Posted on 09/20/2004 7:03:16 PM PDT by mylife
On Now
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
critical exerpt below:
"Lockhart, the former press secretary to President Clinton, said a female producer talked to him about the 60 Minutes program a few days before it aired on Sept. 8. She gave Lockhart a telephone number and asked him to call Bill Burkett, a former Texas National Guard officer who gave CBS the documents. Lockhart couldn't recall the producer's name. But CBS said Monday night that it would examine the role of producer Mary Mapes in passing the name to Lockhart.
Burkett told USA TODAY that he had agreed to turn over the documents to CBS if the network would help arrange a conversation with the Kerry campaign.
The network's effort to place Burkett in contact with a top Democratic official raises ethical questions about CBS' handling of material potentially damaging to the Republican president in the midst of an election. This "poses a real danger to the potential credibility of a news organization," said Aly Colón, a news ethicist at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies.
"At Burkett's request, we gave his (telephone) number to the campaign," said Betsy West, senior CBS News vice president.
Kerry, oh yeah, that guy. How's his wife doing? She seemed ill last time we saw her, very sad, sad indeed.
Hope he wins that race thing he was talking about, seems like a pretty good windsurfer, not that I'd know, I never got the sail up...
I'm wearing a sheer black baby doll nightie and have a body like a super model. OK, OK, my post is not totally true, but it's accurate in that I'm in my night clothes. ;)
Woooooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! :-)
Impossible
Thanks for the link.
Looks like Burkett is going to throw them under the bus! Oh well, lie down with dogs...
You can't imagine the effort to destroy Nixon that began in the 40s. This is nothing compared to that!
USA Today said that Burkett would only ONLY give up the memos if USA Today would arrange a meeting between him and the Kerry campaign.
...my only hope is that all roads lead to Terry McAwfull....then I will be happy.
It's not over because the sewer water is slopping over onto the rest of the media.
You tell 'em, Pat.
Now that I didn't remember, and I saw the thing live.
An amazing coupla weeks it's been!
This is the only show I watch on this channel,besides an occasional chrissy if he has a real good guest
What do I love most about this? The MSM like USA Today are now in competition with the bloggers/FR -- and they know it! If they don't expose the truth quickly and accurately, someone else will.
It truly is a new day in journalism.
MSNBC Sucks ass almost as much as CBS.
Tony Blankley says, 48-72 hours and Lockhart is gone. Wouldn't be surprised.
"roundtable" discussion of Rather's memos with (?) coming up after the break on CNN.
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