[RS]

"...and in the last five years, she's tried to find that smoking gun that would allow her to do that."

5 years and all she got was forged memo's ?

Is she just totally incompetant, or perhaps, just maybe, there is nothing there ?

[slimer]

...those of us who've spent a long time, indeed, a whole career, trying to argue that we are objective, that we strive for objectivity, that we're interested in the facts, that we want to be fair, that we want to be even- handed, it gets increasingly difficult to prove that when something like this comes along,

This is an admission that they (MSM) are conscious of and spending time and energy, making an effort to prove a negative. They admit that they are aware of the public perception of their left leaning bias and are defending themselves trying to prove something that they claim isn't true. This is why they have lawyers to manipulate words in an effort to cover their tracks.

Moral of the story: MSM in CYA mode.

[ken21]

comrades, how dare you criticize the supreme soviet of rather and mapes et al? (/s)

[hellinahandcart]

and for other people...to take sort of any secret guilty pleasure in CBS's trouble is a huge mistake, because what's happening is that the national press core is crumbling.

[mississippi red-neck]

Mary Mapes, became obsessed possessed

[jackbill]

And I'm sure that little Howie Fineman has a lot of friends who are Bush Lovers. Sure.

[Dave Olson]

"save the world from a George Bush presidency, and in the last five years, she's tried to find that smoking gun that would allow her to do that."

There's something wrong here. Five years ago was 1999 -- a year before GWB ran for President, and two years before he took office. Why would Mapes try to save the world from something that didn't even exist?

[NYCVirago]

Fineman's a smart guy. He realizes, rightfully so, that Rathergate taints all the media, not just Gunga Dan. I applaud him for speaking out on this issue right from the beginning.

[McGavin999]

Oh yeah, anyone who watches the Whitehouse Press Corps knows just how "impartial" the press is. Did you listen to those ravening wolves today? You wanted to smack them for being so rude.