Weeks, not months.....sure.
Rather apologized? Did I miss something? The only recent apology from CBS concerned last night's interruption of CSI to report the death of Arafat. BTW, I've been predicting Rather's departure from the CBS Evening News for more than a year, and the "60 Minutes" debacle is nothing more than convenient justification for the network to make the change. The Evening News has been mired in last place for more than a decade, costing CBS millions of dollars in revenue. The can push Rather out the door (along with his $10 million annual salary), put John Roberts or Scott Pelley in the anchor chair, pay them 80% less, and make $8 million more in the process. Stick a fork in Dan, he's done. Look for him to leave the evening news sometime in the spring--perhaps sooner.
Reminds me of Janet Reno, when she said she took full responsibility for the Branch Davidian debacle, then stayed in office.
I used to write for a college paper with a big circulation.
No way would we have used photocopies of important documents like CBS did. Their "experts" okay PHOTOCOPIES?
How can you verify a photocopied signature?
They also didn't check their source's story to see if his source really had access to the memos as was claimed. This is incredibly bad journalism.
You can't chalk this up to incompetence; this is a rush to make a name for themselves, hoping the WH would cave on the "evidence."