EFL from Ratherbiased.com. Hattip to Neal Bortz. The link includes the full text of an ambush interview that Rather did in 1988 to try to derail George HW Bush's presidential campaign. Evidently the interview was so offensive that Walter Cronkite commented that he would have canned Rather over it. I have included only the intro. The transcript is at the link as well as the video:
The interview lasted approximately nine minutes. Before the interview was a six-minute piece on what Rather thought was Bush's role in Iran-contra. When CBS had requested to do an interview, it asked, "Part of our early coverage of the 1988 presidential election has been a series of candidate profiles produced for 'CBS Evening News.' We purposely saved your profile for last. Dan Rather is very interested in your profile, and has decided to do it himself." Iran-contra did not appear to be the subject. Watch the interview. |