"Well, isn't that special..!"
Posted on 10/05/2004 1:47:53 PM PDT by NewMediaFan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An external review of how CBS News came to use disputed documents in a report on President Bush (news - web sites)'s military record will probably not be concluded until after the November election so as not to interfere with the presidential race, a top executive said on Tuesday.
Les Moonves, the co-president of CBS parent company Viacom, told an analyst meeting that the review of the CBS "60 Minutes II" report being done by former Attorney General Dick Thornburgh and retired Associated Press chief Louis Boccardi had no timetable for completion. But he said he did not want it to interfere with the Nov. 2 election.
"Obviously, it should be done probably after the election is over so that it doesn't affect what's going on," he told a Goldman Sachs media conference in New York.
A CBS spokeswoman had no immediate comment on the statement. But she pointed out that when CBS News President Andrew Heyward named Boccardi and Thornburgh to conduct the investigation of the Sept. 8 report, he said he hoped it would be completed in weeks rather than months.
The CBS report alleged that Bush had received special treatment while serving in he Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War.
The report also produced documents purportedly written by Bush's Guard commander complaining that he was pressured to "sugar coat" Bush's record -- but the man who gave the documents to CBS later admitted that he lied about its origins and serious questions have been raised over their authenticity.
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BTTT
Too late. But here's a clue, it isn't helping Kerry.
And when said in Brooklyn-ese, it is even funnier.
Very responsible of CBS I must say. (/sarcasm)
My translation of this statement is, If the truth comes out it will hurt the Democrat's!
Using faked documents before the election to influence the election is OK. Investigating the sloppy and bias reporting before the election is evil. Makes perfect sense.
Oh, but it's OK to broadcast a bogus story with phony documents that could "interfere with the presidential race". But their not biased, why would we think such a thing?
The Republicans should insist that the interim findings of the investigation to be made public, voters have the right to know, BEFORE the election, just exactly what rold the Kerry campaign played.
After all, we already know that Lockhart talked with Burkett.
What are the fine investigative reporters doing?
Why not? If Kerry wins and then we find out that he was all over this, people will start calling for impeachment. Why put everyone through that if you know who's involved beforehand?
-PJ
Too bad the news folks didn't have the same standard.
Exactly!!!!!!! This is not politics........it's an Organized Criminal Enterprise!
Note to CBS affiliates: Have you all got a death wish?
Well, considering they were working on this story for 5 years to get lies, I can only imagine how long it will take them to figure out the truth.
If this is an independent review, why would CBS be speaking for them?
Good news at last!
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That was everyone can ignore, for good reason, the party hack Dan democRATher and the network that supports him.
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DAVID SHAW: RATHER's work 'Shoddy, Slipshot' not LIBERAL..?
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1227809/posts
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Associated Press must return its bogus -NO GUN RI- PULITZER
http://TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=509
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If Bush wins, rogues from Kerry campaign were behind it all (can`t implicate the Dems) If Kerry wins the point is moot.
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