Do you mean the same Dan Rather who presented documents created in Word 97 with modern superscript text and tried to pass them off as authentic duplicates of Dubya’s military records? That Dan Rather?
But it almost worked. As I've told others, while we quickly caught on, the older people, who consider Rather and Cronkite as Gods were never told they were lied to, and so the ruse still worked, for those it was primarily intended for. That's why CBS had to stick to the lie, right through the 2004 election.
Some caught on. GenX and we have the ultimate skill of growing up in the analog and digital worlds equally. So not a slave to technology. Not addicted to the iPhone ... rather, addicted to not being on the iPhone.
Rather already had a growing reputation for controversy. The previous fall, the anchor alleged he’d been assaulted late one night near his New York apartment building by two strangers who kept asking ”Kenneth, what’s the frequency?” A month before, he began signing off his broadcasts with the puzzling word ”Courage.” And the Texan had been experimenting with V-necked sweaters, ostensibly to soften his image. Nevertheless, the Evening News slipped to third place in the ratings during the summer, after more than 200 weeks in first.
So boomers have all dealt with crazy before and then they're acting like it's new with millenials?
This thread title deserves a pulitzer.
It’s a great article. I had forgotten about “what’s the frequency, Kenneth?”
What's the story behind that?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Rather#Notable_incidents_and_controversies
Do you mean the same Dan Rather who presented documents created in Word 97 with modern superscript text and tried to pass them off as authentic duplicates of Dubya’s military records? That Dan Rather?
But it almost worked. As I've told others, while we quickly caught on, the older people, who consider Rather and Cronkite as Gods were never told they were lied to, and so the ruse still worked, for those it was primarily intended for. That's why CBS had to stick to the lie, right through the 2004 election.
Some caught on. GenX and we have the ultimate skill of growing up in the analog and digital worlds equally. So not a slave to technology. Not addicted to the iPhone ... rather, addicted to not being on the iPhone.
Hahaha.
2.5 million in 1987 dollars for third place lying.
Johnny Carson quipped that the six-minute hole ”turned out to be CBS’ highest rating of the year. They just signed the black screen for 13 weeks.”
I even put earbuds in to listen to the audio. A title like this is quite the hook.
So boomers have all dealt with crazy before and then they're acting like it's new with millenials?