“He is the Energizer Bunny. He keeps going and going, and the country is better for it,” said Cuban in the interview. Cuban also opened up about just what he told Rather to do: “Go piss people off.”
After leaving CBS News in 2004 following a controversial report questioning President George W. Bush’s Air National Guard service, Rather remained in relative obscurity until recently. With a Facebook following of over two million fans, Rather has returned to prominence as a vocal critic of President Donald Trump.