[Fintan]

Aren't you all glad you're not as stupid as Heyward assumes you are?

 

[john_virtue]

complete campaign contribution list:

Andrew Heyward
Sumner Redstone
Les Moonves

bias outrage!

[Jewels1091]

They think if they just lay low for a few weeks people will forget and they can get out of this

[COUNTrecount]

...evidence from people in a position to know

[SerpentDove]

"We plead absolutely, 100%, NOT GUILTY."

[Paraclete]

That's it? This is a stop gap effort to hold off any explanation. The next few hours or days (whichever) should be fun.

My guess, there's a battle going on within CBS.

[Cagey]

"We established to our satisfaction that the memos were accurate or we would not have put them on television. There was a great deal of coroborating [sic] evidence from people in a position to know. Having said that, given all the questions about them, we believe we should redouble our efforts to answer those questions, so that's what we are doing."

[sphinx]

CBS says the memos fit their theory so they are "accurate." Authenticity is incidental.

Well, if that's the standard, I can write up a pretty damning set of "accurate" documents impeaching CBS's integrity.

[quantim]

I expected him to say that they "misled" by bad information just like 'Bush' took us into war based on misled information on WMD. You know, blame someone else.

[dfwgator]

They are on the golf course looking for the real memos.

[bjmorris]

I can see this poor old 86 year old secretary typing away furiously on her Olympic, as Rather stands over her yelling..NO!!!! THAT DOESN'T MATCH!!! DO IT AGAIN!!!

But Mr. Rather, my fingers are starting to cram...I SAID DO IT AGAIN!!!

[camboianchristmas]

We all know that Haywood is a Rather placement and therefore sycophant.

[Polybius]

"We established to our satisfaction that the memos were accurate or we would not have put them on television.

Translation: "Our standards are pretty damned low and we will put anything on television that fits our political agenda."

There was a great deal of coroborating [sic] evidence from people in a position to know.

Translation: "We listened to those individuals who said what we wanted to hear and totally ignored all others including Colonel Killian's family."

Having said that, given all the questions about them, we believe we should redouble our efforts to answer those questions, so that's what we are doing."

Translation: "We were caught red-handed in a fraud but we have decided to stall for time to see if there is any possible way we can weasel out of this."

[wyattearp]

we should redouble our efforts

Twice nothing is still nothing.

[randita]

"We established to our satisfaction that the memos were accurate or we would not have put them on television.

It's saying something when a news organization is so easily satisfied with what were obvious forgeries.

There was a great deal of coroborating [sic] evidence from people in a position to know.

And there was a great deal of conflicting evidence from people in a position to know, e.g. document experts, Killian's family, Killian's co-workers, which you failed to mention. How do you explain that?

[Chode]

i'd RATher fight than switch!!!

[AndyJackson]

The longer Rather and CBS are on the front page, the longer Kerry is off the front page.

What an election strategy.

[Willie Green]

Forgery doesn't matter when you have useful idiots who are willing to perjure themselves.

[!1776!]

Investigative reporters, production staff and makeup crew: $4.8 million

Trusted face that America believes: $75 million market value

Half dead computer with a slow dial-up connection and desire for the truth...

Priceless

For everything money can't buy, choose the truth

[N. Theknow]

What's the over/under on how thick Dan's makeup is tonight?

Bet he got a good night's sleep and had a peaceful afternoon.

Sounds like the 86 year old secretary interview didn't work out.

She kept calling him Mr. Murrow.