Posted on 09/13/2004 4:37:39 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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On September 10, 2004, Dan Rather declared war on the internet. He shouldn't have because it's a battle he is destined to lose. Addressing only a small part of the hundreds of criticisms that web-based critics and assorted typewriter, font, and military experts have lodged against his report, Rather and his CBS colleagues seem to have a masochistic desire for punishment. Our latest updates on the Memogate controversy are posted below. For our 22-point rebuttal to Rather's Sept. 10 salvo, click here.
CBS has done it before at least once, using a fake memo on 60 Minutes.
Lesley Stahl apologized for it back then, but currently the network is still holding out on apologizing for memos Dan Rather used as proof that George W. Bush was a misfit in the National Guard. The memo cited in 1997 was supposedly written by Rudy Camacho, a customs official whom CBS suggested was linked to a drug cartel. The memos today are supposedly written by Jerry Killian, a National Guard officer whom CBS claims gave preferential treatment to George W. Bush.
Mike Wallace aired the accusations on April 20, 1997. "Are there some American Customs inspectors on the take for Mexican drug lords? That's what we'll look at tonight."
None of the rest of the transcript is available, and it appears to have been removed from the transcript database. But the apologies are there. (See screenshot.)
It wasn't until a year later that 60 Minutes finally aired an apology. Of course, Mike Wallace didn't say it because, according to the Washington Post , a CBS rep "says Wallace was in California last Thursday and Friday on a story." Instead of the great Wallace humbling himself, that job was relegated to Lesley Stahl.
Ms. Stahl apologized twice on 60 Minutes, first on February 15, 1998 and then a year later, on April 11, 1999.
February 15, 1998:
"Before we leave tonight, an update.
"Last April, during a story about how easy it was for trucks carrying drugs to get through Customs at the Mexican border near San Diego, we showed a memo written by Customs District Director Rudy Camacho, which urged quick processing of trucks belonging to what had been described as a known drug smuggler.
"But since our report, the Customs Service has concluded that memo was a forgery. In a letter to California Senator Dianne Feinstein, the commissioner says the Customs Internal Affairs Department thoroughly investigated the memo and concluded it was a hoax, and that neither District Director Camacho nor anyone else ever put out such a memo."
April 11, 1999:
"Two years ago, we broadcast a report called North of the Border in which we reported accurately on the flow of illegal drugs across the US-Mexico border at San Diego. Near the end of the report, however, we showed a memo which we said had been issued by the Office of Rudy Camacho, the district director of customs there, calling for preferential treatment in border crossings for a company which had been linked to a Mexican drug cartel.
"After our report, the Custom Service, in Washington, conducted an investigation of the memo and informed us that we were the victims of a hoax, that the memo was fraudulent. It was never in the files of the Custom Service and the preferential treatment described in it never existed. Last year, we reported the Custom Service's findings to you.
"Subsequently, Mr. Camacho filed a lawsuit against us, and in the course of that suit, we learned additional facts which have now convinced us that the Custom Services' conclusion is correct. We have concluded that we were deceived, and ultimately, so were you, our viewers. Under the circumstances, we regret that any reference to that memo or to Mr. Camacho's connection with it was included in our original report and apologize for any harm to Mr. Camacho's professional reputation and any distress caused to him and his family."
It's obvious CBS likes his work.
Isn't CBS the ones who called the election in favor of Gore before the panhandle(which is known to vote Republican) of Florida had voted, thus causing all the recounts.
CBS will Skew an election, "just because they can." I mean, so what? What are the sheepish "unwashed masses going to do?"
Who has the Dan Rather quote that goes something like "I think a person might be honest even though they've told any number of lies."
To the liberal/communist mind, a lie is not a "lie". It is merely a means to further the communist cause and is, therefore, justified.
To communist, a lie is only a lie not when you lie to the public, but Rather when you lie to the state. e.g., the old Soviet Union.
I don't know if Dan said this, but if he didn't, he should have.
Pull press credentials. They are not an news organization. They are the midia wing of the Democrat party which makes them entertainment... at best.
I wonder why they apologized the second time, 14 months after the first apology? Sounds like it might have been required as part of a settlement of the lawsuit?
Nah... I was thinking of a different quote... one that Dan used to explain why he thought Clinton was honest even though he lied.
..And therefore should not have the special dispensation that the press has under the ridiculous McCain Feingold law.
, "just because they can." What is it with this term. I have watched interviews with serial killers ,pedophiles, bill Clinton, and now the term is used in describing CBS. Is it just something that is in the pathology of criminals.
"...You can be an honest person and lie about any number of things". Interview with O'Reilly. Rather enlightening, don't you think.
See my tagline.
Yes it is a common criminal pathology.
"Just because I can", is a sociopath's outcry for lack of attention or consequences. That is, some sociopaths crave a particular kind of order and when they perceive none, they "act out" to show the system its own folly. They rationalize and justify themselves and elevate their thoughts of order by concluding that society deserved it for not paying attention to them or preventing them from commiting the act.
Not a psychologist this is just psych 101 undergrad babble combined with too many CSI episodes
The notion that there are no boundries, is so me generation.
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