[Paleo Conservative]

They said that is not a proper journalistic standard. Onus is on CBS to use authentic documents: originals.

What originals?

[Enduring Freedom]

Swift Boat Veterans for Tru^th

[MJY1288]

Limbacher just plugged Free Republic :-)

[pookie18]

Carl Limbacher of NewsMax just mentioned Free Republic.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Fineman and Zelnick are not in the VRWC, GOP etc. If CBS was smart they would have an independent investigation as Zelnick suggested. This thing is going to get worse for them otherwise, not that they don't deserve it.

[kempster]

Carl Limbacher gives Freepers a plug in the discussion.

[mylife]

Limbacher is laying it on the line about bloggers and freepers!

[blue-duncan]

"Rather will be doing some more backpedalling soon, I predict." Never underestimate the destructive force of selfish ego. Especially in the mind of a self important celebrity.

[COEXERJ145]

The criticism was significant, and it was from mainstream news personalities who were not wearing pajamas.

This story has legs, even in the MSM.

The media smells the blood that CBS is hemorrhaging. There are a lot of reporters who would like nothing more than being seen as the one who brought down Dan Ra^ther and SEE-BS.

[Paul Atreides]

The American people have seen the man behind the curtain, they didn't want us to see. The journalistic profession proclaims it their solemn duty to question everything, as long as a Republican is doing it, but will not allow any questioning of them. I hope we are seeing them throwing overboard, one of the biggest embarassments to their profession.

[eggman]

Even Fineman said he has blogged in his pajamas. This is hilarious. C^BS is the laughingstock of the old media.

[TheLion]

Credibility! That is what keeps popping up in this discussion. CBS has lost it!

[MissAmericanPie]

By the time Blather stops digging that hole CBS will be known as Commie BS.

[mylife]

Folks they are starting to recognize the power of the Internet.

As Matt drudge says "every citizen is a reporter" To go a step farther, the media is just beginning to realize that the Internet provides a vast wealth of expertise in all fields.

[ambrose]

Glad to hear it. I didn't like the tone of the current debate, where the onus was on us to prove it would have been physically impossible to write those memos in the 1970s.

[CFC__VRWC]

There are a few outlets and commentators in the MSM who aren't swallowing Dan Rather's Kool Aid - these guys you mention here and the Compost come to mind. OTOH, Time, the AP, and USA Today have gone completely into the tank for Dan. I think a lot of the outlets are hedging their bets right now, looking to see where the New York Times will eventually land. The Slimes hasn't committed itself yet, but will be forced to soon, and the others all look to it as the Bible.

[captmar-vell]

I still see 'rat'ther as responsible for getting GHWB elected. I remember the alleged 'wimp factor' trailing the campaign until Bush kicked his a$$ in a televised interview

thanks dan!

looks like he's at it again for GWB

[mrsmel]

I was gratified to hear them say that credibility is their stock-in-trade. I wish CBS would get a clue.

[bayourod]

Could it be that the original source of the forged memos is Rather's daughter? This would explain Rather's willingness to risk taking CBS and the rest of Old Media down with him.

Would that explain Rather's astounded look when told about the type style not being available in 1972?

Would that explain CBS's apparent lack of knowledge of where Rather got the memos?

Inquiring minds want to know and we now trust the National Inquirer more than CBS.

[TheLion]

I think "big media" knows it better start cleaning up it's act. Somehow CBS hasn't got the message yet.