Posted on 09/09/2004 8:14:01 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa
Edited on 09/09/2004 8:52:15 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
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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Oh GOD, I`d so enjoy seeing him eat crow on this one! Got to fire up the VCR and buy some new tape.
NOT SO FAST CBS...
They need to explain why a 1973 document
the 18 August 1973 memo...
Mentions pressure from Stoudt.
According to the LA Times.....Walter Stoudt retired in 1972.
http://www.latimes.com/la-na-guard15feb15,1,6240422.story
"Bush's application, as well as his commission, were handled by then-Col. Walter B. "Buck" Staudt, who said, "Nobody did anything for him
. There was no
influence on his behalf. Neither his daddy nor anybody else got him into the Guard." Staudt, who retired in 1972 as a brigadier general, said Bush was enrolled quickly because there was a demand for pilot candidates. "
"I've been saying this afternoon and evening that CBS will refuse to out the source."
If the 'rats were the source, CBS won't hesitate to out them. Nobody likes being beterayed. Even by people on your side.
this has got to be one of the funniest threads I have seen in my 7 years on FR....thank you all...I needed this.
hee...hee...hee
Should read "As of today....I am resigning from CBS and forfeiting my pension."
Chris Lehane on Nightline just suggested that the Bush people faked the documents.
ALWAYS!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, .... I was giving Miss Howlin' too slow a credit.
Look, my replies were at the beginning of those threads.
Ya wanna argue DTG's now? 8<)
bttt
I heard him say that and with a straight face,no less.LOL
I imagine that he believes it will help his almost non-existent ratings...
" But forging military documents is a federal felony. If the documents are fake, the network has to give law enforcement authorities the names of the sources."
I like it. i just hope the Justice Dept. follows up... like they DIDN'T (or haven't) with Sandy Burglar.
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