Posted on 09/20/2004 11:00:55 AM PDT by RedDaring
To put it bluntly CBS did know then what they do now. They just chose to ignore it. They are still lying bastards.
this is pathetic!
It ain't gonna fly. CBS you are going down.
repeats already posted
He owes our pajammas an apology...
Hey Dan where is your hard hitting report on the Swift Boat Vets charges?
Translation: We still think Bush is an AWOL doodyhead, we just can't prove it. "Fake but accurate."
Unless there is a direct and sincere apology to the CBS viewing audience, and especially to President Bush, this is meaningless spin. Heads need to roll as well...force Rather into early retirement, fire Mary Mapes and anyone else involved in the "chain of custody" of those documents at CBS, and release all details of where CBS got them from.
Non-apology apology NOT accepted, SeeBS.
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Not when you consider the next paragraph:
Please know that nothing is more important to us than people's trust in our ability and our commitment to report fairly and truthfully.
Notice its the peoples' trust he craves, not in actually being fair and truthful.
yeah, but where is the apology to Pres. Bush? This story was so sloppy, so dependant on Democrat political hacks - it had no business even being considered for airing UNLESS, the letters where absolutely genuine. This CBS statement is crap!
hey CBS, what about the R-Word --RETRACTION, YOU F##KING IDIOTS!!!!
Rush Limbaugh is making the point that if, in fact, CBS was "duped", they would be angry. Anger is totally missing from their PR statements.
He owes the President an apology!
Hey Dan where is your hard hitting report on the Swift Boat Vets charges?Well, see, that would show both fear -- of a Kerry defeat -- and favoritism -- for a Bush victory. Y'know, because the Swifties are telling the truth.
George W. Bush will be reelected by a margin of at least ten per cent
This is a complete red herring. There is parsing here worthy of Clinton.
The real issue is; "Who gave the forged documents to CBS. It was NOT Burkett.
Burkett has previously posted that he called Max Cleland and Cleland put him in touch with Kerry campaign. Burkett complained about having to go through "7 layers of bureauocracy" to get to someon in authority in Kerry campaign.
CBS is telling truth when they say they did not get docs from Burkett. They got them from Kerry campaign. Why did Rather fly to Dallas to interview Burkett is CBS didn't get docs from Burkett? Because Kerry campaign said they got docs from Burkett!
Who in Kerry campaign? Who came on to Kerry staff just before docs made their way to CBS? Carvile and Lockhart.
Could they do this?
Yes.
Would they do this?
Yes.
Of course, to Rather, Carvile or Lackhart are "unimpeachable sources."
CBS is falling on sword so they won't have to admit forged docs came from Kerry people.
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