The Philadelphia Inquirer Gail Shister column: Rather, on CNN, disdains identification with CBS.

Byline: Gail Shister

Jul. 10--He may deny it, but Dan Rather is still hotter than a Laredo parking lot about CBS. Sharp-eyed viewers may have noticed that Rather was not identified on screen with his network of 44 years when he appeared on Anderson Cooper's 360 Wednesday to discuss his recent trip to North Korea. CNN didn't drop the ball, graphically speaking. Rather, ol' Dan didn't want CBS in the picture. Literally. In an in-house memo sent from a 360 staffer Thursday to CNN producers, they were told to "please feel free" to use taped snippets from Cooper's interview with Rather the previous night, but with one glaring caveat:

"Mr. Rather …