In media news, Dan Rather has left CBS after more than four decades. Rather stepped down as CBS News anchor last year following controversy over his infamous report on President Bush’s military record. On Tuesday, Rather said he was leaving after CBS offered him “a future with only an office but no assignments.” Rather added: “Too much is made of anchors and their personalities… The larger issues — the role of a free press and of honest, real news in a democracy, the role of technology in supporting a free press, the 'corporatization' of news and its effects on news content — all deserve more attention, more discussion and more passionate debate.”