CBS Regrets Bush Memos Story Ping to a few folks!I think the article says that Rather will broadcast his interview with Burkett on tonight's Evening News.
From the article:
CBS News Anchor Dan Rather, the reporter of the original story, apologized.
In a statement, CBS said former Texas Guard official Bill Burkett "has acknowledged that he provided the now-disputed documents" and "admits that he deliberately misled the CBS News producer working on the report, giving her a false account of the documents' origins to protect a promise of confidentiality to the actual source."
The network did not say the memoranda — purportedly written by one of Mr. Bush's National Guard commanders — were forgeries. But the network did say it could not authenticate the documents and that it should not have reported them.
"Based on what we now know, CBS News cannot prove that the documents are authentic, which is the only acceptable journalistic standard to justify using them in the report," said the statement by CBS News President Andrew Heyward. "We should not have used them. That was a mistake, which we deeply regret."
No apology to President Bush from Rather. No peace for SeeeeBS!!!!!
Weren't they aware of Burkett's reputation?
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CBS has done what no other power could do - NEUTRALIZED THEMSELVES AS A SOURCE OF RELIABLE ELECTION CAMPAIGN information for the rest of this election cycle!
John/Jane Doe on the street will say/think: "If they LIED on this issue, what is going to keep them from LYING on all the rest?"
CBS finally HAD to admit it lied. According to Blow O'Reilly's comments the other day, he said "what Rather did is no different than what Bush did with the WMD."
There is a HUGE difference and BLOWRIELLY KNOWS that!!!