Cronkite and the Klintons.
Posted on 09/21/2004 3:17:21 PM PDT by kattracks
WOW - with a history of not only supporting, but champoining, Democrats and the "Left" in politics for at least 20 years....and they can say its "against CBS News standards"?
They Can't Stop Lying!
Cronkite and the Klintons.
I would like to see Lockhart's phone records to see if he is telling the truth. (3 or 4 minutes?)
uh huh.
Nice to watch the implosion, in slow motion, like the demolition of a decrepit building...
Except we don't get music and fireworks, like when they wreck an old casino in Vegas!
>...punches still thrown at Bush from Yahoo news
To be fair to Yahoo, this is a Reuters story.
"Bush has never fully accounted for....."
If these authors are writing independently, then how come this line appears in EVERY article!
CBS has been programmed out of my TV and my radio presets for about a week. Too bad about the radio. As for the TV, I don't miss it at all, I never watch their crap anyway.
Time to send another batch of emails demanding Rather's (and his staff's) resignation.
Still chuckle over Brinkley's trashing of Clinton when he thought they weren't live. Classic..
Simply put, no guts.
CBS should face prosecution on federal charges. Forging military records is a crime, isn't it? I've seen it prosecuted on the state level (charged as "false official statement").
How come news organizations are so hesitant to say the facts, but instead have to say, "may have violated", "potential for conflict of interest", "appears to have".
CBS clearly violated all journalistic standards. (is what the title of this story should be)
Mea culpa..Yahoo carried it. But switch Reuters for Yahoo and the point still stands. Uh oh..I'm starting to sound like Rather..lol
"Source" has been held sacrosanct by the media. Epochal battles have been fought between the Government and the Press when the Press believes its right to protect a source is paramount to the First Amendment.
1. CNN basically camped outside Buckhead's house when his identity was discovered. If a "source" wishes to remain confidential, but the MSM considers it politically essential to discover the identity, how can they then justify keeping their own "sources" confidential if they engage in "outing" or harassing and intimidating sources of other stories?
2. The Rather interview with Burkett needs closer scrutiny. During the interview Burkett admits misleading CBS. Magical dust and PRESTO! CBS is off the hook because Burkett has just assumed criminal and civil liability for the whole affair.
At issue was a report in USA Today that the source of the documents gave them to CBS only after the network agreed to arrange a conversation between the source and the presidential campaign of Bush's opponent, Democratic Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites).
Experts in media ethics said if the report were true, CBS may have overstepped the boundary between journalism and politics. The network said it would investigate the matter.
bump for editorial
That's quite a stretch at this late date, referring to itself as a (heh heh) 'reputable news organization.' Appealing to its own authority for reputability is the final appeal of a guilty man. 'I didn't do it because I said I didn't do it.'
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