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I did not watch the CBS 60 minutes II show. I haven't watched CBS in a very long time.

But, let's see what has happened today. CBS offered to make a statement, then put the statement off, then decided to run the 60 minutes II, Dan Rather interview of a little old lady.

They wanted to build up much hype as they could by putting off the statement for as long as they could, so they could try to turn a complete loss into some kind of gain by possibly making a ratings coup.

They wanted to earn the respect of the other MSM news agencies by sticking with a lie they all want to believe, and by changing the angle to being the bad old internet users against a little old lady. Since bloggers surely would not dare go after her.

Then by showing how shrewd they are in winning the night's ratings, the rest of the MSM will bow down to their clever way of fooling the internet upstarts and will worship CBS again. They say, 'Who cares what they say about us, as long as they spell the name right.' In other words, good or bad publicity is still publicity.

Instead of getting angry, instead of falling for their diversions, remind the world that Dan Rather uses old ladies to fight his battles for him. Remind him and CBS that truth will out and that cowards hide behind granny's skirts.

CBS cannot be trusted. CBS has offered up a character assassination with no evidence. With there only defense being an elderly woman whose age makes her changing story understandable. The shameless use of this poor old woman in their defense is beyond all possible sense of reason.

CBS has forgotten they depend on their reputation. (They just remind everyone they had a reputation.) The best way to combat this shameless evasion of their obvious error, the best way to show them that there is a reason for a "news" broadcast to have a reputation is to stop watching CBS and do the following:

Do not attack the poor old woman who is obviously a victim of CBS's arrogance.

Flood their advertisers, not just the nightly news advertisers, but any advertiser on CBS with mail.

Contact the FCC remind them of the broadcast network's duty to serve the public, not fleece the public.

Let CBS know that this type of unsubstantiated character assassination by a broadcast network will not be tolerated in a nation of people who love truth.

Demand the original documents and demand to know who they received them from.

Demand to known what it is about their source that makes it so impossible for them to divulge the truth.

This is a sad day for this country. When our media feels it can broadcast any thing with impunity. When journalists no longer believe that integrity should go hand and hand with the search for news.

I am disgusted, but I am not surprised. I'll be manning the phones and going door to door in the precincts with a lot more enthusiasm than I have ever imagined I'd have. I am a soldier in the war for truth.