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CBS Apologizes for Report on Bush Guard Service
NY Times ^ | September 21, 2004 | JIM RUTENBERG and KATE ZERNIKE

Posted on 09/20/2004 7:57:38 PM PDT by NewMediaFan

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1 posted on 09/20/2004 7:57:38 PM PDT by NewMediaFan
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Where's the apology to President Bush for destroying his reputation on the basis of forged documents? They still don't get it, the C-BS clymers.


2 posted on 09/20/2004 7:59:14 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: NewMediaFan

BS, all of it.

These people could not be so stupid as to believe they were real.

They just didn't think some "Internet Kooks" would out them.

CBS is despicable, and without credibility.

They are below the Weekly World News.


3 posted on 09/20/2004 7:59:16 PM PDT by Guillermo (It's the 99% of Mohammedans that make the other 1% look bad.)
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Nice try CBS. We know better. And so do you.

Your legacy has been written in stone.


4 posted on 09/20/2004 8:00:07 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Guillermo

Anybody else notice in Rather's attempt at an apology he called Burkett a member of the AIR Nat'l Guard, not the ARMY which is the one I've read he was actually in?


5 posted on 09/20/2004 8:01:03 PM PDT by nerdgirl
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'A lawyer for Mr. Burkett, Gabe Quintanilla, said Monday that his client was given the documents at the livestock show in March, and kept them to himself because he did not know whether they were authentic.'

Well, this is the first I have heard of getting documents at a livestock show. Of course, I have heard of finding other things at such an event that would resemble the document in question...


6 posted on 09/20/2004 8:01:06 PM PDT by andie74 (W stands for Women)
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To: goldstategop

There's a cancer Bob, a cancer growing on the Kerry campaign.


7 posted on 09/20/2004 8:01:13 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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Compacted Bull S#@^


8 posted on 09/20/2004 8:02:48 PM PDT by harpo11 (Go Team BUSH--Bush Doctrine--A Weapon of Mass Terrorist Destruction!)
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To: goldstategop

A larger version can be downloaded here.

Download, print, add your own comments and send to Rather.

9 posted on 09/20/2004 8:03:07 PM PDT by Grig
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The lamestream media was more outraged about what Trent Lott said at a birthday party than they are about CBS trying to pass of forgeries as "news".


10 posted on 09/20/2004 8:03:16 PM PDT by wagglebee (Benedict Arnold was for American independence before he was against it.)
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Burkett now says he got the docs from a mysterious stranger at the Houston Livestock Show?? CBS News will never live it down that they believed him.


11 posted on 09/20/2004 8:03:18 PM PDT by plushaye (President Bush - Four more years! Thanks Swifties.)
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Until he apologizes to President Bush, nothing he says is worth listening to


12 posted on 09/20/2004 8:03:28 PM PDT by MJY1288 (John Kerry Says He Can Do a Better Job of Implementing President Bush's Policies :-))
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To: Guillermo
CBS is despicable, and without credibility. They are below the Weekly World News.

Hey now, easy. The WWN is some of the finest investigative reporting on the planet. < /MIB>

13 posted on 09/20/2004 8:04:42 PM PDT by Terabitten (Live as a bastion of freedom and democracy in the midst of the heart of darkness.)
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> They are below the Weekly World News.

Way below.

The supermarket tabloids are at least smart enough anymore
to avoid giving the subject grounds for a libel suit. This
one might even meet the steep "public figure" tests.

Bush probably won't sue, but I'm not so sure that the
Texas ANG won't start a criminal investigation, not to
mention the many calls for a Congressional investigation.


14 posted on 09/20/2004 8:04:44 PM PDT by Boundless
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Mr. Rather recalled that Mr. Burkett had said he had gotten the documents from a former guard member who was now overseas. Mr. Rather said producers had tried to get in touch with him, but had not, though knowing his identity bolstered the team's confidence just the same.

That's got to be George Conn. He was in the guard with Burkett and was one of the guys Burkett said saw the papers in the trash can. My understanding is that Conn has denied it. Conn is currently working in Germany under a DOD contract.

15 posted on 09/20/2004 8:05:50 PM PDT by Pete
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16 posted on 09/20/2004 8:06:05 PM PDT by wagglebee (Benedict Arnold was for American independence before he was against it.)
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"Until he apologizes to President Bush, nothing he says is worth listening to."

And if Rather and/or CBS had apologized to President Bush, would you have believed them?

17 posted on 09/20/2004 8:06:39 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: Pete
My understanding is that Conn has denied it. Conn is currently working in Germany under a DOD contract.

Clarification: Denied seeing the documents, not that he denied being the origial source Burkett claimed. (He probably wouldn't know that).

18 posted on 09/20/2004 8:07:43 PM PDT by Pete
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Actually, I might have. To see Dan Rather humbly apologize to anyone would HAVE to be sincere.

This circus is actually more like the Democrappers. Always passing the blame and taking the buck. Far more true to form.


19 posted on 09/20/2004 8:08:11 PM PDT by andie74 (W stands for Women)
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"We were completely confident from what we were hearing from Mary, and there was no reason not to trust her," said Josh Howard, the executive producer of the "60 Minutes" Wednesday edition.

Sounds like they have picked their sacrificial lamb.

20 posted on 09/20/2004 8:08:48 PM PDT by kennedy
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