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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How convenient.
Bush wins by a hair, then it comes out that the Kerry Kamp was all over the doc thing.
doodley dooo. (flanders)
But CBS will air the phony docs as true to influence the election!
I want to hear GWB or Cheney bring up the issue during a debate of Kerry's 2001 Naval discharge or Edward's lack of military service.
I see, I see. A very principled stand. CBS only issues things that could impact the election of the President prior to November 2 if it is likely to hurt President Bush. If it is likely to hurt John F Kerry, well that is a whole different matter.
Figures!
They know that this has the potential to impact Kerry's campaign so they hold it close to the chest till after the election. Wonder what there recorse is if it is found that Kerry was involved and he got elected. This has implications that need to be cleared up prior to the election. Unfortunatly I don't think that the FCC will have the Cajones to investigate this like the should be doing already.
"Well, there's a f*ckin' surprise."
What a shocker!!!! Silly to a fault.
Sounds like an admission that Kerry's camp was involved to me. How else could it have an impact on the election? If Kerry's camp wasn't involved and it was just C BS, being C BS than that wouldn't have any influence on the election per se.
They wouldn't want to set the record straight, would they?
Dan Rather would rather eat vulture vomit, slander and libel than look into whether Kerry was lying when he claimed he committed atrocities in Vietnam.
I was thinking the same thing. That is one of the best Pesci lines there is.
yeah, they know they would blow any chance kerry has!
they have to be involved!
jail for kerry!
LOL..the bridge sales force is at it again.
Of course there WILL be leaks before the election about how the results are proving that the story was true, there actually are legitimate documents, yada yada yada...and along with everything else, Bush was a cross dresser.
Bull shiite artistry at it's maximum.
Translation:
"We Screwed the pooch and it will make Kerry look bad, so we won't release it until after the election"
I think he thinks the investigation is going bad for CBS.
Great. The original lie was obviously intended to influence the election, but they don't want the correction to influence the election. No bias here.
I think the ONLY reason for the story WAS to influence the election.
These bums should be dragged out on the street and stoned!!
They never had a problem with affecting an election before. Why now? Unless he knows the result will hurt his candidate for the election.
I bet someone starts leaking this information to Drudge.
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