Dan Rather Returns to CBS After 18 Years: ‘I’ve Missed It Since the Day I Left’ | Video

Former CBS anchor Dan Rather returned to CBS on Sunday after bitterly departing the network 18 years ago. Rather, who spent 44 years covering world events for CBS, exited after a botched investigation into former President George W. Bush’s military service.

The journalist came back ahead of the release of his Netflix documentary on Wednesday.

“Without apology or explanation, I miss CBS,” Rather told Lee Cowan at the beginning of the segment. “I’ve missed it since the day I left there.”

Of his exit, Rather admitted that he’s still hurt. “In the heart of every reporter worthy of their name, Lee, there’s a message that news, real news, is what somebody, somewhere, particularly somebody in power, doesn’t want you to know,” he said. “That’s news.”

Leaving CBS was his “lowest point,” he continued. “I gave CBS News everything I had. They had smarter, better, more talented people, but they didn’t …