CBS President Unimpressed by Film Sympathetic to Dan Rather
By The Hollywood Reporter
Published on September 16, 2015
Before its acclaimed premiere at TIFF, Truth — about the scandal that ended the anchor’s CBS News career — was screened for a special viewer: CBS president and CEO Moonves, who was not impressed.
Truth, director James Vanderbilt’s drama about the “Memogate” scandal that ended Dan Rather’s CBS News career, was touted as a world premiere at Toronto. Rather himself turned up at the event to praise the film’s accuracy and its (very sympathetic) portrayal of him.
But it turns out the movie was shown months earlier to a special viewer: CBS Corp. president and CEO Leslie Moonves. And the reaction was less than effusive.
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