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Dan Rather

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The Resume

    (October 31, 1931- )
    Correspondent on '60 Minutes' (1975-81)
    Anchor of 'CBS Evening News with Dan Rather (March 9, 1981-March 9, 2005)
    Announced retirement from 'CBS Evening News' on March 9, 2005 (November 23, 2004)

Why he might be annoying:

    He walked off the news set when the U.S. Tennis Open was threatening to delayed the newscast.
    It ended on time, but Dan couldn't be found, so CBS showed a blank screen for more than 10 minutes until they got him back. He later apologized (September 11, 1987).
    He was once interrupted by G.L.A.A.D. while doing a newscast.
    While walking down a New York street, he was attacked by William Tager, yelling at him 'What's the Frequency Kenneth?' (1986).
    (R.E.M. later wrote a song called 'What's The Frequency Kenneth?')
    During the 2000 Presidential election, he used many weird analogies.
    During the 1968 Democratic Convention, Rather was punched and beaten by conventioneers when asked them about the protest outside.
    In another event during the '68 convention, he saw the Georgia delegation being forcefully thrown out by non-badge wearing people. When he asked what was going on, they threw him to the ground.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He survived rumors that Bryant Gumbel, Connie Chung, Paula Zahn and Diane Sawyer were replacing him.
    He was rather gracious when Connie Chung became his co-anchor(1993).
    His $3.5 million per year contract jumped to $7 million per year (1997).
    He has a very calm demeanor when giving news and quickly reviews what he has said.
    Under Houston Police supervision, he once had heroin injected into him, so he could do a story on its effects (some of the perks of being a news anchor).
    Donated money to Sam Houston State University for their Journalism Building, which they named after him.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 83 Votes: 42.17% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 356 Votes: 58.71% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 451 Votes: 47.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2062 Votes: 64.35% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 153 Votes: 48.37% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 339 Votes: 56.05% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 430 Votes: 81.86% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 65 Votes: 50.77% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 70 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 49 Votes: 63.27% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 49 Votes: 67.35% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 31 Votes: 64.52% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 71 Votes: 61.97% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 101 Votes: 42.57% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 53 Votes: 62.26% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 378 Votes: 58.99% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 604 Votes: 48.34% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 1992 Votes: 47.19% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 6441 Votes: 51.51% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1721 Votes: 66.07% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 2424 Votes: 63.41% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 5114 Votes: 61.13% Annoying