{"title":"Alan Weisman","description":"\u003cp\u003eALAN WEISMAN is a journalist, author, and television producer who spent more than twenty-five years as a writer and producer at CBS News. His books include \u003cem\u003ePrince of Darkness: Richard Perle and the End of Empire in America\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLone Star: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Dan Rather\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeisman holds an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University. He has contributed op-ed columns to \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and has been interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered. His CBS work included 60 Minutes, CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood, the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, and the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan lives in Hillsdale, NJ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan Weisman’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lone-star","title":"Lone Star: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Dan Rather","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Alan Weisman has come as close as anyone to unraveling one of the big mysteries of the television age: who is the real Dan Rather? Weisman has devoted much time, energy, and talent to that question, and this book is a fascinating read.\" --Robert Pierpoint, former\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eCBS News correspondent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Alan Weisman's lively account of this remarkable life explains why the quest to understand Rather has remained so vital and important.\" --Verne Gay, television critic, \u003cem\u003eNewsday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLone Star\u003c\/em\u003e is the first biography to bring Dan Rather to life while examining the full scope and breadth of his impact on the world. In this book, longtime CBS News writer and producer Alan Weisman presents a fresh, balanced look at the controversial newsman who defeated overwhelming odds when he succeeded Walter Cronkite as CBS News anchorman. Also, whose newscast was #1 for almost a decade but whose fall from grace was the swiftest and steepest in the history of television. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author draws upon scored of revealing interviews with Rather's colleagues, including former CBS News presidents and current 60 minutes correspondents as well as producers, writers, and television critics. He sheds new light on Rather's exchanges with President Nixon that forever branded him as anti-Establishment and anti-Republican; Rather's reports from Soviet-occupied Afghanistan and war-torn Somalia; his heated live interview with Vice President Bush on the Iran-Contra affair; the strange episodes in his personal life that seems to happen only to Rather; his disastrous on-air pairing with co-anchor Connie Chung; and the full story of the scandal that became know as Memogate and its impact on CBS News and broadcast journalism at large. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0471792179\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780471792178\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Alan Weisman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43212307562712,"sku":"9780471792178","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9780470364253_FC_mockup_v2_1740153104_ec4631f5-6fb8-4a81-bac3-3d399fdd2a8b.jpg?v=1790999174"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-alan-weisman.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}