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CBS IS STONEWALLING TO CONCEAL ITS BIAS
NY POST ^ | September 19, 2004 | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Posted on 09/19/2004 4:28:33 AM PDT by Liz

THE ISSUE: Documents about Bush's military service, aired by CBS.

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Let's get to the bottom line on "Memogate": Dan Rather and CBS had an agenda in running the story ("Bad Week at Black Rock," Editorial, Sept. 17). Consequently, any admission that the documents are fake would also amount to a confession that they had an agenda in the first place. Hence, the stonewalling. The issues of bias and credibility cannot be separated. The existence of the former led to the absence of the latter. Philip Corso Manhattan

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Reporters have gone to prison rather than give up their sources. I understand that. In fact, it's principled. But what principle underlies the decision to protect a source who has perpetrated a lie against a news organization and, by extension, the public, in the hopes of destroying a president? How can such a "source" be deserving of protection? All that protecting such a source will do is encourage the use of fraudulent documents and phony leads to get reputable news organizations to aid in the destruction of one's opponents. In CBS' world, no one would be safe from scurrilous charges. CBS did not only harm itself. By insisting that it must protect the source of almost certainly faked documents, it has done harm to public discourse. CBS has chosen to abandon the search for truth. Frances Edwards Ridgewood, N.J.

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How deliciously ironic that Rather should be taught a lesson from the Nixon era in the twilight of his career. Rather, of all people, should know that the cover-up is worse than the crime. His secretiveness and obstinance show that he really is biased. And his recent ratings show that the American people are punishing him for it. Bill Candee Manhattan

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cbs; cbsnews; danrather; danron; killian; memogate; rather; rathergate
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It's time for Dan Rather to go the way of the typewriter. Harry Falik Brooklyn

CBS is a buggy whip in the age of the computer chip.

1 posted on 09/19/2004 4:28:34 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Liz

Whoa. The real news here is that there are people in Manhattan who get it.


2 posted on 09/19/2004 4:36:22 AM PDT by martin_fierro (Fred Mertz is THE MAN.)
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To: Liz

Well, CBS has already said it is an "IMPEACHABLE" source. You can't question CBS. IMPEACHABLE...


3 posted on 09/19/2004 4:38:57 AM PDT by dubie
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To: dubie

CBS really said the source was "impeachable" and not "unimpeachable"? Talk about your Freudian slips.


4 posted on 09/19/2004 4:43:13 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: WashingtonSource

I have the brains of a blow fly. =X I know what I meant to say, just can't speel.


5 posted on 09/19/2004 4:50:38 AM PDT by dubie
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To: Liz
The real problem DNCBS has is that if/when they do finally admit the documents are forgeries, then they are obligated to reveal their source(s) and all correspondences. They can no longer hide their "confidential source" from a criminal investigation!
6 posted on 09/19/2004 4:52:28 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: WashingtonSource
Well, CBS has already said it is an "UNIMPEACHABLE" source. You can't question CBS. UNIMPEACHABLE...

ahh that works better then my first post. Thanks for saving my life. The last thing I want to do is look like an idiot. :)
7 posted on 09/19/2004 4:53:19 AM PDT by dubie
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To: Liz

"This is the SeeBS Uneven Views, with Damn Blather."


8 posted on 09/19/2004 4:53:55 AM PDT by Ed_in_NJ ((considering upgrading to pajamas))
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To: TexasCajun

source = Burkett calling Kerry camp and geting Max Cleland. It came from kerry camp and CBS dare not reveal that.


9 posted on 09/19/2004 4:56:38 AM PDT by madison46 (Bandwagon was full when it left the gate - I hope it remains too full for frogs & co.)
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To: Ed_in_NJ

Heh.......cute. Call the rewrite man.


10 posted on 09/19/2004 4:57:10 AM PDT by Liz
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To: martin_fierro

NY'ers are not all that bad.


11 posted on 09/19/2004 4:57:55 AM PDT by Liz
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To: TexasCajun

Beautiful scenario.


12 posted on 09/19/2004 4:58:48 AM PDT by Liz
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To: dubie

I can't speel eether


13 posted on 09/19/2004 4:59:33 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: dubie

"Well, CBS has already said it is an "IMPEACHABLE" source."

You sure they said "IMPEACHABLE" or was it "IMPECCABLE"?


14 posted on 09/19/2004 5:03:35 AM PDT by moonman
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To: Liz

To label CBS with "bias" is to extend the premise that they have some "impartiality". To my mind that is being overly generous. I recall way back to early days of Ed Murrow that CBS talking heads and their bosses had a leftwing agenda, not a bias.


15 posted on 09/19/2004 5:09:51 AM PDT by cynicom (<p)
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To: TexasCajun
They can no longer hide their "confidential source" from a criminal investigation!

Doesn't this make CBS accessories after the fact?

16 posted on 09/19/2004 5:12:54 AM PDT by patj
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To: madison46
I'm interested in who Max referred Burkett to or who contacted Burkett after he spoke with Max?

There is no doubt in my mind that it reached the Chairman of the DNC, Terry McAuliffe who coordinated the whole attack effort on behalf of John Kerry!

17 posted on 09/19/2004 5:14:22 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: TexasCajun

C BS isn't going to do anything about this scandal until after Nov. 2nd. They need to be able to continue to spread their vitriol. If they would admit Rather's bias and errors they would stand to be disbelieved by the remaining .1 % of the public who still listen to their cr%p.


18 posted on 09/19/2004 5:34:02 AM PDT by Oreo Kookey
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To: Liz

"CBS IS STONEWALLING TO CONCEAL ITS BIAS"

It ain't working.


19 posted on 09/19/2004 5:50:19 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: martin_fierro

Yea, there are a few of us in NYC that actually know whats going on.Although I admit most folks around me dont have a clue .This is real wacko country


20 posted on 09/19/2004 5:54:55 AM PDT by omstrat (zip code77034)
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