[trentk]

Simply amazing...CBS just keeps on digging. Mabye they won't stop until they reach China, where their ratings will hopefully be better.

[mattdono]

And, this from NRO's "The Corner" (by Jack Fowler)

Jim Geraghty reports in TKS that “CBS is looking into the political donations of document examiner Sandra Ramsey Lines, fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, who assessed the memos for CNN and for the Associated Press.” What’s good for the goose: if you’re curious as to whom/what CBS personnel are making political contributions, go to www.opensecret.org and plugged in “CBS” for the occupation in the individual contributors search function. I did that for the 2002 and 2004 election cycles, and the results are lopsided: over $163,000 was donated (warning: some is from companies that have “CBS” in their titles, but aren’t part of the media giant) to individual candidates or to Viacom (the CBS corporate parent). And nearly every penny sent to an individual campaign from a discernible CBS employee, whether from the news, entertainment, or corporate divisions, went to a Democrat. Look for yourself here. Most of Viacom’s donations in the current cycle are going to Republicans (PACS typically give to incumbents and the party running Capitol Hill), but in 2002 the donation split was only 51-49 in favor of the GOP.

Emphasis Added.

Hmmm...who'd a thunk it?

[tomahawk]

CBS News: Nutjobs, whackos, morons.

[mewzilla]

How...Nixonian of them. Clintonian, too, come to think of it.

[Gunrunner2]

When this explodes in the face of CBS and the democRAT party is found to be deeply involved, it will be a sad day for rather.

I enjoy watching the other networks cover this story and as they do so, challenge CBS's credibility.

We are watching news sharks react to "blood-in-the-water," and it is pure fun.

[Bon mots]

We should really thank God that they actually were so stupid as to use Microsoft Word, and then forged a wrong signature, and then used the name of somebody who had retired a year and a half earlier. If they had gotten the details right, it would be an excellent slur. Imagine if Dan Rather had gotten hold of a 1969 vintage typewriter, and copied a real memo with it?

Democrats will stop at nothing to steal an election.

[Conservative Coulter Fan]

Killian on Lt. George W. Bush

[NewMediaFan]

It's Official:  C^BS News Goes Nuts !

[dufekin]

The memorandum featured by Dan Rather has been endorsed by the Democratic Party, and as such, is considered true and accurate in its entirety. The integrity of the memoranda as presented by Rather is beyond question, and raising any accusations of forgery, regardless of the evidence supporting such accusations, is forbidden and not protected by the First Amendment.

President Bush and his campaign must react in a proper manner to the content of the memoranda because they are true and shall not question their integrity.

This message is from the DNC legal team and is endorsed by the Council of Guardians of the Truth. So it shall be, for so we have decreed.

[LibWhacker]

And exactly how many connections are there between rats and CBS? Probably a number that requires scientific notation to express. Yet they're hoping to focus attention on Sandra Ramsey! What a hoot.

[NavySEAL F-16]

This ought to get interesting.

Just how are they going to discredit Dr. Newcomer, who has already said that he is not a Bush fan?

[narby]

This guy, "Strong" they've used is a Kerry Koolaid guy too.

[r9etb]

Simply amazing...CBS just keeps on digging.

They're stuck -- this is not just a Dan Rather thing, it's institutional. And they did it knowingly, and they can't not have known.

If they admit this, Dan Rather is out. Don Hewitt is out. 60 Minutes is dead. CBS News is exposed for the biased, Democrat-supporting organization we all know it to be.

Had they fessed up on day 1, they might have scraped by. But now they're stuck. They can't admit it, or they're ruined. So, in the inimitable words of Bill Clinton, they "just have to win."

[loboinok]

Simply amazing...CBS just keeps on digging. Mabye they will catch up to their ratings.

[Green Knight]

Just heard from a very reliable source that CBS is looking into the political donations of document examiner Sandra Ramsey Lines, fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, who assessed the memos for CNN and for the Associated Press.

If they had spent HALF as much effort into investigating the memos as they're spending looking into the experts from the other networks, then maybe CBS wouldn't BE in the mess it is, today.

[Boundless]

> ... CBS is looking into the political donations
> of document examiner ...

Well, that's that.

Between that and misleading experts, and exaggerating
the conclusions of others, CBS is never going to be
able to hire another expert for anything ever again.

Suicide Journalism indeed.

[Radix]

So is CBS now getting into the "investigative journalism" business?

[DaveMSmith]

Reminds me of the last days of the USSR and eastern europe. :-)

[Lancey Howard]

CBS is the Michael Moore of network news.

[longtermmemmory]

Kooks for Kerry.

Buy stock in Prozac makers!

[Fresh Wind]

There's an interesting auction right now on eBay for an item which might solve some of CBS's problems in the future:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3839925186