Posted on 09/16/2004 2:49:01 PM PDT by NewMediaFan
NEW YORK Sept. 16, 2004 — CBS News is trying to restore its credibility after a week of questions about its report on President Bush's National Guard service yet it may never conclusively know whether it was duped by fake documents.
The news division has acknowledged for the first time questions about the authenticity of documents used to support the story, and it has promised a stepped-up effort to get at the truth.
"They could have saved themselves a good deal of negative publicity and attacks if they had said that from the beginning," said Charlotte Grimes, a Syracuse University professor with a specialty in political reporting.
Internet watchdogs were the first to raise questions about last week's report, and CBS anchor Dan Rather's critics have been buzzing ever since.
An editorial cartoon in the Birmingham News pictured a dour-looking Rather saying on camera, "There is not an anti-Bush media bias. And here's a memo to prove it."
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That's got to be the dumbest thing that Dan/CBS has ever tried out. LOL
FIRE BLATHER. THAT WILL DO IT IN A NY MINUTE!!!
"Fake and unbalanced"
CBS could begin its "transition to credibility" by hiring the entire staff of The Onion. Everyone knows The Onion makes things up out of whole cloth, but at least The Onion is entertaining.
Same but different
"Prostitute Fights To Restore Virginity."
"If CBS did rely on false documents, it would be a major blow for Rather, 70, nearing the end of his career after nearly a quarter-century as the network's top anchor. Coupled with the distant third-place ranking of the "CBS Evening News," there's some speculation it could hasten his departure."
HEY CBS -
Where were you ranked when Rather became your top anchor ?
... and isn't that just the perfect title for him considering where you will be when he finishes up ?
... not even at the bottom, but simply a punchline for Leno and Letterman
It astonishes me that CBS allows Dan Rather to come out and state blithely that the documents are fake but accurate. Accuracy is not the issue! If major news organizations are allowed to dredge up filth on public figures, fabricate documents, create phony "news" stories to air on national television, they have a license to blackmail anyone. Why aren't there legal consequences?
Rather: "We're CBS NEWS! We don't need no stinking 'credibility'!!"
Top Ten Ways For CBS To Restore Credibility:
# 10. BORROW MR. PEANUT'S MONOCLE FOR THE EYE.
# 9. GIVE KARL ROVE "ONE FREE SHOT".
# 8. SEND THE MEMOS TO THE GANG FROM "CSI MIAMI".
# 7. SPONSOR A "NATIONAL GUARDSMEN ONLY" DAY AT SIX FLAGS.
# 6. REPLACE ANDY ROONEY WITH DENNIS MILLER.
# 5. HAVE JOHN EDWARDS CROSS OVER TO CONTACT COL. KILLIAN.
It's too late. Besides, this crap is nothing but a bunch of lip service. CBS will gladly go with forged documents and lying "witnesses" anytime it fits their liberal political agenda. All Rathergate means to CBS is that they must be more careful to find better forgeries.
I won't be watching them AFTER he (and the CBS news editors) are fired.
I think we have a winner.
The Titanic is unsinkable.
That would be a start...we should make this our battle cry now.
Lincoln was right.
You can't fool all the people all the time.
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