- and -RATHER: We did pressure you to say, well, you received them from someone.
BURKETT: Yes.
RATHER: And it's true, we pressured you. It was a very important point for us.
RATHER: The failure of CBS News to do just that, to properly scrutinize the documents and their source, led to errors in our reporting. CBS News deeply regrets it. Also I want to say personally and directly, I'm sorry. CBS News President Andrew Heyward has ordered an investigation to examine the process by which the report was prepared. It will be made public. This was an error made in good faith as we try to carry on the CBS News tradition of asking tough questions and investigating reports. But it was a mistake.
OK ... so Rather and the crew pressure this known enemy of our President, someone of questionable character .. pressure him because it was "...a very important point for us...". Then, when the documents turn out to be worth about as much as the tissue you used in the lavatory last month, suddenly, it's Burkett's fault and CBS is pleading "good faith."
I'm not trying to vindicate Burkett by any stretch of the imagination; howevere, for CBS to plead "good faith" in this matter just doesn't seem right. If someone is so rabid to "get the goods" on a sitting President ... "goods" that have been debunked and proved false almost four years past, how in the he!! can CBS plead "good faith" ????
I just don't understand ...
An error made in good faith?
Depends on what you mean by the word 'in'.
I think the FCC should, in good faith, pull CBS's broadcast license.