"At Burkett's request, we gave his (telephone) number to the campaign," said Betsy West, senior CBS News vice president.
I see your point. The news came from a senior CBS News VP ...
LOL. MSNBC JS is playing Rather clips with classic political lies.
So basically, we have an employee of CBS admitting that it pimped a phony story, and coordinated the deception with the DNC by acting as a facilitator between their "source" and the Kerry campaign. Sweet Sassy Mollassy!