Posted on 09/19/2004 9:40:13 PM PDT by LibWhacker
Gee Im so glad they are being careful so they dont get the story wrong
I am not a GOP Lawyer
Here we go folks....we knew this was gonna happen!
"Those officials, who asked not to be identified, said CBS News would most likely make an announcement as early as today that it had been deceived about the documents' origins, and that it was mounting an intensive news investigation of where they came from."
Maybe they should start by asking Danny Boy.
CBS was misled, or Rather chose to use material he knew to be fradulent in order to damage the President? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
First, what cowards, and second, it sure took that clown outfit CBS long enough to figure out what the rest of the world knew a week ago.
Who gives a rats ass what CBS news thinks about anything, anymore.
They will never regain credibility, if they ever had it.
This is going to be big, big, big- much bigger than Jayson Blair. Dan Rather didn't "burn down his master's house," he brought it down w/ a nuclear bomb. So long, CBS news.
Here is some free advice for Mapes and Rather -- you might want to think about hiring a good lawyer.
Don't listen to 'em captain Dan. That great white whale is right there in front of you. Throw the harpoon now captain Dan, throw it!
Tune next week kiddies for stirring stories of Dan Quixote!
You moron. You flaming idiot. This is like being confident that you have an absolutely, utterly, completely accurate map of Chicago - except the problem is that you're in Miami. Who gives a rip about their chain of custody? THE DOCUMENTS ARE FAKE.
CBS would do well to remember the #1 lesson of Watergate - the coverup is ALWAYS worse than the crime. Always. Every single time.
Fess up, throw yourselves on the mercy of the American people, and hope for the best.
Ever since the ratings information was published, this was the invevitable result. When CBS news lost to all its regular competition AND to re-runs of the Simpsons, etc., Rather was toast. For Rather it was all about power and ideology; for the bosses, it is a tad about honest journalism but mostly and primarily about money. No ratings, no revenues; no revenues, good-bye Dan.
PING
As I said in another thread, I originally bought the line that Rather was duped and did not use forged docs intentionally. Now, with the mountain of evidence we have seen in the last 10 days, much of it brought to Rather's and CBS's attention PRIOR to their airing the docs, leads me to believe that Rather knew the docs were forged and yet still used them. If Rather had this quantity and quality of evidence against Bush, he conclude the worst. In fact, he did!
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