STATEMENT FROM DAN RATHER (UPDATE: Statement released)

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[TheGeezer]

Update by moderator:

EXCLUSIVE

STATEMENT FROM DAN RATHER:

Last week, amid increasing questions about the authenticity of documents used in support of a 60 MINUTES WEDNESDAY story about President Bush's time in the Texas Air National Guard, CBS News vowed to re-examine the documents in question—and their source—vigorously. And we promised that we would let the American public know what this examination turned up, whatever the outcome.

Now, after extensive additional interviews, I no longer have the confidence in these documents that would allow us to continue vouching for them journalistically. I find we have been misled on the key question of how our source for the documents came into possession of these papers. That, combined with some of the questions that have been raised in public and in the press, leads me to a point where—if I knew then what I know now—I would not have gone ahead with the story as it was aired, and I certainly would not have used the documents in question.

But we did use the documents. We made a mistake in judgment, and for that I am sorry. It was an error that was made, however, in good faith and in the spirit of trying to carry on a CBS News tradition of investigative reporting without fear or favoritism.

Please know that nothing is more important to us than people's trust in our ability and our commitment to report fairly and truthfully.

[DestroytheDemocrats]

David Blum on FOX says source of documents could still be Republican.

I think I am going to tear my teeth out.

[cyncooper]

Wolf: This is a bonanza for CBS critics.

What it is, Wolf Blitzer, is evidence that the criticism has been justified. Not based on imagination or fantasy.

[mhking]

Greenfield on CNN: "The guys in the pajamas were actually the real guerilla warriors..."

[CounterCounterCulture]

Please know that nothing is more important to us than people's trust in our ability and our commitment to report fairly and truthfully. _^ ^{fooling all of the people all of the time.}

[OXENinFLA]

WTF???!?!?!

Burkett is saying he's "the source" but he is still protecting another "source"............

[don'tspeak4me]

Dan Rather is a lying scumbag

[mewzilla]

Limbaugh: Someone gave the docs to Burkett, who gave CBS a false account of their origin.

So who forged the docs?

[nathanbedford]

So Burkett cops.

It took a week to cut the deal. He will cut out for the Party and for Dan. Sayonara.

[cwb]

Media whitewash and spin in full effect, even on Fox. David Blum, author of "Tick...tick...tick" says CBS doesn't owe Bush an apology because we don't know if Rove is behind this. The next guest from the Wash. Post (Cohen) is saying that everybody makes mistakes. Unbelievable!

[cyncooper]

Greenfield on CNN had made some disparaging comment about Fox I guess (I missed it) but Wolf reminds him that Fox reported in 2000 about the Bush drunk driving arrest and Greenfield replied "Well, there's hope for us all".

CLICK

CNN off.

[Mo1]

That's for that report !

Rush is saying that "the source" (Burkett) is claiming he provided the documents to CBS .. but not saying he orginated them

OK BURKETT .. Where did you get the documents??

[mewzilla]

Burkett is saying he's "the source" but he is still protecting another "source"............

Who is so radioactive that CBS would do this for him/her?

[B.Bumbleberry]

Right, CBS should be outing the whole story now. If they don't, then they have more to hide than they are saying.

[mhking]

Greenfield on CNN had made some disparaging comment about Fox I guess (I missed it) but Wolf reminds him that Fox reported in 2000 about the Bush drunk driving arrest and Greenfield replied "Well, there's hope for us all".

Just damn.

I just turned away from CNN as well behind that crack.

[B.Bumbleberry]

Right, CBS should be outing the whole story now. If they don't, then they have more to hide than they are saying.

[TYVets]

Why doesn't CBS just come out and say it?

IT WAS A HIT PEICE STUPID !

[SerpentDove]

Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.Gloat. Schadenfreude.

& so forth...

:-)

[TheBigB]

Wolf saying motive for this whole thing appears to be anti-Bush

The steel-trap mind of the professional journalist, folks.

[OXENinFLA]

Who is so radioactive that CBS would do this for him/her?

I'll give you a clue..............he's a triple amputee.

[subterfuge]

"The question, Dan, is why didn't you know then what you know now?!!"

What he didn't know then that he does now, is that a whole bunch of people have caught on to the fact that he is a lying, America hating, say-anything-to-keep-DEMS-in-power, socialist, Castro-loving sad excuse for a newsman and he's trying to keep the last few clueless people from realizing that fact.