Dan Rather
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Sep 16, 2026
Colin BrowenHOST
There was also US Senator David Vitter, 47 years old at the time, a Republican from Louisiana, who served from 1992 to 2017.
Colin BrowenHOST
Now, according to investigative journalist Dan Rather, Vitter had called Deborah five times between October 1999 and February 2001, when he was a US representative.
Colin BrowenHOST
In 2007, he admitted to and apologized for his involvement in the escort service, but he was reelected anyways in 2010.
Colin BrowenHOST
It was also rumored that ABC's investigative reporting show 20/20 had learned of a Bush administration economist that also employed Deborah's services, along with the head of a conservative think tank, a CEO, lobbyists, and even senior military officials who were also all involved, but their identities were never revealed on that show or in general.
BrettHOST
There's even a direct reference to the movie Slacker in the song.
BrettHOST
But the title, What's the Frequency, Kenneth?, it's, it comes from an incident in 1986 where these two men accosted Dan Rather in Manhattan.
BrettHOST
He was walking back home from a friend's house after dinner, and they, they went up and they're very aggressively pushing him and asking him, uh, "Kenneth, what's the frequency? Kenneth, what's the frequency?" over and over again.
BrettHOST
And Rather, uh, he says like, "I don't know who you are.
BrettHOST
Daniel Clowes, uh, brings it up in a comic, um, called, uh, let's see, Like a Velvet, [clears throat] Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron, which is a, a conspiracy comic, um, that, that he did.
BrettHOST
And the guy was finally identified by a prison psychiatrist because he killed an NBC stagehand in 19...
BrettHOST
Actually, he killed an NBC stagehand a couple of months or a month or so before R.E.M.'s Monster album, which opens up with What's the Frequency, Kenneth? Um, but he wasn't identified as the Dan Rather attacker until, I think, '97, um, until '97, and then he would...
BrettHOST
Uh, I mean, it's a very bizarre story, so he would explain that he thought he was a, maybe he still did when he was in prison, a time...
Ed CraneHOST
So, you know, it's interesting.
Ed CraneHOST
And when I was at CBS in those days, those days being the 80s, 90s, early 2000s, you had Mike Wallace there, you had Cronkite, you had Dan Rather.
Ed CraneHOST
Everybody was liberal, pretty much.
Ed CraneHOST
But...
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Ed CraneHOST
I guess we got kind of jaded because he was always there.
Ed CraneHOST
He was a great man.
Ed CraneHOST
Dan Rather, for all his...
Ed CraneHOST
You know, his liberal views.
Pete DominickHOST
And that it's gonna continue to cost roughly two to three billion a month for as long as the fighting continues.
Pete DominickHOST
Oh, and in a related story, new photos obtained exclusively by CBS News, CBS News, I say it like Dan Rather, reveal that for the first time the widespread damage and destruction of buildings and vehicles at multiple US positions across the Middle East as a result of Iranian missile and drone attacks.
Pete DominickHOST
Images were sent to CBS News by active service members on condition of anonymity because of the rigid media restrictions within the military.
Pete DominickHOST
Quote, "This is a major damage to our bases that hasn't been communicated to the American public," one deployed service member told CBS News.
Pete DominickHOST
And that it's going to continue to cost roughly $2 to $3 billion a month for as long as the fighting continues.
Pete DominickHOST
Oh, and in a related story, new photos obtained exclusively Exclusively by CBS News, CBS News, I say it like Dan Rather, revealed that for the first time the widespread damage and destruction of buildings and vehicles at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East as a result of Iranian missile and drone attacks.
Pete DominickHOST
Images were sent to CBS News by active service members on condition of anonymity because of the rigid media restrictions within the military.
Pete DominickHOST
Quote, this is a major damage to our bases that hasn't been communicated to the American public.
Dave KargerGUEST
Well, it was like no question the movie he wanted to talk about.
Dave KargerGUEST
He actually got to work with Robert Redford in a movie called Truth, where Robert Redford played Dan Rather.
Dave KargerGUEST
And had a great time working with him.
Dave KargerGUEST
But what I liked about Topher's chapter is that he really delves into the nitty gritty of specific supporting performances, cameos, one scene character actors and actresses that he thinks are great.
Ed CraneHOST
You had Cronkite.
Ed CraneHOST
You had Dan Rather.
Ed CraneHOST
Everybody was liberal, pretty much.
Ed CraneHOST
But...
Bill O'ReillyGUEST
Um, and you will learn things about, uh, famous people, um, Billy Joel, Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson, Sean Connery, all the presidents down the line.
Bill O'ReillyGUEST
Um, you will see Dan Rather in a completely different light.
Bill O'ReillyGUEST
Um, you'll...
Bill O'ReillyGUEST
Almost every page is...
Michael DoranHOST
But you sit there watching it and you think, You think the guy has no self-awareness at all, at all.
Michael DoranHOST
He never saw Dan Rather say about the claims that George W. Bush was, you know, was a draft dodger, that this fake fabricated report Dan Rather said was fake but true, right? And that...
Michael DoranHOST
From that moment on, we all recognized that this machine is there to serve one purpose, one party and one party only, and not the truth.
Michael DoranHOST
But he never lived through any of that.
Spuds PowellGUEST
And the news and media have learned that feeding on people's fears and insecurities and anxieties sells.
Spuds PowellGUEST
Um, you know, thirty, forty, fifty years ago, we had access to t-three major news networks, and people like Dan Rather or Peter Jennings or Walter Cronkite would, would provide news that, you know, I would argue was, in most cases, sort of objective and unbiased and allowed viewers to sort of interpret what they learned themselves.
Spuds PowellGUEST
And, and back in those days, breaking news was something that was really significant.
Spuds PowellGUEST
You know, an assassination attempt on a president-
Greg BartalosHOST
Right.
Greg BartalosHOST
And, and, and the technology, it puts everything right on your phone, so you can get that fear and instantly act on it with the push of a button.
Greg BartalosHOST
I mean, you go back to when you were describing the, you know, D-Dan Rather's.
Greg BartalosHOST
You know, we had the, the, the, the networks.
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