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The Best Episodes of Dan Rather Reports

Every episode of Dan Rather Reports ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Dan Rather Reports!

Dan Rather presents hard-edged field reports, in-depth interviews and investigative pieces. Each story emphasizes the accuracy, fairness and guts that have been a hallmark of...
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Best Episodes Summary

"Coming Home" is the best rated episode of "Dan Rather Reports". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/14/2006. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "The Best Congress Money Can Buy".

  • Coming Home
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    #1 - Coming Home

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/14/2006

    It's been said that war changes everything. Dan Rather Reports looked at American soldiers returning from conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan and how their lives were forever changed. For the wounded, advances in technology have saved thousands of lives, but is the government prepared for the long-term cost of treating returning vets?

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  • The Best Congress Money Can Buy
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    #2 - The Best Congress Money Can Buy

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/21/2006

    Who's really running Washington? Lobbying our elected officials has grown into a billion dollar industry. Dan Rather Reports investigates the "shadow government."

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  • Survivors of the Storms
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    #3 - Survivors of the Storms

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/28/2006

    Dan Rather Reports talks to a former FEMA worker who was convicted of accepting a bribe from a government contractor. The impact of the big storms that hit the Gulf Coast a year ago were felt far beyond New Orleans. This is the story of rebuilding without federal help, down on the bayou.

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    #4 - Border War

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/5/2006

    More Americans have been kidnapped in Mexican border towns than in Iraq. The drug cartels have all but taken over several of Mexico's northern border cities. Dan Rather Reports looks at the growing violence that's just next door.

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  • Exxon Valdez
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    #5 - Exxon Valdez

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/12/2006

    17 years after the tanker Exxon Valdez spilled millions of gallons of oil, some residents of Alaska say the oil is still there and still causing environmental damage. Also close encounters with grizzly bears in the wilds of Montana.

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  • Contractors or Carpetbaggers?
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    #6 - Contractors or Carpetbaggers?

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/19/2006

    Residents along the Gulf Coast say big, out-of-state companies are getting the bulk of the clean-up contracts and that's costing taxpayers everywhere millions of dollars. Plus, a year of record profits on Wall Street leads to big-time bonuses like you won't believe.

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  • The Bush Legacy
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    #7 - The Bush Legacy

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/2007

    A talk with noted historians about the Presidency of George W. Bush and how he will be viewed against others who've sat in the Oval Office.

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  • General John Batiste, Fallen Hero, Elite Search and Rescue
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    #8 - General John Batiste, Fallen Hero, Elite Search and Rescue

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/2007

    Dan Rather interviews former General John Batiste about President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq; a family pays tribute to a fallen hero; and dramatic footage from Mt. Hood with an elite search and rescue team.

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  • The Future of Ford
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    #9 - The Future of Ford

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/30/2007

    Once the icon of American industry, Ford Motor Company finds itself falling fast in the eyes of consumers who are flocking to imports. The company has been forced to lay off thousands of workers as car building moves to cheaper foreign plants.

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  • The Heroes Are Dying
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    #10 - The Heroes Are Dying

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/6/2007

    A look at how 9-11 is still affecting the first responders; many of the police and firefighters who spent weeks atop the toxic pile that was the World Trade Center are sick and dying from lung diseases.

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  • Hamid Karzai Interview, Border Wars Update
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    #11 - Hamid Karzai Interview, Border Wars Update

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/13/2007

    Dan Rather travels to Afghanistan for an exclusive interview with President Hamid Karzai on the resurgence of the Taliban fighters who promise a bloody spring offensive to topple the government. Also, an update on "Border Wars". Newly elected Mexican President Calderon is sending thousands of troops to take on the drug cartels who have all but taken over some Mexican towns.

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  • Medical Marijuana
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    #12 - Medical Marijuana

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/20/2007

    Possession of marijuana could lead to jail time. But medical researchers are learning that it may also lead to significant advances in medicine. Dan Rather Reports investigates important new information on the plant that some researchers are calling the "aspirin of the 21st century".

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  • Race to the White House - Talking Politics st Princeton University
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    #13 - Race to the White House - Talking Politics st Princeton University

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/27/2007

    Live from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, Dan Rather hosts a town hall meeting looking at the race to the White House that's still 20 months away, but in full swing for more than a dozen candidates.

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  • Combat Photographer
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    #14 - Combat Photographer

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/6/2007

    The story of U.S. Marine Chief Warrant Officer Sean Fairburn, who videotaped America's invasion of Iraq in high-definition. His pictures will not only tell the story of the invasion, but what it's like to be in combat, as only high-definition can provide.

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  • Latino Invasions
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    #15 - Latino Invasions

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/13/2007

    For anyone caught entering the United States illegally, there's a new reality. Detention Centers. The Bush administration has stopped the long accepted practice of "catch and release" for illegal immigrants and is instead locking them up. While the government tries to slow the influx, there's no stopping the flood of Latino culture that is exploding on the American scene, from television and movies to some of the most popular new music. A special town hall meeting live from Austin, Texas.

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  • Afghanistan: The Problem with Poppies
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    #16 - Afghanistan: The Problem with Poppies

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/20/2007

    Dan Rather travels to the wild frontier of Afghanistan where massive drug production is threatening to turn the country into a narco-state. The money coming from heroin production is funding a resurgence of the Taliban and terrorism.

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  • Cooking with Clones
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    #17 - Cooking with Clones

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 3/27/2007

    It all began with Dolly the sheep, but coming soon to a supermarket near you: cloned beef. And if the Food and Drug Administration has its way, it won't be labeled. Also, Pakistan: what are Americans getting for the billions of taxpayer dollars sent to the military dictator Pervez Musharraf? With the resurgence of the Taliban in Pakistan, some in Congress are asking questions.

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  • New Rules of the Game
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    #18 - New Rules of the Game

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 4/3/2007

    Democrats campaigned to end the culture of corruption in Washington, as well as limit or end lobbyists access to lawmakers. But so far it's been more talk than action with the influence industry as cozy as ever with lawmakers. Also, what's killing the coral in the Florida Keys?

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  • Made in China
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    #19 - Made in China

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 4/10/2007

    For national security reasons, everything the military uses, from bombs to berets has, since World War II, been made in the USA. But now there's a move to outsource the manufacture of military hardware to countries such as China and Russia. Plus, he's being called "America's Mayor". A look at how Rudy Giuliani ran New York City before 9-11. And, dramatic rescues at sea from U.S. Coast Guard choppers.

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    #20 - Virginia Tech, Corey Booker

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 4/17/2007

    Dan Rather hosts coverage of the Virginia Tech killings from Blacksburg, Virginia. Also, Corey Booker, Newark, New Jersey's 37-year-old Mayor and his mission to change the image of the city.

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  • Exodus
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    #21 - Exodus

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 4/24/2007

    Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis are fleeing their country to Syria in search of safety. But that's not their final stop. Many are being smuggled to Europe and beyond.

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  • Toxic Trailers
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    #22 - Toxic Trailers

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 5/1/2007

    Some of the thousands of people along the Gulf Coast still living in travel trailers say formaldehyde used to build the campers is making them sick. Also, take a ride on the straight talk express as Dan Rather sits down with Republican presidential hopeful John Mc Cain.

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  • Civilians at War
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    #23 - Civilians at War

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 5/8/2007

    Tens of thousands of American citizens are serving their country in Iraq as civilian contractors. They are the untold story of the war with hundreds killed and wounded. Also, why aren't there more African Americans playing major league baseball, and on the anniversary of the Kent State shooting, a professor who witnessed the event and now teaches about it.

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  • Green Scare
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    #24 - Green Scare

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 5/15/2007

    Some Muslims and Arab Americans complain this country is returning to the McCarthy era and the red scare.

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  • Where Are the Bees?
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    #25 - Where Are the Bees?

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 5/22/2007

    Dan Rather Reports learns of amazing new discoveries scientists and the government are making in the quest for why bees are dying. Also, more on the story of formaldehyde gas in trailers provided to hurricane victims. And, immigrants talk about what new legislation pending in congress would mean to them.

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