Who's Sorry Now?
Politics, sports, and entertainment apparently create odd bedfellows. Mark Cuban comes to Rather's rescue...here:
Dan Rather has found his patron saint, and his name is Mark Cuban.
To Rather, the fiery Dallas Mavericks owner and cofounder of HDNet belongs in the same galaxy as legendary CBS founder William S. Paley and CNN visionary Ted Turner.
"Hard news needs backers that don't back down," says the exiled CBS anchor. "It needs owners and operators who understand what news is and isn't, and back up their people and back them all the way."
Rather, 74, signed a three-year deal with HDNet to develop and host a weekly documentary series for the high-definition network. The official announcement comes today.
The weekly Dan Rather Reports will debut in October. A full-time staff of 10 to 20 will be based in New York.
