NRO - Kerry Spot - RATHER REPORT COMING OUT FRIDAY?

National Review Online ^ | January 5, 2005

[NCjim]

My little bird that is familiar with discussions within CBS News tells me that the long, long, long-awaited report on the infamous CBS memo by former U.S. Attorney General Richard Thornburgh and retired A.P. president Louis Boccardi may be coming out Friday.

Hmmm... would this be a Friday at 5 pm release?

Also, you'll recall this little birdie told me that CBS was considering naming Rather's replacement the same day they release the report.

UPDATE: Scylla & Charybdis adds speculation that also points to Friday:

The MSM has geared up to run Abu Ghraib-type headlines over the Alberto R. Gonzales nomination hearings. See, e.g., today's LA Times and NY Times. The hearings begin Thursday.

Not a stretch to smell this coming: CBS will "release" the Thornburgh report this Friday, right into the cacophony of MSM "news" about the nefarious Alberto Gonzales. The MSM "Gonzales story" will detract attention on Friday, from the paucity of details in the release of the Thornburgh Report.

Note: As previously explained at this blog, the "release" will be not much more than a press release stating that CBS management has taken "internal measures deemed appropriate to ensure.... blah blah blah," with perhaps one example being made public.

We're a cynical bunch, aren't we?

[NCjim]

Any hints anywhere else on the Rather report?

[msnimje]

I think Powerline had the same comment yesterday.

[Jewels1091]

I take it that nothing came out today???

[yooper]

Will there be any mention of legal proceedings against Rather for his obvious fraud in this matter?

[commonguymd]

Figures.

[Txsleuth]

Well, it is Friday-10:00 PM cst and I haven't seen the report, have you seen the report--- I also haven't seen the photos of ABU GHRAIB at the Gonzalez hearing--

Is this article predicting NEXT Friday?

[KoRn]

Tomorrow morning at 3AM is my guess.

[woodb01]

The Whitewash can't come out soon enough for

'dnC'BS

I just wish I knew a few aggressive shareholders to file Sarbanes Oxley complaints against them, and also to press for a shareholder lawsuit against Rather and Hayward...

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[NCjim]

It predicted today which is almost over - hence my query.

[TheForceOfOne]

Their going to verify the documents were authentic. It really was Dan's type writer after all!

[TruthWillWin]

Is it Friday yet?

I also recall that it was going to be released on December 10th.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Whenever they do this it will be at a time calculated to have
minimum impact.

[Txsleuth]

I'm not sure, but I think I heard on the news a day or so ago that some media group or magazine or something came out and said that since it was not "proven" that the documents were fake, then you couldn't assign wrong doing on Rather.

The news said that just because they might be forged, that doesn't mean they weren't accurate, even though they acknowledged that the language and other elements of notes didn't match the lingo of the time and service.

Go figure, all I know is , just like all celebs and athletes there will be no real repercussions.

[TASMANIANRED]

Here is the summation.
1) Rather is an innocent double dumba$$
2) The documents were forged but accurate
3)Mary Mapes exercised good judgment inappropriately.

[ProudVet77]

In memory of Rather

[Waco]

It's the serious of the charges, not that their falseness/phoniness that is important. Yuk

[Political Junkie Too]

They must be producing the report on a 1970s era IBM Selectric typewriter -- that must be the reason for the delay. It's all the th superscripts that are necessary in the exhibits that's slowing down the process.

-PJ

[Racehorse]

Is it Friday yet?

May they take all the time they want. It can only hurt CBS.  Apparently, their affiliates are going crazy, and still reeling from their viewers' outrage. Or so is the impression I get from Al Thompkins' column on Poynter Online:

CBS affiliates are anxious to hear what the internal investigation by Dick Thornburgh and Louis Boccardi reveals. In some ways, they say, more than the network's reputation is at stake. The local stations have taken a lot of heat over this issue as well.

"I will put it this way, very simply I want the truth," KHOU-TV Houston President and General Manager Peter Diaz told Poynter Online. "We need to know how the system broke down at CBS."

[ . . . ]

[ former CBS affiliates Board Chairman Bob ] Lee said the report about the investigation will be critical to restoring the public's trust in CBS News and to all network news coverage. "People did not like what they were hearing. The public puts an extraordinary trust in those who are permitted to come in to their home each night with their daily news. It was like people really thought they were scammed on this one; that they were given a concocted story. They were asking 'If I can't believe this what else can I not believe?'"

[MIT-Elephant]

Don't hold your breath, Mr. Investigator. I'll tell you what broke down - you've got two generations of hard-left reporters stuffed in that newsroom, and they couldn't wait to take down the President, truth be damned.

The sooner you admit that, the better you'll feel.

[woofer]

I'll tell you what broke down - you've got two generations of hard-left reporters stuffed in that newsroom, and they couldn't wait to take down the President, truth be damned.

Spot on, MIT. You hit the nail on the head.