In 1991, his car was broken into. Instead of having the criminal
arrested, he gave him a lecture on the choices he had made in life.
They later met in Kuwait. The man, who was now an Apache pilot, thanked
Rather for giving him the lecture and turning his life around.
"What separated Ed Murrow from the rest of the pack was courage. I know
what you're thinking. I've gotten in trouble before for using the word.
Probably deserved it. Maybe I used it inappropriately. Maybe I'm a poor
person to talk about it because I have little myself. But I want to
hear the word. I want to hear it praised, and the men and women who
have courage elevated." - Speaking at the forty-eighth annual
conference of the Radio-Television News Directors Association,
September 29, 1993.
ट्रेडमार्क
Use of odd metaphors, or "Texanisms," when reporting the news