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The Best Episodes of Dan Rather Reports Season 7

Every episode of Dan Rather Reports Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dan Rather Reports Season 7!

The Best Episodes of Dan Rather Reports Season 7

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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    #1 - Live from the New Hampshire Primary

    S7:E1

    Live election results of the nation's first 2012 presidential primary from Manchester, New Hampshire.

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    #2 - Finnish First

    S7:E2

    In just 30 years, Finland transformed its school system from one that was mediocre and inequitable, to one that consistently produces some of the world's best students, while virtually eliminating an achievement gap. And they do it without standardized testing.

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    #3 - All for a Bowl of Soup

    S7:E3

    One man's quest to document how the Asian appetite for shark fin soup is decimating the ocean's shark populations.

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    #4 - From the Florida Primary

    S7:E4

    The Republican presidential contenders move on to the Sunshine State. Live results from Tampa.

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    #5 - A Fighting Chance

    S7:E5

    A young, former Army infantryman, wounded in Afghanistan, rehabilitates himself for a chance to play college football. Plus, western businesses invade the new Libya in search of riches.

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    #6 - The Doctor Is Out

    S7:E6

    A conversation with Dr. Donald Berwick, a leading expert on America's healthcare policy, discussing the controversial healthcare bill. And, an island in Japan has the longest living people in the world.

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    #7 - Stealth Spy

    S7:E7

    An American engineer was convicted of espionage after selling stealth secrets to China. But were they really secrets? An investigation of American technology transfer to countries around the world.

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    #8 - A Greek Tragedy

    S7:E8

    The economic crisis is becoming a disaster to many Greeks with the fallout spreading to children. Some parents are sending their children to live with relatives because they can no longer afford to keep them. Also, the story of a journalist who's taking on a dictator in Europe.

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    #9 - Super Tuesday

    S7:E9

    Live from New York, the latest election returns from the GOP Presidential primaries with Dan Rather and a panel of guests.

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    #10 - Case of the Century

    S7:E10

    With the U.S. Supreme Court set to weigh in on President Obama's health care bill, the public seems to think that it is an unconstitutional overreach of federal power. But most legal scholars disagree. Who will win? The political, social, and legal stakes couldn't be higher.

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    #11 - A Dire Strait

    S7:E11

    It's been called the most strategically important waterway in the world, but tensions are high in the Strait of Hormuz, and the United States Navy ramps up operations for a possible showdown with Iran. Back at the Navy's base on the tiny island Kingdom of Bahrain, an ongoing uprising pits the United States' democratic ideals against the cold, hard reality of oil-driven politics.

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    #12 - Queen of Green

    S7:E12

    A state agency in California, and the woman who runs it, have enormous influence over everything from the air we breathe to the cars we drive. When it comes to the environment, Mary Nichols, the director of the California Air Resources Board, is the most important person you've probably never heard of. Also, the IRS and non-profits.

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    #13 - A Panamanian Passageway

    S7:E13

    U.S. officials worry that Panama is becoming a drug transiting point.

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    #14 - China in the Caribbean

    S7:E14

    Big money from China is buying influence in America's backyard. Small countries in the Caribbean are the beneficiaries of Beijing's largess. Also, a live discussion on what China really thinks of its place in the world, and its relationship with the United States.

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    #15 - Adopted or Abducted?

    S7:E15

    An investigation into claims by women that they were forced to put their babies up for adoption, many with the knowledge and support of Catholic Charities. It has been a little discussed practice for decades but this special hour-long program will remove the veil of secrecy that has led to emotional trauma for unwed mothers around the world.

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    #16 - The Most Unconventional Conservative

    S7:E16

    Meet Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, a Muslim-American who believes Islamic terrorists are among us, and silence by Muslims is partly to blame. Plus, an update on our "Castle Doctrine" report and the controversial breed of gun laws center stage in the Trayvon Martin shooting.

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    #17 - The A-List: A Conversation in Hollywood

    S7:E17

    Dan Rather talks live with some of the most sought after actors in Hollywood, including Ed Helms, William H. Macy, and Don Cheadle.

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    #18 - A Hunger That Never Ends

    S7:E18

    Since the last drought in 2010, hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency food aid has been spent in Africa's most needy nations. And now a brutal summer looms. While the US government and aid agencies race to prevent a food crisis, some are asking is there a better way to save Africa's starving people? Also, an update on drinking water thought contaminated at a U.S. Marine base.

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    #19 - Dan Rather Remembers Pearl Harbor

    S7:E19

    Seventy years after the United States was launched into World War II, veteran reporter Dan Rather returns to Hawaii to explore the day that will live in infamy and how its meaning has changed with the passage of time.

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    #20 - Divided They Stand

    S7:E20

    A conversation on Congress with Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein, the authors of the new book It's Even Worse Than It Looks. Plus, an update on "The Piper," a previous story about WWII veteran Bill Millen and his legacy on the beaches of Normandy.

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    #21 - Running for Their Lives

    S7:E21

    With the violence escalating, hundreds of families are escaping the hell that is Syria every day. We have first access to crowded camps on the Jordanian border where families show us the horrors of what's happening just a few miles from their safe haven. Also, middle east expert Fouad Ajami.

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    #22 - Inside the Revolution

    S7:E22

    Deep inside Syria, we travel with freedom fighters as they take on a dictator. Also, a final journey for the American flag rescued from Ground Zero.

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    #23 - Red Gold

    S7:E23

    From Alaska, where fishermen believe wild salmon, known here as "Red Gold", will be threatened by runoff from a planned copper and gold mine that would be one of the largest in the world.

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    #24 - It's a Southern Thing

    S7:E24

    Dan Rather Reports investigates the skyrocketing rates of HIV infections across the southern United States, where more than 50% of new infections are reported, by far the highest area in the nation. Also, an update on the fate of Blitz USA, a company that makes plastic gas containers that are alleged to explode.

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    #25 - In the Running

    S7:E25

    From a small town in Kenya come most of the world's greatest marathon runners. These men and women could win almost any road race in the world - finishing marathons in half the time of the average American - but here they are just another face in the crowd. On the eve of the Olympics, we travel to Kenya to see why they can run so fast, so far.

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"Live from the New Hampshire Primary" is the best rated episode of "Dan Rather Reports" season 7. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/10/2012. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Finnish First".