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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[speedy]

Oh, the humanity!!

[gov_bean_ counter]

In the eternal struggle of good vs evil...

Evil lost today. Big time.

[arasina]

LOL! Are you sure it wasn't F'n's butler?

[socal_parrot]

Send Lawyers Guns and Money!

[Jim Robinson]

I think a lot of FReepers moved a hugh mountain today. I'm just along for the ride.

[faithincowboys]

Thanks, Jim. This is the best post on the best thread EVER.

The only question is, will Gunga Dan survive?

[Cboldt]

Time to protect the sources. Circle the wagons. Rather is as embarrassed as a plucked rooster, a shaved cat, a naked emporer.

[Pharmboy]

The way I always want to remember Cap'n Dan the Newsman...

[alnick]

Wow. This is way cool!

[Wright Wing]

Time to call for the resignation of Rather, the 60 Minutes producer and the head of CBS News over this garbage. They have just been outed (again) as the frauds they truly are. As happy as I am to see them get egg on their face, I am disgusted by their blatant partisanship. Bush should demand an apology from McCauliffe (sp) and demand his resignation as well. Pigs..

[ConservativeMan55]

BUMP!!!!!!!!!!!

[hoosiermama]

Oh Howlin, I'm a dancing as I am typing.....Grinning from ear to ear and SOOOOO proud of what the freepers have done.
I actually called two people from work to ask them to be on the lookout for any stories....ANd here it already on MSM and just hours after you instigated the investigation....

I told one friend (She's aone of Zell's Angel) how all these people with all these expertise had come together for truth. That finally people are in charge of the news not the elite media.....
Oh happy day!

[austinaero]

Maybe they should take a lesson from Kitty Kelly, I hear she's available for interviews,,she's probably done the fake document route, ya think?

[arasina]

Oh, come on. You know they got it from FAKES 'R' US. "FAKES ARE US" are fakes!

[Libertarian444]

J'ACCUSE!!!!

[Charles Henrickson]

I think it was Mrs. Peacock in the Library with a pirated copy of MS Word.

But Mrs. Peacock would be NBC, wouldn't she?

[Howlin]

Let's see how close they get to this:

Amid questions raised on Internet weblogs about the authenticity of National Guard documents potentially damaging to President Bush, CBS News told WorldNetDaily it stands by its claims.

George W. Bush during his Texas Air National Guard service

Spokeswoman Kelli Edwards said she was aware of the charge that the documents, purportedly produced in 1972 and 1973, appear to have been forged with a modern word processor.

"As is standard practice at CBS News, each of the documents broadcast on '60 Minutes' was thoroughly investigated by independent experts, and we are convinced of their authenticity," she said.

Edwards refused to comment further, referring back to her statement as the final word.

Later, however, she sent an e-mail to WND, adding, "CBS verified the authenticity of the documents by talking to individuals who had seen the documents at the time they were written. These individuals were close associates of [Bush commander] Colonel Jerry Killian and confirm that the documents reflect his opinions at the time the documents were written."

[elhombrelibre]

Funny. I think when a kid gets his math problem wrong in school he should tell the teacher, "Stop questioning my patriotism."

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[TheBigB]

I'm just along for the ride.

You are the one, however, that provided the vehicle.