Does no one else know if this capture story is true or do people not know about the original attack? Or a little of both?

Surely SOMEONE here knows...this is like major crazy man conspiracy 101 and my all time favorite trivia tidbit?

Anyone? Bueller?

This is the fisrt i have heard of the attack on dan rather. i find it very interesting, i know that there have been recent dicoveries about cell phone frequencys being shockingly close to human nurological frequencys. and there are some who believe that it is possible to convey a message directly into ones mind with the correct frequency. I know this idea has been around for sometime, but the event with dan rather may be the first and actual proof of this technology. and the victims are always led away in chains.

I remember the attack. Being in the NYC metro area, it was on the local news.

Kudos to Rather for going on TV with REM to sing "What's the Frequency Kenneth?" It showed that he doesn't take himself too seriously.

As far as the capture, I can't remember ever hearing about......then again, I travel alot.

Reading "Generation of Swine" by Hunter S. Thompson I was reminded of this event.

Dan Rather, still cranked up from his adventure in power politics at CBS, got all the action he wanted during a midnight stroll on Park Avenue when he was savagely beaten by two thugs because he failed to answer their first question: "Kenneth, what is the frequency?"
Nobody seems to know exactly what happened next, except that Rather was beaten like an egg-sucking dog for not knowing The Frequency.

A truly bizarre event that only the 80s could produce.

Never heard a bout the attack... that's really interesting.

Was just listening to What's the Frequency Kenneth when I saw this.