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CBS Memo Scandal Results in Firings (Free Republic and Buckhead mentioned)
The National Ledger ^
| January 10, 2005
| CK Rairden
Posted on 01/12/2005 5:47:51 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
CBS News announced on Monday morning that it had asked three executives to step down and has fired producer Mary Mapes. The announcement was the result of a near four month investigation into a story that aired in September by CBS news anchor Dan Rather that claimed George W. Bush received preferential treatment in the Texas Air National Guard.
In part, the story was based on memos that were quickly challenged in the new media as fraudulent. Within minutes a poster on a Free Republic message board with the screen name of Buckhead made challenges to the authenticity of the memos. By the next morning several members of the blogosphere were dismantling the memos piece by piece. Michelle Malkin has a nice round up of the history of how the story was covered in the new media.
The fact that the story was discredited nearly instantly didn't seem to matter to Dan Rather who defended the story for 12 full days. He stubbornly refused to acknowledge his mistakes and still demanded that President Bush answer the "charges" even though the story was falling to pieces.
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TOPICS: Free Republic; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: buckhead; coverup; danrather; marymapes; memogate; rathergate
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To: AmericanMade1776
They were talking about Buckhead on CNN January 9th on the Paula Zahn show.
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posted on
01/12/2005 5:55:47 AM PST
by
mysterio
To: AmericanMade1776
"The fact that the story was discredited nearly instantly didn't seem to matter to Dan Rather who defended the story for 12 full days."
"I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things."
The moral values of the Left. (They're still baffled by the 2004 Presidential Election.)
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posted on
01/12/2005 5:57:43 AM PST
by
Savage Beast
(9/11 was never repeated--thanks to President George W. Bush!)
To: mysterio
It is truly Amazing, what Buckhead initiated here at Free Republic, in changing the face of TV news.
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posted on
01/12/2005 5:58:53 AM PST
by
AmericanMade1776
( The Year of Freeping Dangerously)
To: AmericanMade1776
It's changing the face of the news only in the respect that there will be fewer viewers. Their agenda has not changed and will not change.
Unfortunately, it is FNC that is changing, moving to the left to become CNN lite.
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posted on
01/12/2005 6:07:15 AM PST
by
OldFriend
(PRAY FOR MAJ. TAMMY DUCKWORTH)
To: Savage Beast
Dan Rather lied, but he lied about the truth.
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posted on
01/12/2005 6:10:15 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Could someone tell me how to set up a tagline? Any help is appreciated. Thanks)
To: AmericanMade1776
It was Buckhead and Mrs. Buckhead, who fed the idea to the Little Green Footballs blog.
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posted on
01/12/2005 6:10:35 AM PST
by
Paradox
(Occam was probably right.)
To: Paradox
Did not know there was a Mrs. Buckhead Freeper , or blogger. Is her name Mrs. Buckhead?
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posted on
01/12/2005 6:46:10 AM PST
by
AmericanMade1776
( The Year of Freeping Dangerously)
To: AmericanMade1776
Rather "withdrew" his apology. No one was sure who accepted it in the first place.
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posted on
01/12/2005 6:51:24 AM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times: No cliches!)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
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posted on
01/12/2005 6:52:27 AM PST
by
AmericanMade1776
( The Year of Freeping Dangerously)
To: AmericanMade1776
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posted on
01/12/2005 6:53:20 AM PST
by
CedarDave
(I have a new puppy; unlike the Dems he will quit whining when he grows up.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
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posted on
01/12/2005 6:54:21 AM PST
by
AmericanMade1776
( The Year of Freeping Dangerously)
To: AmericanMade1776
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posted on
01/12/2005 6:55:46 AM PST
by
CedarDave
(I have a new puppy; unlike the Dems he will quit whining when he grows up.)
To: CedarDave
Thanks for the update, Fox is Fair and Balanced. Unlike CBS.
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posted on
01/12/2005 6:56:33 AM PST
by
AmericanMade1776
( The Year of Freeping Dangerously)
To: CedarDave
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posted on
01/12/2005 7:00:32 AM PST
by
AmericanMade1776
( The Year of Freeping Dangerously)
To: AmericanMade1776
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posted on
01/12/2005 7:03:18 AM PST
by
AmericanMade1776
( The Year of Freeping Dangerously)
To: Conspiracy Guy
Consider him permanently smeared.
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posted on
01/12/2005 7:06:04 AM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times: No cliches!)
To: AmericanMade1776
Rolling on the floor laughing my butt off.
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posted on
01/12/2005 7:26:19 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Could someone tell me how to set up a tagline? Any help is appreciated. Thanks)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
It is so sad that I can't stop laughing.
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posted on
01/12/2005 7:27:30 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Could someone tell me how to set up a tagline? Any help is appreciated. Thanks)
To: AmericanMade1776
I just know that his wife posted this information to the LGF site. That part of the story came "out" when Buckhead was "outed".
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posted on
01/12/2005 8:07:13 AM PST
by
Paradox
(Occam was probably right.)
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