Was Dan Rather sacked from CBS news for urging people to vote in 2004?ct,?
Technically, Dan Rather retired. Unofficially, he was somewhat forced into it. Not for urging people to vote, though. It was for sticking to his story about Bush’s military service record, after bloggers revealed the documents he had relied on were forged. The story hurt his credibility and that, combined with his advancing years, made CBS restless to start over fresh with a new face. That eventually led to Katie Couric getting the CBS Evening News post. That’s the short version of the answer.
