Dan Rather Eats Lunch

Dan Rather and CBS News president Sean McManus had their end-of-the-Rather-era lunch today, as scheduled. The meal was at media hotspot Gabriel’s, on 60th Street and Broadway, and lasted two hours, according to a source with knowledge of the lunch. They were “amiable and engaged in energetic conversation” throughout. Both had the ravioli.

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What if CBS News Is Calling Diane, Not Katie Couric?

Here is everything we know about the future anchor of the CBS Evening News, as outlined on Jan. 18 by the extremely tight-lipped, by-all-accounts-visionary and shorter-than-you’d-expect Sean McManus, the boy-wonder president of CBS News:

The person will be “recognizable to the American public.” He/She will have “great journalistic credentials,” “credibility,” “a persona” and, more than Read More