Here it is from Drudge
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.
I still want to know why they are planning to interview from the culprit. CBS should have apoligized to the President also.
Game, set, match...
Too little too late. Credibility zero.
Why didn't he just come out and say, "hit me here"?
And who ever had "mistakes were made" wins the office pool as having the response most closely matching Dan's.
So that's it. Move on, folks-- nothing else to see here. The End. How 'bout them Yankees?
"....in the spirit of trying to carry on a CBS News tradition of investigative reporting without fear or favoritism. .."
And thus we may expect Dan Rather to interview John O'Neil of the SwiftVets on ...... ??
What a pathetice pos. blather is....
He should not only resign, he should state where they got the memos from, how the DNC and the kerry campaign collabarated in this charade.
This story is not over, it is just beginning....
Keep up the heat folks....
Regards,
Joe
Rush reading it now.
I will NEVER watch CBS "News", or ANY program on See BS again. I urge every freeper to turn them off.
EVEN IN THE LAST WEEK Rather continued to insist that there was a story here! CBS MUST apologize for that.
Then why did you present your expert as someone who verified the authenticity of the documents, when all along he was only examining the signature?
You knew the document was only a copy, so therefore you intentionally had someone compare the signatures on a COPY
trying to carry on a CBS News tradition of investigative reporting without fear or favoritism.
and you reposted the complete text of the article of this thread because ....?
Love his selective use of perpective:
"we promised.... that we would...I no longer have...that would allow us to...I find we have been misled...our source...leads me to...if I knew then what I know now—I would not have...and I certainly...But we did...We made a mistake...I am sorry...important to us...our ability and our commitment..."
What a crappy piece of CYA writing. Looks like Rather wrote this himself and no one else would touch it.
When did C-BS get a new tradition. Must have been within the last 24 hours.
...leads me to a point where—if I knew then what I know now (that I would get caught)—I would not have gone ahead with the story as it was aired, and I certainly would not have used the documents in question...