Exactly, the media can apologize for the document not being properly examined. The media cannot apologize for Rather using Burkett as the primary source. Rather knows Travis County very well and he knows Burkett better than the Boston Globe did who refused to use him as a source. Burkett pretty much revealed the conspiracy before the story even broke. As far as I am concerned what he had written on the net before the broadcast serves as a full confession. Murderers have been executed on less of a confession than we now have from Burkett on the public record.
If you read the article, you see that they can't even do that. Most, nay, ALL of CBS's authentication experts said the documents had serious problems.
TIn-foil hat time, but maybe this is the journalistic equivalent of a suicide bombing. Rather and CBS blow up, taking the Kerry campaign with them. I still can't figure out any possible way that can help the DNC, or to further DEM/socialist agenda, so I guess I need to take my tinfoil in for a tightening.