[AZamericonnie]

They drank the CYA Koolaid. Good for you thought to keep up the pressure. We must not stop now!

[JoJo Gunn]

Check out the "statement" from the General Manager of the Nashville affiliate, WTVF. She would have done well to remain silent as to issue something so weak.

http://www.newschannel5.com/content/news/6969.asp

NewsChannel 5 GM Responds To CBS Story On President's Guard Duty
Posted: 9/21/2004 3:38:00 PM
Updated: 9/21/2004 5:06:23 PM

NewsChannel 5 General Manager Debbie Turner issued the following statement Tuesday in response to the admission by CBS News that the national network had made mistakes in its recent coverage of President Bush's National Guard service.

Dear NewsChannel 5 Viewers,

I have expressed my disappointment to CBS regarding Dan Rather’s 60 Minutes report on President Bush and his service in the Texas Air National Guard.

When CBS completes its investigation of how this mistake was made, I am confident that the higher ups at CBS will take steps to make sure this never happens again.

I regret that the sloppiness of the CBS report may reflect badly on the 170 men and women who work here at NewsChannel 5. I am proud of our local news and the ethical standards by which our news department operates.

Deborah F. Turner
President & General Manager
NewsChannel 5 Network

[Pastnowfuturealpha]

Is a station in Virginia leading the way - saw something where CBS was being dropped - don't know for sure as it was on a news snip on CNN - but if true - perhaps more stations will follow -

just a thought and wonder -

[GopherGOPer]

Good email, but by its generic-ness I feel they realised and apparently rightfully so it was a cut and paste. I'm not saying that they weren't wrong in their response, I'm just saying if you wanted an actually personal response, maybe you could have included a tidbit about how you love watching Amelia Santanello, or one of their other anchors stating by name.

I'm surprised they are simply footing the company line, as WCCO always seems the best at individually covering events for Republicans. Maybe they've changed, I haven't watched WCCO in a long time.