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Rather's Game Is Over by L. Brent Bozell III September 21, 2004 The jig is up. The game is over. CBS tried to energize the country into voting against President Bush by highlighting forged documents it said would prove Bush’s failure to serve honorably in the Texas Air National Guard. The smoking gun went up in smoke. Once caught, CBS and Dan Rather could have responded with a simple apology. Instead, they went ballistic – and now mus pay the price for their defiance. For more than a week, Dan Rather responded like a cornered politician, blaming a vast right-wing...

On the same day CBS announced the appointment of an independent commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding forged documents aired during a "60 Minutes" segment, the company girded for legal action in the matter. On Wednesday, Anthony Bongiorno, counsel for the beleaguered network ordered a legal hold on all tapes and material relating to the report.Bongiorno did not return a telephone call seeking additional information, but a Talon News source reported that the hold was a response to legal action that was expected following the independent commission's investigation. Bill Burkett, the admitted source of the forgeries, is threatening to sue...