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Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw are contemporaries. (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 OP
Well, both metaphors involve balls. nt tblue37 May 2017 #1
I am no fan of Brokaw malaise May 2017 #2
One took the easy path the other took the right path Va Lefty May 2017 #3
Rather was great...on hardball... spanone May 2017 #4
Dan Rather's an uncompromising journalist who's still carrying the standard spiderpig May 2017 #6
re tweety......my wife and i noticed that too! spanone May 2017 #7
Rather has 8 1/2 years on Brokaw and still has it. Boomerproud May 2017 #5
I love Rather - I just can't listen to him nadine_mn May 2017 #8
Brokaw has multiple myeloma and has been on Nanjeanne May 2017 #9

malaise

(267,845 posts)
2. I am no fan of Brokaw
Wed May 10, 2017, 07:28 PM
May 2017

I detest the hack but right now he looks and sounds like a stage four cancer patient -he can barely speak.
He was never a Dan Rather

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
3. One took the easy path the other took the right path
Wed May 10, 2017, 07:31 PM
May 2017

my opinion. Rather, Moyers and Koppel are the last real journalists left

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
6. Dan Rather's an uncompromising journalist who's still carrying the standard
Wed May 10, 2017, 07:36 PM
May 2017

He projects a clear message about what's going on around us right now.

Great pairing with Jon Meacham.

Tweety didn't even talk over either of them.

Boomerproud

(7,890 posts)
5. Rather has 8 1/2 years on Brokaw and still has it.
Wed May 10, 2017, 07:35 PM
May 2017

Rather is 85 years old. Mr. "The Greatest Generation" is 77. One still has a soul, one sold his a long time ago.

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
8. I love Rather - I just can't listen to him
Wed May 10, 2017, 07:47 PM
May 2017

I want to hear what he has to say, but I can't get past the sound of his dentures. It is so petty I know, I think I have misophonia - my husband cannot chew or breathe near me without me having to turn on something to drown out the sound.

But Dan Rather has been so spot on with his analysis and his own journalistic experience. Brokaw is just a tool.

Nanjeanne

(4,878 posts)
9. Brokaw has multiple myeloma and has been on
Wed May 10, 2017, 08:13 PM
May 2017

Treatment since diagnosed a few years ago.

It is an incurable blood cancer, manageable through chemo pills. I know as my husband also suffers from it. Treatment is very strong chemo drugs and hopefully cancer markers decrease and you can go only less strong chemo maintenance. It affects bones and can cause great pain.

That he is continuing to work and still living his life is a wonderful thing. I'm glad he is out there being a part of the industry he has been a big part of.

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