CBS Evening News 1974 Dan Rather Loses His Place

[notredamehesamighty]

Much like JCST, I also have a new phrase to describe media lies: FOX NEWS CHANNEL.

[ekpp60]

always liked walter cronkite better than any of these others!!

[Thinkfree70]

the 1970s clothing was a lot better than 2011 or any other time

[EricEbac22]

When did Dan Rather replace Walter Cronkite as weeknight anchor?

[sldl04]

@EricEbac22

1981. Cronkite was forced into retirement at 65---CBS policy at the time.

[dillondan63]

That is what our entire FREE PRESS is today, READING A PRE-WRITTEN SCRIPT OFF A TELEPROMPTER. If it was not so serious I would LOL!!

[rawfoodsretreat]

at least he can admit it :)

[RightWingHunter666]

The best way to ease a embarrassing situation is to acknowledged it or laugh at yourself which in this instance would have not been appropriate.

[Pancerni]

@RightWingHunter666 Yea,he took it like a man,so to speak,made the correction and moved on.

[jtsct]

I have a new term to descirbe media lies...Ratherisms, or Rather Journalism.

[pictureisup1]

Great recovery!

[699backstab]

classy fix. Integrity always stands out in our world. Its so unusual and unique.

[TornadoWarning]

Handled like a true pro. I didn't see anything wrong with it.

[huntingandfishing1]

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[GuienGarma]

@huntingandfishing1 From Family Guy? :DD

[Teflon65]

This was evidentally when Dan Rather was sitting in for Walter Cronkite, or on a weekend newscast, because Dan Rather didn't become fulltime anchor for CBS News until 1981. In a similar manner, Jay Leno used to sit in for Johnny Carson, on the Tonight Show, before Johnny left in 1993.

[grh450]

@Teflon65 You're exactly right! He was sitting in for Walter Cronkite at the time, my father worked there also.

[leafyutube]

I wanna be a newscaster.

[Survivor87]

wow, handled that a lot better than I would have.

[evenios]

courage!

[TerrorBlack]

@thecardsaysmoops yes world-famous HD Network

[disciple21781]

how do people have news clips laying around from 1974? lol

[Obamaphiliac]

@disciple21781 lol

[knoxunflower1]

(yawn)

[basserase]

I'm not a Rather fan but he handled it okay. Everyone makes mistakes; and besides, that can't be easy. I barely can read the newspaper and drive the school bus at the same time. (Bus was a joke. I promise.)

[reymatt76]

The fact that he was able to ad lib so well tells me that he knew exactly what the story was about, he wasn't just another talking head. I personally don't think he should've said anything, as most of us, if not all of us, would never have known since we can't see what he's reading. This wasn't exactly breaking news.

[AntaresInScorpius]

rip dan rather. You were one of the best newscasters.

[MadeAFolbot]

Rip? Is Dan Rather dead? I hadn't heard that. Does Rather know?

[AntaresInScorpius]

@MadeAFolbot hmmm i dunno i just assumed he had died years ago, i havent heard anything from him lately, so i thought he had died.

[rentslave]

I still have a winter coat that I bought in 1975.Dennis Weaver made this type popular in"McCloud".

[FrederickNetwork]

Can someone tell what was Dan talking about and did he say he lost his place? he has a strongh accent which make difficult to understand him. It would be king if someone would send me written all what he said, thank you!

[Favoriteforeignmovie]

He should have said mosque instead of museum. It's interesting how this mistake completely blew him off track.

[70sman4ever]

I got a suit and a tie just like this one people...

[rockycreek1]

Give the guy a break. He was distracted at that moment because Kenneth was telling him the frequency.

[jcsavestheday00]

That was awsome.

[markbyrn]

A sorry replacement for Walter Cronkite - RIP Walter.

[70sman4ever]

Long live the 70s man I wish men would dress like this again. Well, I DO! every day of my life I dress 70s and party like its 1974 all over again! You all dig?!

[TheKuffarKid]

Good luck with those Herpes!

[70sman4ever]

And you think we are any better NOW than back then? HELL NO! We gotta unwarp your technology-ridden post 1980 corporate greed mentality and deck you out in polyester with a joint in one hand man! get with the times it's the 70s man all over again! Dig it?!

[vincent7520]

no !!!

absolutely not !!!

I WILL NOT dig it !!!

anway this conversation about each others' taste is quite ridiculous (and so am I as all who get trapped in it !)

[67nairb]

Boy what I wouldn't do to go back to the

70s man.

Much better times.

[vincent7520]

if fashion was ugly at one point in history it was the formal fashion of the 70's !!!

yuk ! Sue Hellen and the other idiot were the standard at the time, can you believe it ?

[70sman4ever]

You just have real bad taste, you prefer the "I just got up in the morning and look like a fat slob" fashion of today talk about GROSS!! Get your head and eyes checked man, do you NOT see the beauty of formal 70s fashion, the Peacock revolution THAT is what we need again, THAT is elegance and hey, I dress peacock revolution, bellbottoms, platform shoes every day of my life man! The problem with everybody is that you know deep inside that 70s fashion is too dressy and it intimidates you! Dig?!

[vincent7520]

ok ok beauty is the eye of the beholders !

I just hate formal fashion anyway.

Fashion is how to dress elegantly with nothing with a piece of material. >Fashion is the art of a loose material fitting and reflecting te personality of the one who wears it. As the French say ""la mode c'est l'art du flou", "fashion is the art of softness and loose fitting "

Different persons, diferent tastes !

No grudge

[70sman4ever]

Far out man!

[noahtavlin]

i like his suit...i'd wear it

[Bangwhistle]

Sure, the fashions of the seventies look silly and ugly to us. We dress differently now. In 1974, we made fun of the way people dressed in 1939. And in 2044, our children will laugh their asses off at the videos of our clothes and hair. They'll ALL say "Yuk!"

[vincent7520]

I know

you're right

I just enter the discussion for fun

it shouldn't be taken seriously anyway

[67nairb]

People dressed with much better style in 1939 than in 1974 or 2004.

[70sman4ever]

Woe to your post 1980 bad taste!

[captainbillshatner]

Lost it in1974 and never got it back.

[angusthethird]

Is this from Saturday, July 20, 1974, when Turkey invaded Cyprus? I missed that one, as that night there was a luau in our family. A summer gathering, or party.

I was sick as a dog that day and kind of weepy...but I still went. I ended up going to sleep on my uncle's lap while there.

I remember Miss World Pageant was also that night.

Missed that too.

[pajasa62]

At least this shows a time when Dan Rather could try to ad-lib or be candid...in later years he was like a robot doing the news.

[Nominay]

Wow, he's human.

[etvolfan]

What's the frequency Kenneth?

[gwuerritto68]

LMAO!!!

[MrUnidyne]

The frequency is "Courage".

[anim777]

i guess turkey hunting isn't just during thanksgiving lol

[Ilikeroots]

you're = you are

[Justin63121]

o...k... thank..ss...sss?

[FORZION]

thats a true newscaster he knew what he was talking about and could summarize the story without the telepromter. I doubt that today's anchors could do that.

[scs3000]

Nor Obama.

[jeffy10420]

guys as cool as a cucumber

[bamhammer]

Blame the teleprompter...

[melchert6]

lol

[chubroc]

Lol, like a professional

[tomloft2000]

Dan was a decent newscaster,but i liked him better as a reporter.

[Justin63121]

Windows Media Player? XD

(mac would be quicktime)

[Green18600]

Quite Interesting!! I knew Dan Rather had some integrity for making this gaffe from 1974. A Fat 5!!

[Steadno]

nice bounce!

[elboertjie]

Well recovered.

[RVA804]

Holy crap, young Dan Rather looks like Mr. Spock.

[EdOscuro]

He looked way different back in 1963, if you can believe it...like a different person really...

[bworiginal]

They acted like robots back then. All he had to do was find his place and ride back into it.

[Gonzo1809]

lol i remember the family guy episode..

cbsssssssssssssssss newsssssssssssssss

and the a steaming teapot^^ LOL

[FrontPageStatuz]

they usually have a copy of it in front of them.. but they have to continue where they left off on the monitor if the moniter fails..and then they have read off the paper.i think he recovered well

[evilgrag]

At least he wasnt totally lost and can ad lib the story half decent. Lets see Katie Couric do that

[LeanaJo76]

Oh, that was funny!! Dan Rather losing his place on the story. How funny!

[TroyOi]

What happened to him? I had forgotten there was actually a time when Rather had no problem looking natural in front of the camera. As soon as he took over for Cronkite, though, it seemed like he was always uncomfortable and a bit anxiety-ridden... like he was trying too hard to fill Uncle Walter's shoes.

[noahf67]

Dan's one cool cat. The fact that he's in total posession of what he's reading & not just reciting has a great deal to do with it.

Turns out not too many anchors can maintain that at all times...

[BBX118]

LOL that "I have to be candid with you" line is a classic.

[jstewartf4president]

A regular Ron Burgandy

[kepenekli]

momw88, if you are concerned abt the most basic facts :The existence/sovereignity of the independent state in Cyprus was formed under the guarantee of UK, Turkey and Greece, and all 3 had rights, by intl treaties, to intervene in case of assault to the Cyprus state. As such, a coup was realised by some Greeks, in order to abolish Cyprus state, attach the island to Greece.

[surbitondude]

The coup failed though. And even so, the right to intervene does not justify prolonged occupation, and the loss of property on a massive, almost biblical scale - that's why the world does not recognise the self-styled state of the north.

[kepenekli]

Occupation is prolonged by the coup side which rejects every possible kind of solution..including UN's Kofi Annan plan.

It seems the only thing they can accept is for Turks simply let go all their rights, including from treaties etc, and leave the Turkish origin population there to mass killings, just like at the time of the coup, which urged the Turkish army to intervene.

[surbitondude]

What coup side? The coup did not succeed, there is no such thing. The Turkish army ethnically cleansed the north of Greeks and Anatolian settlers were brought to take their houses, and the world does not recognise this gangster state.

[kepenekli]

You're trying to draw the attention away from the coup; as if Tr has 'invaded' for no reason. The coup was succesfull,they overthrew the sovereign state's govt, took control; the head of the overthrown govt called for help, and only upon this de facto situation Tr army intervened. To protect the lives and land of Turkish origin people.

[surbitondude]

But the way 99% of the world sees it - everyone outside Turkey - the justification of the invasion was at least questionable, leading to an illegal occupation, and that is why no other country than Turkey will ever recognise the legitimacy of Northern Cyprus. You sound like a very one sided apologist for the Turkish government. Do you work for them, by any chance?

[kepenekli]

No I don't. I laid down the basic facts for you abt the issue. You must support yr argument by refuting those facts if you can. The other fact that the world does not recognise Northern Cyprus is a political issue. The world does try to reach a solution fr a united Cyprus, remember UN proposal. Which one is the side that hinders a solution, after which the Turkish forces would be willing to leave immdtly?

[surbitondude]

The coup did fail, it lasted only a few days. As for the recent referendum, I don't know why the Greek Cypriots did not trust the solution, I think it did not guarrantee return of property or something - many wanted a guarrantee that they could reclaim their houses and land that they left behind in '74.

[kepenekli]

momw88,Rather's news story was abt Turkish ambassadors assasinated in Greece and elsewhere by Armenians, but you cleverly(!)choose not to perceive that and you try to present something against the Turks, but that one also wrongly and misleadingly..

[Wrenman]

That little whistle he does is extreamly annoying.

Ex. Greeeksssseeeee

[quirpco]

That was very professionally handled. Me? I probably would've removed my earpiece, said "oh, screw it!" and walked out of the studio! LOL

[WXmanTimothy]

Now, the prompter is actually a computer monitor (sometimes a TV monitor) located just underneath the camera lense with the script reflected in a two-way mirror (directly in front of the lense) which allows anchors to look directly into the camera while reading the script.

[WXmanTimothy]

They don't feed the story to him through his IFB, he's reading off a teleprompter. However, they may have said something in his earpiece that broke his concentration and caused him to lose his place.

If you notice, watching the video, he's looking just slightly off-camera (to the viewers left) which at the time was where the prompter was located. At 00:14, just before he looks down and back up, you can tell he's looking directly into the camera. It's very subtle but you can tell.

[jimmbo13]

I think he aquitted himself well

[mowm88]

That's great. Cyprus-n.half over-run by Turks that year, etc. still divided today.

[tommysmalss]

I'd like to see Katie Couric improve that. She say something like, "Like oh my God, the Turks are so mean, can't they, like, get along?"

[catholicpriest1]

It was a teleprompter malfunction.

[scoopdeloops]

so cool under pressure

[unclesamhere]

"I have to be candid with you" H should have remembered that line..

[PaganLiberty]

LOL

[bdsnook2]

One of his brighter moments...he was telling the truth!

[a1cjlock]

I like how he says Instan"bool".. XD

[chibicelchan]

Gotta respect the guy.

[ddeadmannqazwsx]

i dont get it... whats this about?

[ksol1460]

If you go to wikipedia and search on 'Greco-Turkish relations' you can get some of the background of what he was reporting on here.

[Snuggles74]

This is a video exposing the fact that most of the media report what they are told to report!!!

HE is reading the story from a TELEPROMPTER and he forgot what line he was reading!!!!!

[thecardsaysmoops]

You can criticize Rather all you want, but Rather WROTE the stories he read and knew EXACTLY what his stories were about. Any anchor can lose his or her place on a Teleprompter, but not many could ad lib the rest of the story.

[reymatt76]

@Snuggles74 Right someone writes the news, and someone reports it. Isn't that the way it's always been done? I didn't think it was a secret that's being exposed here.

[thecardsaysmoops]

That is usually and HAS usually been the case. There are rare instances however, and Rather was one of them, where the anchor either wrote his own stories, or heavily edited them before air. Say all you want about Rather, but he was never just a 'reader.'

[mittensisfat]

look at  dan's hair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[thebigt82]

Knowing what your talking about is a dying quality these days. Its a scary correlation. The more people know, the more they tend to now get pushed off to the fringes and dismissed as nutcases.

[thecardsaysmoops]

You're absolutely right.This was a very honest moment in television. And yes, Rather DID know what he was talking about!

[Alex43499]

He handled a lot better than most anchors would today. At least he knew the story he was talking about well enough to stretch.

[mbhfromla]

for a momemnt there...I thought he was a younger Germano Mosconi...but he speaks english.