Dan Rather News Quotations

And for whatever reason I've loved the news since I can remember. I loved it when I was in elementary school.

No doubt the CBS Evening News will be different.

No doubt the CBS Evening News will be different. Katie is a superb person, and she's a great pro. I'll be rooting for her, and I wish her well.

What I hope will not change is the understanding that news needs to serve the public interest as its primary goal. That is its greatest calling, to keep freedom and independence alive, and keep it honest.

Stay with CBS now for more news, including: Is there a pall over the mall as holiday shoppers think small?

Anyone who says network news cannot be profitable doesn't know what he is talking about. But anyone who says it must "always," make money is misguided and irresponsible.

Artie Bloom was the most accomplished director of television news programs in history. The record shows he was the best.

The reporting for Katrina has been fabulous, among the best I have seen, right across the board, ... Television is at its best when it commits itself to public service and this was a classic, almost pluperfect, example of television news as a public service.