News Is Everywhere’

Rather says billionaire ownership and management changes have turned CBS News into a Fox News-like operation, while 60 Minutes has lost longtime correspondents.

Summary by Mediaite
(Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP) Veteran journalist Dan Rather, who turns 95 this week, had some harsh words for CBS News, the network where he spent 44 years. In an interview with Variety, Rather called what’s happening at CBS News “sad.” “It is in many ways a disaster, not just for the people who work at CBS News — and there’s still a lot of really good people working there. But this is a further example of big billionaire corp…

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Mediaite broke the news in New York, United States on Monday, October 26, 2026.
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