Dan Rather!

[RoyalG13]

He really does make a whistle sound. Hmm, interesting.

[BillzHearse]

agreed. the way that walter cronkite was "uncle walter" to so many was the way "uncle dan" was with me. he was my childhood educator, my storyteller during dinner, the guy you could see on your tv and look up to.

[damron13]

Too bad rather has been blackballed by CBS

[jakeelindsay]

aw, I love Dan Rather.

[RealTime88]

@jakeelindsay Me too and I like the advice Dan gave about being a good reporter. You cannot be chummy with the people you interview, you cannot do that! He was nice to talk to a young up and coming. Dan Rather is a great reporter and a humble man off camera.

[Paneeks1960]

Dan the Man! He is about as real American as you are going to get! He also sounds so much different when you talk to him in person. He has a much stronger drawl than he shows on television while news reporting. He also gives you a real man handshake to which I think is essential for all guys. Thanks for the great video Jim, Rob/Boston'

[AbstractBlaze]

I hate the way he pronounces the "Ss" it's fucking annoying I'm glad his out of the picture in TV.

[ehunter2]

Fuck this imbecile with his Jimmy Olson Cub

Reporter schtick. Rather is fvcking insane..look at the morons face..he is GONE

and the moron interviewing him hasnt a clue

[Willforbes296532]

whissssssstlesssssss

[thejeepboy]

Who is this Leave it to Beaver lookalike,and how did he get in the green room.The sercurity and pr staff who let this goof in the green room should be fired.

[miamicole]

Rather asks tough questions. Too bad he doesn't check out his sources but hey.. no one's perfect. Hahahahahahaha

[KamikazeKoscki]

Bring it on!Start the debate! 911 Inside Job, bush why did you kill innocent civilians, why do you lie every other word, why are you allowing young 6 year olds iraq refugees to be raped by men in Syria?

Why are they going without food and water! What happen to the democracy & liberty in our own country!

[KamikazeKoscki]

Chase Manhattan Bank, controlled by the Rockerfellers, is the largest stockholder in CBS, NBC, Union Carbide, General Electric, United Airlines, Eastern Airlines, Safeway Supermarkets,and AT&T, to name only a few of its holdings.

[riad19]

dude, ur badass

[investortownhall]

You did an interview with DAN RATHER !!! GREAT JOB you captured the moment an took charge...Dan's got to respect your action.

[jyddbsf]

How will the Democrats defeat this determined enemy?

Islamic Fascist want to convert America to Islam, or make us slaves, or kill us to achieve an Islamic State. Negotiating with them will not change their minds or stop them from making war. On the contrary, appeasement is victory to our enemy no matter how small the concession.

[pinkybill2003]

He [Rather] sounds like Gopher, you know, from Winnie the Pooh. 'If you want to be a world class jourlnalischist...' Lots of whischtling.

but who said that's a bad thing? i like Gopher.

[jmts25]

Dan Rather's head looks huge!

[Nickbezonders]

Wow James, just perform oral sex on him. This isn't journalism.

[RoddyYoung]

If you want to be a world class Jouralist and want a friend then Get God! Good advice. I have Baha'u'llah (look it up on wikipedia on your iphone) and all I need to do is lift my world class Journalist Ranking.

[TheSofian]

Rather is overblown.

[columbusclipper]

Oh, really? Rather? Say it aint so? All the others suck, but Rather?

[odobilly]

My God, no one can say Dan did not treat you with respect. Congrats and good questions.

[cml89]

you know the old guy on family guy who's got a whistleing sound when he talks? I just noticed dan rather's got that same thing and i wasn't able to hear a word over that whistling xD damn.. but cool that you got him on your video dude. :D

[MadBam163]

Hey James, real cool snagging Rather and a great interview.

[gismotech]

you got that right.

[sonyctrypper]

That's the very first time that I have ever seen you completely together. Still kept it under control though.

[ancestralyuba]

Oh Lordy! Dan Rather. Why he's just as loose with the facts as a armadillo on a hot Texas freeway!

[hill0118]

C'mon folks. The man was an anchor for years. Just because he left on a bad note doesn't change all the very important things he did throughout the years.

[gismotech]

dan blather what an idiot. biggest looser ever.

[katecritic]

!!!

[Dainnho]

very cool.. thats kinda awesome.. cool guy in the background ;p

[wogsland]

Wow, Rather has fallen far indeed that he's trying to capitalize on a little emergencycheese fame...

[kuryamtl]

Really impressive I am soo happy for you to snag the small interview! Although you didnt have to say you felt intimadted because you seemed to have a big goofy grin hehe, I bet it must have been surreal for you.

[rocketdogmedia]

Nice!

[myszewski87]

Congrats on snagging an interview with Rather ;)

[RedPinPoint]

Lol at 0.43 a man comes in lol

[Joeey]

Wow James, Great! I am glad I subscribed. This is a wonderful surprise and it is good to see that Rather looks good, he is one of the very few good guys and the mafia media got him off air. You have good instincts. hang in there. need more of what you are doing.

[OnlineMaven]

Very cool. Great get!

[coffeedude65]

Dan Rather is an icon. i thought getting candiates on was impressive, but that pales in comparsion to a legend. peace.

[saulksd98]

amazing!

[hill0118]

Great advice. Especially the bit about hard questions and follow-up questions. Too much bad journalism passes for news these days. Using that advice should make your interviews even better than they are now and keep them at a good level of quality.

[Martlar]

No follow up question?

[ufcivil]

good interview.

[AussiePoliticsReport]

WOW!!!! As a journalism student I am so jealous right now.

I will use that advice.

Thanks James and thank-you Dan Rather :D

[koch46]

JAMES I always ask you why you dont ask any hard questions

like with rather what happened to the story he reported on 9/11 about the men in nyc who were caught with a truckload of explosives headed for the gwbridge

kinda important story to drop and never mention again

why only fluff and no hard stuff JAMES been with you from the beginning of my Y/T experience please dont go mainstram compliant on me

[gdstark]

Never, ever, ever be intimidated by politicians. They work for us.

gary

ExpertVoter(dot)org

[sferb]

This is so cool! Now next is stephen colbert!

[aliakbar01]

Ummm. I would be happy to meet him to, however let us not forget his failures as a reporter.

Big Media has no place here - and the excitement of a person launched by New Media - is a little concerning.

I suppose New Media will also allow us to watch Maturity foster.

[vulpix]

Amazing. It's just a shame the audio was muffled at times.

[moorcll]

way cool. rather rocks!

[overmind25]

Great video!

[ufomonkey]

thanks for sharing the vid!

[mittensisfat]

you know if PETER JENNINGS was still alive he wolud be donig a video with him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jsucese]

Unbelievable trash! Dan Rather is the WORST reporter in our generation! THAT'S WHY HE GOT FIRED!@\

[mittensisfat]

and thats a fact!!!!!!!

[SparklestheClown]

Good Job James!!!

SparklestheClown

[Virginian9000]

cool, can you post your interview on CNN?

[RogCBrand]

Congratulations James! I'm so happy for you! Hope you have even greater moments in your near future, and I agree with the comment above, there will be a time when there'll be some young guy who is awestruck meeting the great James Kotecki!!! : )

[MelissaJenna]

James! How exciting is that!? What an awesome experience :)

[edendlc311]

nice dude!

[lol998]

I'm really impressed that you got to interiew Dan Rather. Good job!

[RobertBluey]

Dan Rather is hardly someone to give advice about intimidation. In the midst of his botched story about President Bush's National Guard records, he was the one barking at bloggers, doing everything he could to intimidate the very people seeking the truth.

[foititis]

whoa

[thatguyfromopenmic]

amazing... great video!

[Eisenmond]

Was that Mr. T who popped into the background? Great job, and way to fess up to the intimidation! Can totally read it in your eyes! But great job... and seriously... Mr T @ 43 seconds!?!

[lidixmang]

Dan Rather gave some great advice, not just for journalists, but for everyone. Don't let powerful people intimidate you. Ask hard questions and then follow up with a harder question. Nice job, James!

[cujothekitten]

Way to go man! Before to long you'll be the premiere youtube journalist snagging all the good interviews... wait... what am I saying? You're already there!

[TheTorturer666]

Fucking awesome!

[britethorn]

WOW! I'm really jealous! Nice catch James!

[Jamandell]

Wow! I used to watch him on CBS News here in the UK!

[copiloto]

This was awesome! Congrats for the interview!

[AmericanDrone013]

lol, you were like a smiling goober... that was cool... u seemed starstruck... dude in 5 years you are going to make people feel how you felt around Dan Rather... way cool... don't forget the little people :)

[leafdude]

Score one for interviewing Dan Rather.

[godofallp3ople]

Wow, thats awesome man!

[gin5354]

Wow1 Great for you!  You're on the move now...

[Yamwess]

You look so excited. =]

[bAllen173216]

This is too cool, woah.

[rowflowers]

YOU ARE SO COOL!!!!!!!!!

[mbfsmiles]

nice:) congrats

[soyomo]

OMG!

[StatisticalSanity]

Wow! That's amazing James!

I just watched the pre-debate show on CNN, so congrats on that as well, and great job!

[pogobat]

WOW

[kipesquire]

Dan who?