Mark Cuban To Dan Rather: ‘Go Piss People Off’
Dan Rather’s second coming started with a simple directive from billionaire businessman Mark Cuban: “Go piss people off.”
That’s according to a new profile of Rather in Politico today, tracing the legendary CBS newsman’s post-retirement resurgence as an outspoken social media superstar.
After being pushed out at CBS, Rather was hired by Cuban to host a television program on Cuban’s cable channel, HDNet. Since then, he’s gotten a SiriusXM radio show – and a wildly popular Facebook page, with more than two million followers.
“He is the Energizer Bunny. He keeps going and going, and the country is better for it,” Cuban said to Politico.
Contact Josh Nathan-Kazis at nathankazis@forward.com or on Twitter, @joshnathankazis.
I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s award-winning journalism this Passover.
In this age of misinformation, our work is needed like never before. We report on the news that matters most to American Jews, driven by truth, not ideology.
At a time when newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall. That means for the first time in our 126-year history, Forward journalism is free to everyone, everywhere. With an ongoing war, rising antisemitism, and a flood of disinformation that may affect the upcoming election, we believe that free and open access to Jewish journalism is imperative.
Readers like you make it all possible. Right now, we’re in the middle of our Passover Pledge Drive and we still need 300 people to step up and make a gift to sustain our trustworthy, independent journalism.
Make a gift of any size and become a Forward member today. You’ll support our mission to tell the American Jewish story fully and fairly.
— Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO
Join our mission to tell the Jewish story fully and fairly.
Only 300 more gifts needed by April 30