[spodefly]

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[kcvl]

I think you might want to see this.

[Salman]

bump

[Southack]

Here's the bombshell: it was CBS that broadcast the original Nixonian "White House memo" that was supposed to detail each step of the Ellsberg burglary (he was the leaker of the Pentagon Papers, what "Watergate" was all about in the first place). That memo, on White House letterhead, told the Plumbers everything from when to hit the shrink's office to which filing cabinet to search.

Now lets just pause for a moment and ask ourselves, Who among us today (knowing what we now know about CBS broadcasting forged Bush National Guard memos) would believe that President Nixon told his secretary to type up, on official White House letterhead, a memo detailing how his Plumbers should burglarize that office to obtain Ellsberg's psychiatrist's records?!

Today, after CBS has been busted with forged Bush National Guard memos, that old "White House memo" purportedly from Nixon himself just doesn't pass the smell test.

Who was the star reporter for CBS covering that White House scandal at the time? Dan Rather.

CBS, did you forge Watergate, too?

[AlGone2001]

It amazes me that Rather will escape with no pain.

However, I believe his reputation is forever tarnished over this.

[sinanju]

This half-assed whitewash is only going to worsen CBS' credibility hemorrhage.

[Las Vegas Dave]

(Of possible interest) Pings!

[carumba]

Clear evidence of bias. Fair and balanced journalism went out the window. The law of the harvest lesson is unfolding before our eyes. The boomerang of life has landed.

[bjcintennessee]

ping

[MinuteGal]

Too bad major corporate sponsors are not pulling or downsizing their advertising on CBS in protest.

Perhaps it's because too many of them are riddled with amoral CEOs such as those heading up CBS.

Birds of a feather........

Leni

[hershey]

Roberts' survival and promotion: He knows where other bodies are buried, who put them there....only question is, did he make a verbal threat or just look mean?

[windchime]

FYI - interesting thread and project.

CBS 60 Minutes Documents Forgery Facts Project [web site live: analysis and Project report online]

CBS 60 Minutes Documents Forgery Facts Project

[conservative in nyc]

John Roberts is the only person that comes across as sympathetic in the Thornberg report. According to the report, John Roberts conducted the White House interview only because Dan Rather wasn't able to fly to Washington due to "inclement weather". Roberts was given a whopping 45 minutes to prepare for the 11AM interview. Mapes told him that the memo was from Lt. Coloniel Killian's personal file, but didn't mention she had received them from Burkett. Roberts told the panel that he wouldn't have thought the documents were reliable if he knew they were delivered by Burkett.

It's not clear to me whether this portion of the report was toned down in order not to mar Dan Rather's heir apparent - i.e. the John Roberts as a last-minute participant who knew little story is a load of C-BS. Even when the story broke, I thought it was a little odd that glory hound Dan Rather didn't interview the White House himself, even if via satellite.

The inclement weather story sort of checks out. You can check the extent of flight delays at any given airport on any given day on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' website. Although most NY-DC shuttle flights were pretty much on time on the morning of September 8, U.S. Airways canceled a flight that would have gotten Rather into D.C. in time for the interview. Of course, Rather could have been flying on the company jet or another airline instead. Or CBS could have determined Rather might have been stranded in DC due to weather moving through later in the day.

[lunarbicep]

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[driftless]

Not to worry, Dowd, Ivins, Krugman, Jackson, Rooney, etal will be all over this story excoriating CBS and demanding the firing of Dan Rather for CBS's hamhanded and obvious attempt to defame, smear, and unseat a sitting president. I'm sorry folks, I've been taking some strong medication lately, and I'm beginning to hallucinate.

[MisterRepublican]

I think the most ignored aspect of this story is the collusion between the Democratic National Committee and CBS. The DNC ran campaign ads based on this fraud at the same time CBS "reported" it.

[SkyPilot]

"I'm John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty! G.W Bush did not report for duty---get it? Did I say that right Mary? Wait to you see the political ads my manager Mary Beth Cahill is going to run of me saluting like this. G.W. Bush is in trouble, Dan told me this over the phone."

[tkathy]

Without the internet and talk radio, Bush would not have been reelected.

[CDHart]

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[OKIEDOC]

Email to all news organizations:

This absolutely makes me shudder at the deception of CBS News, 60 Minutes and the Democratic Party.
This is terrible, just terrible.
Are they going to get away with trying to throw an election?
This is a low life action and a detraction on all of our Main Stream News Media.
It also shows the depths to which the Democratic Party lowered itself to win an election.
Shame.