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Posted on 09/20/2004 9:02:20 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana
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.
Blow it out yer senile old @ss, Danny boy. The pipes the pipes are calling for you.
This sounds like Dan had a gun to his head. I don't think he is staying at CBS too long. He is taking the full brunt himself.
By who, Danny Boy ?? (or is it "whom" ? Whatever)
At least he didn't add, but Bush still needs to answer the questions.
See BS probably did the absolute worse thing they could do. They left the door open for this to continue for another week or two.
Thank you See bs! Please continue to suck the air from the Kerry campaign.
Where is the apology to the president?
If this is a trial balloon Dan, try again.
How does "where's the frequency Kenneth" Bather say this stuff with a straight face!?
There is very little that has been fair concerning Bush and Rather's depiction of him from the beginning. Instead of being a reporter, Dan would do himself and the rest of us a favor by sticking to opinion articles. I'd Rather see Rather on the commentary pages than where he can harm America even more.
Pure Bovine Scat out of the mouth of Dan Blather.
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