CBS, White House in Dispute Over Saddam Interview

reuters ^ | 2/26/03

[Semper Paratus]

Screw CBS, they're making CNN look fair and balanced.

[smith288]

"BIAS"

[gcruse]

"But it's also important to recognize, in the name of balance and in the name of not making a moral equivalence between a dictator and a democracy, that Iraq engages in propaganda and they will continue to engage in propaganda," he said.

Ooops.  I don't believe I would have used propaganda as a refutation of moral equivalence between a democracy and a dictatorship.  One needn't point exclusively to the faux radio station broadcasting into Iraq to show the use of propaganda by a democracy.  Not that there's anything wrong with that.  'Holier than thou' must be used with caution.

[Calpernia]

So isn't this 'aiding' terrorism? I don't see this a free speech or reporting news. I see this as helping a terrorist get his message out.

[linn37]

very interesting

[Semper Paratus]

CBS = Constant B*** S***

[Dan(9698)]

There was a story yesterday that the Iraq information guys were editing the tape before CBS could have it.

It is BS pure and simple.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

I will not watch cbs for this interview; I will watch FOX in the coming days for the most important interview parts. We all should do this if at all possible.

[Tall_Texan]

Dan Rather is a Saddamite.

[Real Cynic No More]

Dan Rather and CBS don't share all the responsibility, but they share the primary responsibility for the public's loss of support for our soldiers in VietNam, responsible for our returning soldiers being called "baby-killers". They're now playing from the same script with Iraq, apparently for the purpose of winning some kind of ratings competition.

[aShepard]

You would think that the White House would demand a copy of the tape before air time to be sure that it met all the fairness guidelines of the FCC.

Now, if Bush responds to the interview, does that mean that the RATS get a chance for facetime rebuttal??

[k2blader]

CBS made a new offer on Wednesday, Genelius said. "If the president, the vice president or Secretary of State (Colin) Powell would like to appear on the program tonight we would be happy to have them appear on the program," Genelius said.

It is truly evil for CBS to do this. Not even going to mention what I think of them doing the interview in the first place.

[YourAdHere]

Can somebody please post a picture of Dan Rather in this thread so that we can make fun of it?

[Bars4Bill]

[McGruff]

CBS was to air the interview by news anchor Dan Rather at 9:00 p.m. EST on its "60 Minutes II" program

So do we get to call him "Prime Time Dan" now?

[WorldWatcher1]

[Diddle E. Squat]

Can somebody please post a picture of Dan Rather in this thread so that we can make fun of it?

Here ya go:

[McGruff]

[WomanofStandard]

Dan Rather has this interview under his belt only because "his good friend Ramsey Clark set it up with Saddam for him". That should tell you something right there!