CBS News Concludes It Was Misled on National Guard Memos, Network Officials Say

NEW yORK tIMES ^ | September 20, 2004 | JIM RUTENBERG

[Repairman Jack]

Pass the buck.

[Taliesan]

This is about the 5th time this has been posted.

[Brilliant]

If so, then I think they have an obligation to tell us who the source was.

[Psycho_Bunny]

[JeeperFreeper]

My bet is the Dem shills at SeeBS will still try to pin their botched hatchet job on Bush and the RNC.

[Izzy Dunne]

the White House did not dispute the veracity of the documents when it was presented to them on the morning of the report. That reaction, he said, was "the icing on the cake'' of the other reporting the network was conducting on the documents.

Don't bring a checker to a chess match!

[Brilliant]

The NYT says that CBS concludes it was misled, but no similar conclusion from the NYT? The NYT article was every bit as misleading as the CBS story. If CBS is going to retract its story, then the NYT must do the same.

[pikachu]

We need to look at any press release they send out to see if it authentic. Too many fakes from Black Rock. We should insist that document specialists exam the release carefully and not accept the press release as genuine for at least FIVE days.

[1Old Pro]

A slippery half apology isn't enough. this was much too big a mistake so close to an election in a tight Presidential race. Not to mention rather defended the memos and the story for a week.

Nope, Rather has to resign for CBS to have a chance of moving on from this.

[Patriot32]

It has been posted alot.

But...is everyone assuming since they are interviewing Burkett that they are going to admit they were duped?

Or, as silly as this sounds, are they going to use Burkett to attempt to validate the authenticity of the memos?

Sound outrageous? Absolutely! But this whole affair has been outrageous by CBS. We will see.

[Kaslin]

This is about the 5th time this has been posted.

Not from the NY times. I checked the other articles and although they were about the same subject they were different.

[mhking]

And this article has been posted HOW MANY times today?

[KC_Conspirator]

There is not one mention of the word "forgery" or "fake" in this article or SeeBS's press release.

[mhking]

Not from the NY times.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1221014/posts

[Cobra64]

The Three Stooges are more adept than these jerks at CBS. Talk about spin???

[petercooper]

Pardon me for saying this, but you seem defensive.

I'm not being defensive! You're the one who's being defensive! Why is always the other person who's being defensive? Have you ever asked yourself that? Why don't you ask yourself that?

[js1138]

"Where was everybody's judgment on that last day?''

And the day after, and the day after that. CBS had a 24 hour window in which to announce an internal investigation. After 12 days, the story is over, except for the list of CBS employees that will resign.

[Republican Wildcat]

Sounds like they are leaning toward the "fake but accurate" defense.

[RoseofTexas]

Annnnd? Will there be a follow up on who gave him the fake docs....I THINK NOT! CBS feels that be admitting the docs are fake, that'll be the end of the story! Even ABC is caving in on BLATHER! Digging will stop as soon as MIA CULPA is spewed by CoverageBullSh**!!They're under the great illusion the investigation will stop the moment theyannounce the "WE WAZ DUPED!"