(Courtesy of Reality Hammer)
Strong possibility of going to high.
Posted on 09/18/2004 2:28:26 PM PDT by Presto
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) questioned the authenticity of documents aired by CBS News that said he received special treatment during his Vietnam-era service in the National Guard, according to a Bush interview published on Saturday.
"There are a lot of questions about the documents and they need to be answered," Bush told the Union Leader newspaper of Manchester, New Hampshire, after a week in which some experts questioned whether the documents had been fabricated by those seeking to damage Bush in his re-election race.
"I think what needs to happen is people need to take a look at the documents, how they were created, and let the truth come out," Bush added.
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Throwing it right back in CBS's face and taunting them. LOL!
yeah, wait until they tie the DNC/Kerry campaign to these documents. Then, all hell will break lose.
CBS has been trying to get Bush to commit some response about the content. But Bush has been very careful to stay away from the tarbaby which is infuriating them.
Our local NH political reporter John DiStaso conducted the interview with Bush. It's gotten a tremendous amount of play.
Has anyone seen Ickes lately?
Nice timing.....it brings the story back to the surface.
FYI
(Courtesy of Reality Hammer)
Strong possibility of going to high.
Stratergy.
"I think what needs to happen is people need to take a look at the documents, how they were created, and let the truth come out," Bush added.
The President of the United States is openly calling for an investigation. CBS/60 Minutes is going through every bail-bond story they heve ever done looking for coupons.
Bush's campaign is so disciplined, every move is well thought out and carefully calculated.
When they story broke, they decided to sit back and watch, just when it starts to fade Bush mentions it in a very benign way that no one, not even cBS could criticize.
Masterful!!!!
MEDIA ETHICS PROJECT SEEKS FCC RULING AGAINST CBS NEWS FOR RATHERGATE
Media Ethics Project (“MEP”) of New York today petitioned the FCC to sanction CBS News and its parent organization, Viacom, Inc., for its recent broadcast of news reports based on forged documents.
In announcing the FCC filing, MEP Chairman William L. Whitely stated: “Most people familiar with Dan Rather’s reports have seen solid evidence from various credible sources showing the documents to be forged. Yet, day in and day out, CBS has stubbornly continued to maintain that the memos are authentic. This supremely arrogant conduct violates the public trust and FCC rules and policies. Viacom cannot be allowed to flaunt the Commission’s rules in this manner. ”
MEP seeks a ruling by the FCC finding that the deliberate actions of CBS and Viacom maintaining the authenticity of the documents, constitute broadcasting of falsified, faked, distorted or staged news reports in violation of Commission policies. MEP is asking the FCC to sanction Viacom including imposing fines and ordering forfeiture of one or more broadcast licenses .
Mr. Whitely added that, “This whole episode must be regarded as a remarkable failure of management. It is truly sad that the proud traditions of professionalism of CBS News, the division built by the likes of Morrow, Severeid, Reasoner, Mudd and Cronkite, have been allowed to slowly fade away. In their place is an organization where unprincipled ego, bias, negligence, partisanship and vindictiveness apparently determine the setting of management policy. Such changes are not in the best interest of CBS, the CBS affiliates and CBS shareholders, nor, most certainly, are they in the public interest as well. Staying to this course, the House that Paley Built will likely become the Network that Rather Wrecked.”
MEP has asked that the FCC expedite its consideration of the group’s Petition for Declaratory Ruling against CBS News.
See a full copy of the MEP Petition for Declaratory Ruling at http://mediaethicsproject.blogspot.com/ or www.mediaethics.8k.com
With MEP's filing, the FCC now has a formal Petition to review requesting that CBS be found guilty for violating Commission policy prohibiting the broadcasting of falsified, faked, distorted or staged news reports as contrary to the public interest.
All interested parties will now be able to contact the FCC to request that it take immediate action on the MEDIA ETHICS PROJECT Petition For Declaratory Ruling Against CBS News.
FCC Contact Information:
Chairman Michael K. Powell: Michael.Powell@fcc.gov ---
Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy: Kathleen.Abernathy@fcc.gov --- Commissioner Michael J. Copps: Michael.Copps@fcc.gov ---
Commissioner Kevin J. Martin: KJMWEB@fcc.gov ---
Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein: Jonathan.Adelstein@fcc.gov
Ok.. memo from the Boss.. I haven't analyzed the linguists of the docs yet.. in fact I haven't really read them at all.. Time for some work
Have we done any backtracking to the original urban legands that were used to create the story in the first place?
Why doesn't the President sue for libel and /or slander?
Bush should just sit back and watch CBS News destroy itself.
NOTHING is worse punishment for Dan than the knowledge he will carry to his grave that his lack judgment contributed to a Bush landslide.
Bwaaahaaaa call the waaaambulance
Bush did what he did when sKerry told him to denounce the swifties---threw it right back at it with the taynt, "ok, take 'em all down."
Now he's saying,"Hey, Dan, you answer the questions!!!"
Maybe the WH has the goods on this. Karl ?Rove is all-knowing, after all.
Brilliant, isn't it? LOL.
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