Newsweek gave Dan Rather a pass...
September 27, 2004, Newsweek, U.S. Edition
"A Source of Contention"
By Mark Hosenball, Michael Isikoff and Anne Belli Gesalman
Note Isikoff's hand...he's a leading prof at the "Fake but Accurate" School of Leftist Journalism.
dung.
So Newsweek does ascribe to the "Fake but Accurate is OK as long as it supports our political viewpoint" model of reporting.
That said, I do think someone will have to take the hit for the story.