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CBS Says Probe Results Unlikely Until After Election
Yahoo! News ^ | 10 minutes ago | Martha Graybow

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at story.news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cbs; probe; rathergate
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To: Edgerunner

BTTT


21 posted on 10/05/2004 1:57:25 PM PDT by OldSgt. (USMC, Nam Vet, HMM-165)
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To: NewMediaFan
Obviously, it should be done probably after the election is over so that it doesn't affect what's going on,...

Too late. But here's a clue, it isn't helping Kerry.

22 posted on 10/05/2004 1:57:42 PM PDT by The_Victor
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To: RockinRight

And when said in Brooklyn-ese, it is even funnier.


23 posted on 10/05/2004 1:58:08 PM PDT by mattdono ("Crush the democrats, drive them before you, and hear the lamentations of the scumbags" -Big Arnie)
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To: NewMediaFan
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,"

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!

24 posted on 10/05/2004 2:00:56 PM PDT by rocksblues (Sorry John, we remember and will never forget your treason!)
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To: NewMediaFan

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.


25 posted on 10/05/2004 2:02:09 PM PDT by Always Right
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To: NewMediaFan
...probably not be concluded until after the November election so as not to interfere with the presidential race, a top executive said on Tuesday.

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?

26 posted on 10/05/2004 2:02:36 PM PDT by ladtx ( "Remember your regiment and follow your officers." Captain Charles May, 2d Dragoons, 9 May 1846)
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To: Crazieman

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?


27 posted on 10/05/2004 2:02:36 PM PDT by QQQQQ (Defeat Kerry. Support the SwiftVets. Keep the ads on the air. http://www.swiftvets.com)
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To: NewMediaFan
"Obviously, it should be done probably after the election is over so that it doesn't affect what's going on,"

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

28 posted on 10/05/2004 2:04:48 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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To: NewMediaFan
"Obviously, it should be done probably after the election is over so that it doesn't affect what's going on,"

Too bad the news folks didn't have the same standard.

29 posted on 10/05/2004 2:05:22 PM PDT by Raycpa (Alias, VRWC_minion,)
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To: coramdeo

Exactly!!!!!!! This is not politics........it's an Organized Criminal Enterprise!


30 posted on 10/05/2004 2:05:42 PM PDT by Gator113
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To: NewMediaFan

Note to CBS affiliates: Have you all got a death wish?


31 posted on 10/05/2004 2:06:28 PM PDT by mewzilla
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To: NewMediaFan

"Well, isn't that special..!"
32 posted on 10/05/2004 2:06:57 PM PDT by atomicpossum (If there are two Americas, John Edwards isn't qualified to lead either of them.©)
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To: NewMediaFan

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.


33 posted on 10/05/2004 2:08:09 PM PDT by MEGoody (Flush the Johns - vote Bush/Cheney 04)
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To: mewzilla

If this is an independent review, why would CBS be speaking for them?


34 posted on 10/05/2004 2:08:20 PM PDT by Howlin (What's the Font Spacing, Kenneth?)
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To: NewMediaFan
What did I tell ya from the beginning: CBS really, really, really never did want to influence the election!

Good news at last!

35 posted on 10/05/2004 2:08:36 PM PDT by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
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To: NewMediaFan

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36 posted on 10/05/2004 2:11:48 PM PDT by MonroeDNA (Kerry is a traitor)
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To: NewMediaFan
Good.

That was everyone can ignore, for good reason, the party hack Dan democRATher and the network that supports him.

37 posted on 10/05/2004 2:14:12 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army and Proudly Supporting BUSH/CHENEY 2004!)
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To: NewMediaFan

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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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38 posted on 10/05/2004 2:15:06 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: Crazieman

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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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39 posted on 10/05/2004 2:16:34 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: NewMediaFan

If Bush wins, rogues from Kerry campaign were behind it all (can`t implicate the Dems) If Kerry wins the point is moot.


40 posted on 10/05/2004 2:18:07 PM PDT by infidel29 (Before the political left, we were ALL right.)
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