20 Questions: Dan Rather

May, 1979

20 Questions: Dan RatherNancy Collins, a reporter for The Washington Post, caught the peripatetic Dan Rather when he touched base at CBS headquarters in New York. Actually, it's a good thing we sent her to interview a fellow journalist: When neither of the tape recorders Collins was carrying proved functional, Rather gladly lent her his.1.[Q] Playboy: What advice would you give a young person who wanted to go into broadcast journalism?[A] Rather: Don't! Forget it. It's too crowded. Even if throu...