CBSNEWS LAUNCHES INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AFTER SUSPICIOUS BUSH DOCS AIRED (drudge Siren)

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[Keith in Iowa]

CBSNEWS LAUNCHES INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AFTER SUSPICIOUS BUSH DOCS AIRED

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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THU SEPT 09, 2004 22:45:32 ET XXXXX

CBSNEWS LAUNCHES INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AFTER SUSPICIOUS BUSH DOCS AIRED

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CBS NEWS executives have launched an internal investigation into whether its premiere news program 60 MINUTES aired fabricated documents relating to Bush's National Guard service, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

"The reputation and integrity of the entire news division is at stake, if we are in error, it will be corrected," a top CBS source explained late Thursday.

The source, who asked not to be named, described CBSNEWS anchor and 60 MINUTES correspondent Dan Rather as being privately "shell-shocked" by the increasingly likelihood that the documents in question were fraudulent.

Rather, who anchored the segment presenting new information on the president's military service, will personally correct the record on-air, if need be, the source explained from New York.

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[theDentist]

If it were a high source within the DNC or within the Kerry Kampaign, my vote goes to John Sasso. Sasso of the Biden Plagerism Tape fame, that is.

[ken5050]

Gawd...just think of Rush tomorrow...

[nicmarlo]

Ratherbiased, who anchored the segment presenting new information on the president's military service, will personally correct the record on-air, if need be....

[SerpentDove]

Dan Blather got caught in a lie. Now that he has been cleanly busted, he will be forced to recant, and this episode will be a glaring, humiliating and fitting epitaph to a career built on propogating lies and distortions.

Good riddance, loser.

[SevenofNine]

Like sand through hourglass
These are Days of our melting libs on FR

See FR is soap opera you see who meltdown first in the media or politics

Nobody get whack

[nopardons]

I doubt that Dan or ANYONE connected with this fraud is going to be sleeping well,or otherwise tonight;nor for quite a while. :-)

[melkor]

msnbc finnaly changed their little upper right corner article...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5955784/

[traviskicks]

"Bush should demand an apology from McCauliffe (sp) and demand his resignation as well."
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Bush can come off great in this if he plays his cards right. The official reaction from the press secretary has to be something like:

"In the spirit of the Presidents direction for complete openess we immmediately passed on what we thought were real documents to the rest of the media. We assumed CBS would not have given us forged documents."

Then the pres should have surrogotes like his campagin manager and some Senators - maybe Cheney... dunno - light up these democrats that have been pandering these points. Head of RNC, forget his name, would be a good surrogote to give some harsh rhetoric to some of these people.

The President could just give a kurt one or 2 liner like, "I understand this is an election year and things like this happen. Personally I think the American people would like to talk about the future, and so would I".

I think if the Bush team played it right they could get a big PR boost and look graceful and aloof and still get their attack message in on these partisans.

[TC Rider]

That's not my dog.

[Ptarmigan]

Well, CBS forged the documents. Not a surprise from the leftist media. I am wondering this could further help Bush and harm Kerry?

[twntaipan]

The ONLY thing Dan RATher is "shell-shocked" about is that he is caught--he knew they were fraudulent.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Rather is so willing to carry the largest bucket of "sludge" he can handle on behalf of democrats, he thought his will alone was sufficient enough to substantiate these "documents." Yeah, Rather is credible and neutral all right.

[cmurphy]

Now on www.nbcnews.com

[BlueOx]

Next to DAN RATHER with egg on his face!!! I want to hear TOMMY HARKIN (rat from Iowa) RECANT his accusation that BUSH LIED!!! He made me MAD AS ZELL when I heard his rant.

[Braak]

You've stepped in it now Danno!

Bernie Goldberg must be smiling so big tonight!

[ableChair]

This Kerry campaign disaster is F'king hilarious. I would pay ten years worth of movie tickets to see this on film. Unbelievable. This is SNL material...and it's free!

[rolling_stone]

Fox should send Brit with a hand held camera over to CBS banging on the door, Mike Wallace(or fatso Moore) style, asking questions about the forgeries. That'd be a hoot.

ROFLMAO hey lets send the Protest Warriors!!!

[idkfa]

Ra^thergate

[Robert A Cook PE]

How could he be involved?

CBS gave the documents to the White House.

The CBS number is AT THE TOP of the documents released to the rest of the press.

In fact, if you read the fake memo's, you can still it up there. 212-xxx-1998.

[hoosiermama]

Hmmmm, Been thinking the only way See BS and 60 can make it up would be to fire Rather AND have the SBVets and POW on for the entire 60 minutes.....How about twice. Once in mid Sept and again in mid Oct.