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In 1974, Dan Rather was the white house correspondent for CBS during Watergate and was severely Anti-Nixon. CBS tried to replace him with Tom Brokaw, and Rather threatened to leave for ABC News. He stayed and got the anchorman spot from Roger Mudd after Cronkite left.

What would have happened if Rather did leave? Would have ABC make him the anchorman after a few years, or would he have stayed a reporter?
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