Rather is still going to make excuses and try to vouch for the authenticity of the story, not realizing that what America wants is a bonafide apology for using FORGED DOCUMENTS as the basis of a report, as well as an apology to the president.
I do not want an apology. The man that is owen an apology is President George W. Bush.
Translation: The American people are not quite as stupid as we thought they were, 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.
That should read: ..........in the spirit of trying to carry on a CBS News tradition of investigative reporting full of distortions and out and out lying without fear of being caught.
You bet he will. In his own words
"..... I would not have gone ahead with the story as it was aired, and I certainly would not have used the documents in question.
He meant he would still have gone along with this story using a different angle. Instead he used the documents without question.