Título: Dan Rather
Seção: "Kenneth, what is the frequency?"
Background: Daniel Irvin Rather, Jr.  was born on October 31, 1931, in Wharton County, Texas, the son of Daniel Irvin Rather, Sr., a ditch digger, and the former Byrl Veda Page. The Rathers moved to Houston, where Dan attended Love Elementary School and Hamilton Middle School. He graduated in 1950 from John H. Reagan High School in Houston. In 1953, he earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Sam Houston State University where he was editor of the school newspaper, The Houstonian.

Conteúdo: On October 4, 1986, while walking along Park Avenue to his apartment in Manhattan, Rather was attacked and punched from behind by a man who demanded to know "Kenneth, what is the frequency?" while a second assailant chased and beat him. As the assailant pummeled and kicked Rather, he kept repeating the question. In describing the incident, Rather said, "I got mugged. Who understands these things? I didn't and I don't now. I didn't make a lot of it at the time and I don't now. I wish I knew who did it and why, but I have no idea." Until the crime was resolved years later, Rather's description of the bizarre crime led some to doubt the veracity of his account, although the doorman and building supervisor who rescued Rather fully confirmed his version of events.  The assault remained unsolved for some time, and was referenced multiple times in popular culture. The phrase "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" became a popular-culture reference over the years, such as in a scene in the graphic novel Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by cartoonist Daniel Clowes. In 1994, the band R.E.M. released the song "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" on their album Monster. Rather later sang with R.E.M. during a sound check prior to a gig at New York's Madison Square Garden, which was shown the following night on the Late Show with David Letterman before their performance of "Crush with Eyeliner".  In 1997, a TV critic writing in the New York Daily News solved the mystery, publishing a photo of the al

user: Who said  "Kenneth, what is the frequency?"

assistant: William Tager,

user: Who is william tager

assistant: the man who attacked Mr. Rather

user: Why did he attach Dan Rather

assistant: Tager claimed he thought television networks were beaming signals into his brain.

user: Why did he say kenneth, what is the frequency

assistant: to find out the frequency the networks were using to attack him, so that he could block it.

user: Was Dan Rather hurt

assistant: punched from behind

user: Did William Tager serve time for the attack

assistant: Tager was paroled in October 2010

user: why did he think tvs were beaming signal into his brain.

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: How long did it take to find tager after the attack

assistant: In 1997, a TV critic writing in the New York Daily News solved the mystery,

user: Is there any other relevance to kenneth what is the frequency?

assistant: What's the frequency, Kenneth?" became a popular-culture reference over the years,

user: What is the reference

assistant: such as in a scene in the graphic novel Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by cartoonist Daniel Clowes.

user: Is there anything else important about william tager

assistant: killing NBC stagehand Campbell Montgomery

user: Why did he do that?

assistant: Tager was trying to force his way into an NBC studio