Rathergate: I hope Rathers burns for this... (thread updated with findings)
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Remember how everyone here was suggesting veterans for truth was affiliated with the GOP with no hard evidence. Everyone said "it's the GOP, it's the GOP!" when some republicans were legally funding this 527 group with their personal money.
I'm beggining to think we won't be able to say the same thing for Kerry shortly...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...uard_questions
I'm beggining to think we won't be able to say the same thing for Kerry shortly...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...uard_questions
AUSTIN, Texas - A retired Texas National Guard official mentioned as a possible source for disputed documents about President Bush (news - web sites)'s service in the Guard said he passed along information to a former senator working with John Kerry (news - web sites)'s campaign.
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Bah... he's trying to take the easy way out of this.
I'm thankful that CBS's credibility has been tainted for being so loose with Rather. There's no room for mistakes or errors in the media world... especially when Rather has stepped on his dick in the past.
I hope he resigns from CBS seeing how he's past due in time and this type of melarky.
http://www.drudgereport.com/
I'm thankful that CBS's credibility has been tainted for being so loose with Rather. There's no room for mistakes or errors in the media world... especially when Rather has stepped on his dick in the past.
I hope he resigns from CBS seeing how he's past due in time and this type of melarky.
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EXCLUSIVE // Mon Sep 20 2004 11:58:02 ET
STATEMENT FROM DAN RATHER:
Last week, amid increasing questions about the authenticity of documents used in support of a 60 MINUTES WEDNESDAY story about President Bush's time in the Texas Air National Guard, CBS News vowed to re-examine the documents in question—and their source—vigorously. And we promised that we would let the American public know what this examination turned up, whatever the outcome.
Now, after extensive additional interviews, I no longer have the confidence in these documents that would allow us to continue vouching for them journalistically. I find we have been misled on the key question of how our source for the documents came into possession of these papers. That, combined with some of the questions that have been raised in public and in the press, leads me to a point where—if I knew then what I know now—I would not have gone ahead with the story as it was aired, and I certainly would not have used the documents in question.
But we did use the documents. We made a mistake in judgment, and for that I am sorry. It was an error that was made, however, in good faith and in the spirit of trying to carry on a CBS News tradition of investigative reporting without fear or favoritism.
Please know that nothing is more important to us than people's trust in our ability and our commitment to report fairly and truthfully.
STATEMENT FROM DAN RATHER:
Last week, amid increasing questions about the authenticity of documents used in support of a 60 MINUTES WEDNESDAY story about President Bush's time in the Texas Air National Guard, CBS News vowed to re-examine the documents in question—and their source—vigorously. And we promised that we would let the American public know what this examination turned up, whatever the outcome.
Now, after extensive additional interviews, I no longer have the confidence in these documents that would allow us to continue vouching for them journalistically. I find we have been misled on the key question of how our source for the documents came into possession of these papers. That, combined with some of the questions that have been raised in public and in the press, leads me to a point where—if I knew then what I know now—I would not have gone ahead with the story as it was aired, and I certainly would not have used the documents in question.
But we did use the documents. We made a mistake in judgment, and for that I am sorry. It was an error that was made, however, in good faith and in the spirit of trying to carry on a CBS News tradition of investigative reporting without fear or favoritism.
Please know that nothing is more important to us than people's trust in our ability and our commitment to report fairly and truthfully.
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Hahah Executives and Rather issue another apology!! HHHhhHhhahahahahhhahh.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6055248/?8
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6055248/?8
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A tidbit of history on Rathers that Oaf already covered...
http://www.nationalreview.com/commen...0409150552.asp
http://www.nationalreview.com/commen...0409150552.asp
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Uh oh... looks like we're breaking out the big guns even after CBS apologized.
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3.htm
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3.htm
THE HON. DICK THORNBURGH AND LOUIS D. BOCCARDI TO COMPRISE INDEPENDENT REVIEW PANEL EXAMINING CBS NEWS '60 MINUTES' WEDNESDAY REPORT
Wed Sep 22 2004 12:06:12 ET
The Honorable Dick Thornburgh, former governor of Pennsylvania and United States attorney general under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and Louis D. Boccardi, retired president and chief executive officer of the Associated Press, will comprise the independent review panel that will examine the process by which a recent 60 MINUTES Wednesday report was prepared and broadcast.
Wed Sep 22 2004 12:06:12 ET
The Honorable Dick Thornburgh, former governor of Pennsylvania and United States attorney general under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and Louis D. Boccardi, retired president and chief executive officer of the Associated Press, will comprise the independent review panel that will examine the process by which a recent 60 MINUTES Wednesday report was prepared and broadcast.
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And it gets better!
The harsh reality of our legal system is based on the fact you can be sued from both ends! This is how major corporations go belly-up... they get sued twice from different parties.
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash7.htm
The harsh reality of our legal system is based on the fact you can be sued from both ends! This is how major corporations go belly-up... they get sued twice from different parties.
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash7.htm
CBS DOC SOURCE SET TO SUE NETWORK FOR LIBEL
Wed Sep 22 2004 00:05:20 ET
Bill Burkett, the man identified yesterday by CBS as the source of the controversial documents used in its September 8 “60 Minutes II” report questioning President Bush’s Air National Guard service, plans to sue the network, the NY SUN reports.
Burkett has had “several meetings with lawyers to determine the best course of action.” The planned lawsuit would center on “defamation of character and libel.”
Mr. Burkett “told me everything about the process” of his dealings with CBS and how he came into possession of the documents at the heart of the controversy, a lawyer close to Burkett said.
Wed Sep 22 2004 00:05:20 ET
Bill Burkett, the man identified yesterday by CBS as the source of the controversial documents used in its September 8 “60 Minutes II” report questioning President Bush’s Air National Guard service, plans to sue the network, the NY SUN reports.
Burkett has had “several meetings with lawyers to determine the best course of action.” The planned lawsuit would center on “defamation of character and libel.”
Mr. Burkett “told me everything about the process” of his dealings with CBS and how he came into possession of the documents at the heart of the controversy, a lawyer close to Burkett said.
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