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CBS: THE BLEEDING CONTINUES
NY POST ^ | February 21, 2005 | EDITORIAL

Posted on 02/21/2005 2:46:08 AM PST by Liz

The corporate suits over at CBS thought they were free and clear. Uh-uh.

Following last month's release of a scathing report by a blue-ribbon panel on their self-inflicted "60 Minutes" Memogate mess, the CBS execs hoped to get away without truly cleaning house.

True, the one-time Tiffany Network had to accept a public rebuke for the way its journalists had handled the phony document scam relating to President Bush's Vietnam-era military service.

But its two stars, news chief Andrew Heyward and anchorman Dan Rather, were spared the ax — unlike producer Mary Mapes, who was fired, and three others, who were asked to resign.

Those actions, CBS President Les Moonves said at the time, would allow the network "to put this crisis behind us."

Not so fast.

Those three other producers — including "60 Minutes" Executive Producer Josh Howard — aren't going quietly. They've refused to quit and are readying lawsuits — not only to defend their actions, but to charge that the network's report deliberately ignored evidence that implicates top CBS brass in the ongoing fiasco.

To which we say to the CBS Three: Go to it.

We think the public is entitled to know whether Heyward played a key role in CBS' obstinate public defense of the segment — long after it became clear the documents were deeply flawed and probably blatant forgeries.

We'd also like to know just how "overworked" poor Dan Rather was that both the report and the network held him blameless in the whole farce, reducing him to nothing more than a talking prop.

This was a watershed moment for the mainstream media in general, and for CBS in particular.

To be sure, any lawsuit will stay far away from any suggestion the network was motivated by political bias.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cbs; cbsnews; danrather; mediabias; memogate; rathergate
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To: mewzilla
Huh? Independent Dem groups?

Independent from what/whom?

What the heck does independent mean?

I'm sure it's a typo mewz...I think it meant to read "in Depends."

101 posted on 02/21/2005 3:08:59 PM PST by N. Theknow
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To: Liz
To be sure, any lawsuit will stay far away from any suggestion the network was motivated by political bias.

The whole purpose of the investigation and report from Thornburgh and that other clown was to give the appearance of really smacking down CBS ("scathing report", lol!) while downplaying or ignoring the two most critical elements of the whole fiasco - - the forged military documents and the blatant political bias. Which is exactly why the report was so quickly laughed off as a pathetic whitewash.

Maybe a few lawsuits will finally get to the bottom of these critical questions surrounding Rather's and CBS's attempt to fix a Presidential election using forged military documents. (By the way, why is nobody in freaking JAIL??)

That being said, since CBS apparently went to great lengths to cover their behinds by orchestrating the investigation and report to whitewash the questions of forgeries and political bias, then I predict that CBS will cough up tons 'o cash to make sure no lawsuit ever makes it to trial.

These three producers were very smart to get nasty. The inevitable settlements will make them very rich.

102 posted on 02/21/2005 3:19:34 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Qwinn

Democrat Congressman (Hinchey - D, NY) just made the claim that Rove was behind planting the memos, even claimed he had proof.




Well, Congressman Hinchey if you truly believe Rove is behind this PROVE IT. If not...JUST BE QUIET and stop talking about things you know nothing about. These people are so pathetic it's just mind boggling. Pathetic to the bone.


103 posted on 02/21/2005 3:24:02 PM PST by cubreporter (U)
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To: Grampa Dave; Liz


104 posted on 02/21/2005 3:25:35 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: ValerieUSA

Hey! I've got platinum pajamas too!

Well, more like a yellowing straighjacket. Hard to type with my elbows.


105 posted on 02/21/2005 3:36:47 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido; Blurblogger

I am so out of step in the new jammie power fashions.
I'm still way back in the dark ages of lace and satin nighties.
Where do I go to trade it all in for full coverage platinum and straightjackets?


106 posted on 02/21/2005 3:47:05 PM PST by ValerieUSA
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To: ValerieUSA; Blurblogger
I'm still way back in the dark ages of lace and satin nighties.

Keep the nighties! That's the rule for Freeperettes.

So are pics. :-)

107 posted on 02/21/2005 3:51:28 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: dennisw

108 posted on 02/21/2005 4:06:19 PM PST by embedded_rebel
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To: embedded_rebel

I wuz thinking the exact same. Let it bleed. Let the liberals whale away at each other via their attorneys.


109 posted on 02/21/2005 4:24:45 PM PST by dennisw (Seeing as how this is a .44 magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world .........)
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To: Blurblogger
Wow.
That's way more impressive than my fuzzy slippers and baggy t-shirt....:))


Under-dressed for civil unrest,

Salamander
110 posted on 02/21/2005 4:25:30 PM PST by Salamander (Pirates of the Appalachian)
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To: beyond the sea
"It was amazing Thursday to watch the documents story go from FreeRepublic.com, a bastion of right-wing lunacy, to Drudge to the mainstream media in less than 12 hours," said Jim Jordan, a strategist for independent Democratic groups opposed to Bush.

For the record, this is the husband of Lara Jakes Jordan, unbiased AP reporter.

111 posted on 02/21/2005 4:29:23 PM PST by AmishDude
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To: MeekOneGOP

LOL....great photoshopping.


112 posted on 02/21/2005 4:40:47 PM PST by Liz (Wise men are instructed by reason; lesser men, by experience; the ignorant, by necessity. Cicero)
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To: Liz
Thanks. :^)

113 posted on 02/21/2005 7:25:46 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: OldFriend
There's an advantage being up against a puffed up ego maniac, they overplay the hand....

If he had run that 60 min. without the documents he'd still be there.

114 posted on 02/21/2005 7:50:17 PM PST by GOPJ (Liberals haven't had a new idea in 40 years.)
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To: OldFriend
There's an advantage being up against puffed up ego maniacs. They overplay the hand....

If he had run that 60 min. without the documents he'd still be there.

115 posted on 02/21/2005 7:51:27 PM PST by GOPJ (Liberals haven't had a new idea in 40 years.)
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