Analysis: ; Rather's Exit End of an Era; Anchormen of the Future Just Won't Be the Same, Analyst Says

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Dan Rather didn't die Tuesday, but "Dan Rather" did.

That Rather had aged into caricature status (the brush cut, the weird glare, the Texas drawl) was being advanced even by his own network, which on election night kept e-mailing reporters Rather colloquialisms, so-called Danisms, including: "It don't mean a thing if they don't get those swings," and: "This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex."

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Analysis: ; Rather's Exit End of an Era; Anchormen of the Future Just Won't Be the Same, Analyst Says

Rather, it is said beyond the official statements, is stepping down ahead of the potential for more embarrassing details from a CBS investigation into ...

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