[IamJustright]

To put it bluntly CBS did know then what they do now. They just chose to ignore it. They are still lying bastards.

[Steven W.]

without fear or favoritism

this is pathetic!

[dfwgator]

It ain't gonna fly. CBS you are going down.

[xzins]

repeats already posted

[talleyman]

He owes our pajammas an apology...

[MCRD]

Hey Dan where is your hard hitting report on the Swift Boat Vets charges?

[conservativecorner]

[Moose4]

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.

}:-)4

[bayourod]

Who put Burkett up to "reassembling" the memos? Glenn Smith?

[ghost of nixon]

Nothing is more important to us than our credibility

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!

[Kenton]

[lonevoice]

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.

[Ken K]

Is CBS going to apologize to President Bush?

Is CBS going to reveal how they got the story? Burkett apparently had trouble getting anyone's attention. Did the DNC alert CBS? Didn't the same documents go to another news agency? They should also reveal they source.

[MindBender26]

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.

[holymoly]

Twin sons of different mothers:

[the_Watchman]

if I knew then what I know now - I would not have gone ahead with the story as it was aired, and I certainly would not have used the documents in question.

In other words: If I knew we were going to get caught, I would not have gone ahead with the story.

[Dog Gone]

This is unbelievable. Neither statement even admits what the rest of us know. The documents are fakes.

CBS admits that it can't prove they're authentic, but that's it.

If CBS wants to be forgiven, they need to come much cleaner than this.

[Squantos]

Sorry Dan and Cee Bull Sh*t.....I didn't trust ya'll before the report and your lying partisan biased actions just confirm you to be 12 steps below the national inquirer on the validity scale for nooooze.

Doom on CBS and their butt boy blather whos lip lock on the ass of all things socialist is all too well known. And know this from this day forth I won't watch (didn't anyway) or buy products advertised on CBS or their local affiliates till Rather is put out to pasture, fired, retired or quits. Anyway you wish to lie about it ....he's gotta go !

[EGPWS]

Based on what we now know, CBS News cannot prove that the documents are authentic, which is the only acceptable journalistic standard to justify using them in the report. We should not have used them. That was a mistake, which we deeply regret. Nothing is more important to us than our credibility and keeping faith with the millions of people who count on us for fair, accurate, reliable, and independent reporting. We will continue to work tirelessly to be worthy of that trust."

Who wrote this for them?

BJ Clinton???

[savedbygrace]

These are unacceptable statements. People should be fired and a sincere, public apology needs to be given to each of the people who were slandered by CBS' heavy-handed approach to this fake story.

Anything less is totally unacceptable.