Dan Rather Finds New Life on Facebook
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Want more proof that FB is for the olds?
86 year old Dan Rather is a FB star and says, “What I’m doing now gives me as much pleasure and satisfaction as anything I’ve done in my career.”
What he is doing now is letting his political bias show and not having to worry about it.
Rather has always been known to lean left of center and those leanings would spill over to his job as the Anchor of CBS News and ultimately, those same leanings cost him his job at CBS News.
Now, Rather is getting his second wind on Facebook, a place where he can say what he wants and when he wants. He spends much of the time taking on Donald Trump and it has gotten him a lot of attention and new fans.
He has 2 and a half million "likes" and he likes the freedom.
“What Facebook allows me to do is express myself with commentary that I couldn’t do at the network,” Rather says. “Facebook allows me to be myself. I answer to no one but myself.”
What Facebook doesn't do is pay Dan Rather the millions of dollars he got at CBS News. But rather has pocketed enough cash that he can sit back, spout his feeling on Facebook.
CJR writes that Rather is receiving the adulation now that eluded him during much of his network anchoring career, where his ratings often came in last of the three nightly newscasts. Still, Rather is humble and even insecure about a career marked by dramatic highs and lows—or, as he puts it, “sunshine and stormy days.” He remains restless.
“I’ve always wanted to be a great reporter,” Rather says. “I have never achieved that, but it’s always been my polar star.”
Looks like he will have to settle for Facebook star.