Posted on 02/15/2005 6:23:14 PM PST by HRoarke
THE NEW YORK OBSERVER will report tomorrow: 'Former 60 Minutes Wednesday executive editor Josh Howard has told colleagues that before he resigns, the 23-year CBS News veteran will demand that the network retract remarks by CBS president Leslie Moonves, correct its official story line and ultimately clear his name'...
In the event of a lawsuit, Mr. Howard has told associates that he would like to see Moonves put under oath to talk about his own roles in the network's stubborn, hapless defense of the flawed segment on President Bush's National Guard service.
Howard has also indicated to colleagues that he would subpoena specific CBS documents, including the e-mails of top executives.
Developing...
(Excerpt) Read more at drudgereport.com ...
Sound advice to a young man: No matter how beautiful, somewhere, some guy is sick of her.
"This could become HUGH!!!!"
I love hugh and series events, especially when liberals lose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Hugh? As in Hugh Hewitt?"
No, hugh and series!!
Are Moonves and Rubenstein related?
So many Friends of Bill threatened, then wound up committing Arkancide.
So many Friends of Bill threatened, then wound up committing Arkancide.
Sounds like he wants a platinum parachute.
Can't say I blame most of these people. Mapes deserved what she got, but the majority were fired to attempt to silence critics of the real conspirators of this fraud.
They should sue and I hope they drag all the dirty little secrets whitewashed from the report into the open including links to the DNC/Kerry campaign that I'm convinced exist.
Bill Clinton's past would not swept under the rug today, and Hillary had better be prepared for what today's Pajama Mojahadeen has in store for her. I can't see how she will survive it
BTW, It's nice to post to a FR Legend :-)
Perfect!!
"Think there are any documents showing coordination with the Kerry campaign?"
OMG that would be AWESOME!!!!!!! Looks like I'll go back to ultra-FReeper mode because of this latest development, have been pretty inactive since the election was won. If coordination is demonstrated, you can guarantee it will be a detail covered up by the rest of the MSM.
Mheh... Mhehheh.... Bwahaaaahaaaaaaa!!... snort.
Mapes also told the Panel that before calling Lockhart, she discussed this request with Howard and that he approved the contact. Mapes said that Howard had reasoned that reporters exchange information from various sources and this request was not problematic. Howard, however, told the Panel a very different version of this conversation and said that he clearly informed Mapes that it would be inappropriate to intervene with Lockhart or anyone else associated with the Kerry campaign on Lieutenant Colonel Burkett’s behalf.
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Howard had developed concerns about the September 8 Segment on September 9, and acknowledged that the bloggers and other matters, such as the differences in the superscript “th” in the official Bush records as opposed to the Killian documents and the ABC News Nightline report that he found “credible,” had shaken his confidence.
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Thus, in an e-mail sent at 4:53 a.m. on September 10 to West, Howard proposed a media strategy that would acknowledge the possibility that 60 Minutes Wednesday had been the victim of a hoax:
I wonder if it’s time for us to take the offensive and
say, look, we think we’re on solid ground, but we’re not
just sitting on our hands. We’re continuing to
investigate, and if we were the victims of an elaborate
hoax, no one would be more anxious to get to the bottom
of it than CBS News.
A statement might say:
'There have been allegations that the documents on which
we reported were either forgeries or re-creations.
Nothing we have learned over the past 48 hours leads us
to believe that. We remain enormously confident in
the thoroughness and accuracy of our reporting.
If indeed one or more of the documents is not authentic,
it would meanthat CBS News was the victim of an
elaborate hoax. We have no evidence that that was the
case. But we are continuing to aggressively investigate,
and should we find that anyone - the Kerry campaign, the
Bush campaign, or anyone else – – was responsible for
circulating fraudulent documents and orchestrating a
hoax, no one would be more anxious to break that
story than CBS News.'
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Later on September 10, Howard would again express concerns to West, Mapes and Heyward about the Segment after speaking with Peter Tytell, an individual with extensive typewriter experience. At that time, Howard’s concerns again were not acted upon and thereafter Howard did not have a major role in the Aftermath
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You go, Josh. Don't let them railroad you. You're probably a pinko, but not nearly as bad as those who held your leash.
UGH....BARF!!!!
I used to watch Big Brother, one benefit was seeing her. Now I will never be able to look at her in the same way....
Drudge gets an immediate spyware scrub, IMMEDIATELY after visiting, which is about 1/100th as frequent as before. He'll get the message some day.
Once the scandal broke, CBS should have hired an outside panel to conduct a complete and thorough investigation. No, not a pathetic whitewash like what Thornburgh and that other clown did (apparently in collusion with CBS), but a REAL investigation, no holds barred.
Too late now....
The 'mission' of the investigation, or at least one aspect of it, was to determine whether or not it revealed a 'political bias.' In that regard, the investigation was short-sighted, and did not include a body of evidence (easilly obtained on the internet or specifically at Rather Biased.com), that would clearly show political bias on the parts of both Rather and Mapes. Bloggers could supply at no cost.
The conduct of the investigation plastered over the deception used to vet or not vet the so-called experts. And to put a finer point on this, to 'shop' around for experts, yet to not apply their particular expertise in offering an opinion. Example: using a handwriting expert to vet the authenticity of documents that were clearly TYPED using WORD.
The concept of timing, and its relevance in this investigation. The fact (i.e., evidence) that the story was timed to extract MAXIMUM political damage at the same time President Bush's opponent was sinking in the polls from SwiftBoat ads that were clearly damaging. Clear and compelling.
Having taken the path of a (NEWS STORY)more easily verified and factual regarding Kerry would have been the easier path. We all know reporters to be a lazy class, yet this time they went with their 'hearts.'
In other words, CBS knew that Kerry was a phony, yet they chose the 'cheap and dirty route' to try and smear Bush with forged documents, despite significant evidence his opponent had made fraudulent claims, and was the author the same reports in which he was erroneosly awarded possibly all his medals.
This is obviously a classic case of media out of control and on a biased agenda.
The bolgesphere exists in the first part as a fact-checker, but also as the provider of perspective. And that perspective conclusively points to CBS and its colleagues, CNN, and others, as agents of the left.
Nuff said.
Man, I love your homepage!!
Best regards,
Tim
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