Editing CBS Evening News (section)

====1995–2005====
The newscast returned to a solo anchor format on May 22, 1995, with Dan Rather continuing in his role as anchor. At age 73, Rather retired from the ''Evening News'' on March 9, 2005, exactly 24 years after succeeding Cronkite.

Rather left the anchor position amid controversy and a credibility crisis over reports broadcast during the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]] campaign. The report was a segment featured on a September 2004 broadcast of ''[[60 Minutes II|60 Minutes Wednesday]]'', questioning President [[George W. Bush]]'s [[Texas Air National Guard]] record.<ref name="rather statement">{{cite news|title= Dan Rather Statement On Memos|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dan-rather-statement-on-memos/|work=CBS News|date=September 20, 2005|access-date=March 20, 2006}}</ref><ref name="CBS statement on panel">{{cite news|title=CBS Names Memo Probe Panel|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-names-memo-probe-panel/|work=CBS News|date=September 22, 2004|access-date=March 20, 2006}}</ref> Conservative activists challenged the authenticity of the [[Killian documents controversy|documents]] used for the report. A number of bloggers analyzed scans of the documents, and rapidly concluded they were forgeries. Subsequently, CBS commissioned an independent inquiry into the matter and several CBS staffers were fired or asked to resign.

After departing from the ''Evening News'', Rather remained with CBS News as a correspondent. On June 20, 2006, CBS News President [[Sean McManus (television executive)|Sean McManus]] announced that Rather and CBS had agreed to end his 44-year career with the network.<ref>{{cite news|title=Moving Ahead, Rather Throws Sad Look Back |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/17/business/media/17rath.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 17, 2006|access-date=August 31, 2013}}</ref>