3. CBS News management must make it clear to all personnel that competitive pressure alone cannot be allowed to prompt the airing of a story. As the Panel points out, it would have been better to “lose” the story on the disputed memos to a competitor than to air it short of vetting to the highest standards of fairness and accuracy.
They STILL can't bring themselves to call them FAKE!!
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).
Its a whitewash. And they couldn't bring themselves to terminate their star anchor. Where's the accountability?