Media Beat: Dan Rather Spent ‘More Than 2 Million’ on CBS Lawsuit

As our Media Beat interview with Dan Rather continues, the former CBS Newsman opens up about his lawsuit against CBS Corp., and how much of his own money he spent — more than $2M dollars. And that’s a lot coming from a guy who bought the overcoat he was wearing on the day of our interview at Sam’s Club — seriously. Here’s part II of Gail Shister‘s interview:

• Part I – Dan Rather tweets his way through Afghanistan.

• Part III: Dan Rather on Dan Rather

Media Beat is mediabistro.com’s interview series with the movers and shakers of the media world. View all past episodes at MediaBeat.com.

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