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CBS Fires Mapes
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Posted on 01/10/2005 7:02:45 AM PST by 1Old Pro

Report just issues, mapes finally fired


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To: 1Old Pro
I count five! Rather is effectively fired....

but it has nothing to do with it.
81 posted on 01/10/2005 7:24:00 AM PST by Dominick ("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." - JP II)
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To: Keith in Iowa

Drudge is still looking for those hidden cameras that might catch him in some unseemly act!


82 posted on 01/10/2005 7:24:04 AM PST by OldFriend (PRAY FOR MAJ. TAMMY DUCKWORTH)
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To: 1Old Pro; Alamo-Girl; onyx; ALOHA RONNIE; SpookBrat; Republican Wildcat; Howlin; dixiechick2000; ...
Full text in #61 .....


Excerpt:

Asked to resign were Senior Vice President Betsy West, who supervised CBS News primetime programs; 60 Minutes Wednesday Executive Producer Josh Howard; Howard’s deputy, Senior Broadcast Producer Mary Murphy. The producer of the piece, Mary Mapes, was terminated.

The correspondent on the story, CBS News anchor Dan Rather, is stepping down as anchor of CBS Evening News.



Mary Mapes


Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy.


83 posted on 01/10/2005 7:24:19 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: 1Old Pro
This will give them four spots to put former Clinton staffers in so the DNC can cut expenses! A win-win!

"Appoint a senior Standards and Practices Executive, reporting directly to the President of CBS News, who would review all investigative reporting, use of confidential sources and authentication of documents. Personnel should feel comfortable going to this person confidentially and without fear of reprisal, with questions or concerns about particular reports. "

Ah, looks like they're aware that Sidney Blumenthal has been let go by Salon.

84 posted on 01/10/2005 7:24:21 AM PST by mrsmith
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To: cyncooper
I want to read the report!
85 posted on 01/10/2005 7:24:30 AM PST by onyx
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To: OldFriend

Either that or she'll go whole hog and head right to al Jazeera.


86 posted on 01/10/2005 7:24:36 AM PST by cyncooper
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To: TomGuy
After examining the report and thinking about its implications, we believe any further action would not be appropriate."

BS, they should asked Rather for his immediate resignation.

87 posted on 01/10/2005 7:24:37 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro
“the Panel cannot conclude that a political agenda at 60 Minutes Wednesday drove either the timing of the airing of the segment or its content.”

Yeah right. The panel may not be able to conclude that, but the public certainly can read between the lines. The ONLY reason this piece was aired when it was was a political agenda. They just didn't count on it being refuted as quickly as it was. They didn't care if they had to apologize under a Kerry administration, that was the whole point. Rather and crew were on a political mission, there's no doubt about it. Journalistic integrity was tossed not to be the first to break the big story, but to turn the tide away from Bush. This was election tampering plain and simple.

88 posted on 01/10/2005 7:25:03 AM PST by Space Wrangler
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To: 1Old Pro

Ah, good "company (wo)men", taking one for the team. Perhaps Dan knows of skeletons in CBS's closet and he threatened to expose those them. Then again, perhaps not, Dan's a "made" guy, bulletproof it seems.


89 posted on 01/10/2005 7:25:06 AM PST by csvset
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To: HamiltonJay
Mapes was no scapegoat believe me, yes Blather should have been canned as well, but Mapes was on a witch-hunt for years to smear Bush.... she's not being scapegoated.

Next stop for Mapes:

The Nation?
MSNBC?
The New Republic?

90 posted on 01/10/2005 7:25:10 AM PST by Fury
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To: PhiKapMom

"The panel called Mapes’ action a “clear conflict of interest that created the appearance of political bias.”

The bias lie in the fact that they aired the story at all. The media seem to conveniently forget that there is MUCH more to bias than content. Context, opportunity and story selection among them.


91 posted on 01/10/2005 7:25:15 AM PST by IamConservative (To worry is to misuse your imagination.)
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To: drt1

This report represents a clear appearance of BULLSHIP


92 posted on 01/10/2005 7:25:23 AM PST by OldFriend (PRAY FOR MAJ. TAMMY DUCKWORTH)
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To: 1Old Pro
Whoops! I should have looked first. I see you already posted that.

Sorry.


93 posted on 01/10/2005 7:26:00 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Brilliant
What about Rather?

Andrew Heyward also should have been one of the first to go.

94 posted on 01/10/2005 7:26:14 AM PST by TruthWillWin
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To: OXENinFLA

Did they even consider the other stories CBS was "working" on and planning to air during that same timeframe that demonstrate the blatant attempt to bring down President Bush using mischaracterized if not outright false documentation?????

I'll review the report, but it doesn't sound like it if they can't reach obvious conclusions here.

I am disgusted (but not surprised).


95 posted on 01/10/2005 7:27:05 AM PST by cyncooper
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To: OXENinFLA

Its a whitewash. And they couldn't bring themselves to terminate their star anchor. Where's the accountability?


96 posted on 01/10/2005 7:27:07 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Brilliant
Fire the female underling, not the male supervisor.

Looks like that ole "equal treatment" thingy has come home to roost.


97 posted on 01/10/2005 7:27:16 AM PST by unixfox (Close the borders, problems solved!)
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To: PhiKapMom


When can we expect cBS to release the panel's report?

LOL.


98 posted on 01/10/2005 7:27:51 AM PST by onyx
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To: Space Wrangler
This was election tampering plain and simple.

Everyone knows this but CBS would face fines and would face immediate destructioon if this were admitted to.However, because it was true, they still face extinction....over time.

99 posted on 01/10/2005 7:28:15 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: unixfox

I doubt we will see the feminizts in action on this issue. After all lying on behalf of a liberal goal is a noble thing to do.


100 posted on 01/10/2005 7:29:00 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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