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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[Gucho]

"RATHERGATE"

[bellevuesbest]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1210662/posts
#47

Jim, is there a Free Republic Hall of Fame yet? I nominate Buckhead.

[Casloy]

if we are in error, it will be corrected," a top CBS source explained late Thursday.

Yeah, right!

[bellevuesbest]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1210516/posts?q=1&&page=101
#107

I'd also like to nominate TankerKC for the Hall.

[mass55th]

"He looks like Fidel in that pic..is it Fidel?"

Must be one of Fidel's Havanas, that no one over here can legally get.

[WashStateGirl]

[capitan_refugio]

"Dan Rather, I think, is the doomed marsupial on the left."

Excuse me, but that's a "sabertooth tiger" on the left, and those are giant groundsloths on the right. Condors can be seen in the tree and in flight. And way off in the distance is an imperial mammoth. The condors are going to feed on the remains.

Diorama from the La Brea Tarpits - George Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries.

[thelastvirgil]

What did Rather know, and when did he know it? If these allegations are true, Rather must publicly apologize and resign his post. End of story.

[maryz]

Bush should demand an apology from McAuliffe and demand his resignation as well.

It would apparently be better for Bush and Pubbies in general if McAuliffe got an ironclad lifetime contract to head the Dems!

[The Raven]

CBS's secondary source for the docs is Killian's former supervisor, who is said to be quiet and refusing interviews because he is a Republican.

I'll bet he's a Democrat or non-existent !!!

That's where I'd be lookin'

[MindBender26]

Will. We'll talk

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Somewhere over the past few days, I read Rather had been eager to run with this but Hewitt [the big guy] said no. It wasn't news. Now that the big guy was retired, Rather grabbed the ball and ran with it.

Problem was, he ran to the wrong goal post.

[Dog]

Someone call Congressman Tom DeLay's office and ask if they will be holding Congressional Hearings on this fraud by CBS against a sitting US President.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

This is so sweet.

Normally old media would not give much attention to this other than the obligatory "some republicans question the authenticity of the documents. In an attempt to shift the focus from the substance of these documents, they are questioning fonts and spacing."

Ratings is the name of the game. Following FOX is ABCNBCCBS. No one wants that last place. ABC & NBC will do whatever it takes to stay out of that last place, even if it means turning on it's own band of brothers.

[PJ-Comix]

The DUmmies are just beginning to go into Meltdown Mode over the revelation that the documents are forgeries. Here are some DUmmie commentaries:

If this is a forgery, I'm sure it's another in a long line of Karl Rove's stunts. But it's not a forgery. Come on, CBS vetted it with experts, of which there must be many. On the other hand, the detractors are all right-wing bloggers. (Who you know will attack anything that knocks bush.)

My only question Is how thoroughly did CBS review these documents? How many experts did they show these documents to before going on with the story? What were their background and area of expertise?

CBS is a creditable news source. They didn't get that way by being stupid. These docs were probably gone over with a fine tooth comb until they were sure it didn't have any nits.

what document? it doesn't matter. the guy's a deserter who kills for fun he is doomed to failure I don't care if they say it was hand-typed by Rove and given to Rather by Andrew Card dressed as Huggy Bear.

So Rove gave them to CBS? Is CBS that gullible?

There are real docs that the Whitehouse had and they created forgery forms of these docs and passed them off to discredit the real ones if they ever surfaced. It mucks it up enough that if real versions surfaced, noone would ever believe it - the "forgery" meme is planted.

I agree - its a fraud Walt has showed two other era documents "as proof" that have the superscripted "th" and none of them even closely resemble the document 60 mins had - they fell for it hook line and sinker. They look completely different in the way it was done. If I knew how to PSP them side by side I would but I am looking at them now and this 60 mins thing was a fraud and Rove is ROFL at them.

Oh, please. Like a bunch of amateurs on the Internet would be able to figure out something that CBS News stuck its neck out over and never thought to investigate. Riiight.

Yikes. I started out thinking this was a Rove plant, after reading http://www.warblogging.com / - then I was convinced it wasn't. I've been crazy all day about this thing. Now I'm back where I started. I need to be sedated.

What's with all you paranoid people? Get a grip!!! This is exactly what goo defence attorneys do...CREATE DOUBT!!!! There's absolutely no reason to think these doxs are forgeries! NONE!!!

Document is forgery -- this can become the basis of an allegation that the whitehouse continues to deceive the public by lying to us, sometimes in very clever ways.

CBS has to have something to substantiate the authenticity of the memos. If it doesn't, it has cost itself any credibility it had. Obviously, this wouldn't be good for a it's news division. CBS' story had to be thoroughly vetted!

Oh good GOD! Stop and think for a moment...IF it were discovered that they were a forgery then the media would HOT after the story of who did it and why. The blowback from that would be bigger than the actual story.

What crap. The issue is are they believable? Hell yes. And what the f*ck does a wife or son for that matter really know about husband/dad. Well sh*t, let's ask Hillary. What's really Rovian is to suggest the documents are fake. Chimp has been an underachiever his whole goddamn life, much to our pain, so why would they NOT be authentic?

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I hope Bernie Goldberg turns up on talk radio today.

[freeangel]

"if we are in error, it will be corrected"

Does one imagine that the network would devote a segment on how MSM loves to lie to the public--Nah.

[dinasour]

Rather must publicly apologize and resign his post. End of story.

Freepers: Don't let CBS get away with this !

Write CBS, write your local affiliate, write a letter to the editor in your local paper, complain to the FCC.

With luck, enough sheeple will realize that the MSM are lying to them and start to look into the real record.

[PilloryHillary]

Rather must publicly apologize and resign his post. End of story.

Freepers: Don't let CBS get away with this !

I AGREE! We need to make Dan Rather pay for this big time! An on-air and written apology and resignation is the only solution to this problem.

[leprechaun9]

Dan Blather's suspenders are tightening aroung his groin! Good - make his eyes pop a little further!