Posted on 09/21/2004 1:22:27 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Within the next few days, CBS News expects to name an independent panel of experts to scrutinize its reporting of President Bush's National Guard service after its defenses for airing the explosive story crumbled.
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Now CBS opens its doors to an outside panel that will assign blame.
"I think it will be helpful, given the attention this story has received, for cool, collected, independent voices of unchallenged integrity to examine the process," CBS News President Andrew Heyward said.
The White House said the affair raises questions about the connection between CBS's source, retired Texas National Guard member Bill Burkett, and the Kerry campaign.
Kerry adviser Joe Lockhart said he had spoken to Burkett at the request of Mary Mapes, producer for the story. But Lockhart said he did not recall speaking about the National Guard to Burkett, and ended the call after taking a few minutes of campaign advice.
Burkett, who did not respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press, 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. CBS admitted giving Burkett's number to the campaign, but said it was not part of any deal.
Burkett admitted this weekend to CBS that he lied about obtaining the documents from another former National Guard member, the network said. CBS hasn't been able to conclusively tell how he got them or even definitely tell whether they're fakes. But the network has given up trying to defend them.
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If CBS had the guts to fire the ossified Lefties at CBSNews and replace them with young, edgy, cheap Center/Right talent in the pattern of FoxNEWS, they could have have half the market and be making a profit by the first of the year.
Ya' hear that, CBS stock-holders? This CBS romance with the Left is costing you BIG MONEY!
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Kind of sums it all up in a nutshell. Why bother to click the link...
A panel. A bloody stupid panel? What? To Keep the "Ratings" up while covering and whitewashing this attempt to influence a presidential election? Ah. No doubts to support Kerry's recent "dialoging" platform. A bloody stupid panel...
Um, it was, Andy. Remember, you guys said Burkett was your unimpeachable source!
No O.J.?
This is too strange.
They left off Baghdad Bob, too. He's an integral part of the 21st century's picture of jounalistic integrity.
Or maybe these:
Al Franken
Michael Moore
Jennie Garfalo
Barbara Striesand
Jason Blair
Joe Biden
Hillary Cinton
Al Sharpton
and Jamie Gorelick.
hmmm...I'm starting to notice a pattern...media is starting to just state National Guard or TX NG, or just Guard, carefully eliminating the fact that burkett was TX ARMY NG. Anyone with an ounce of internet savy could have Googled up the TRUTH about burkett. dan didn't want to know the truth.
I don't listen to anything Dan Rather says anymore, but according to FoxNews, Rather's apology was hedged. He basically stated that he still thinks the documents are real, but he can't prove it. And he defended his sources.
Sounds like a non-apology to me.
CBS! Oh, Colonel Rather, it's such an honor to investigate you!
But Hillary said she did not recall
Calling them "recognized experts in journalistic ethics, with unimpeachable credentials," CBS named the following individuals to the panel:
1. Michael Moore
2. George Soros
3. Joe Lockhart
4. Al Gore
5. Doonesbury
Having only scrolled through the other posts after I made my own, I see I'm very late to the name-the-panelist game. Still, I see that once again, GMTA.
The CBS panel members.
Andy Rooney is on with Imus this morning. Re: The Panel
Rooney does not believe that Bernard Goldberg will be a member.
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