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Home Front: Politix
CBS cancels '60 Minutes' story on rationale for war
2004-09-25
CBS News has shelved a "60 Minutes" report on the rationale for war in Iraq because it would be "inappropriate" to air it so close to the presidential election, the network said on Saturday.
The CBS "eye" just blinked.
The report on weapons of mass destruction was set to air on Sept. 8 but was put off in favor of a story on President Bush's National Guard service.
This would be the story about the "fake documents" being used by Bush to say Saddam was trying to buy yellowcake from Niger.
The Guard story was discredited because it relied on documents impugning Bush's service that were apparently fake.
Apparently fake?

CBS News spokeswoman Kelli Edwards would not elaborate on why the timing of the Iraq report was considered inappropriate.
Guess they didn't want "fake documents" and "60 Minutes" to appear in another sentence.
The report, with Ed Bradley as the correspondent, has long been in the works. Originally scheduled for June, it was first put off because of new developments, Edwards said.
Somebody slip you some more documents, did they?
CBS said no other reports on the presidential election have been affected.
Posted by:Steve

#7  Perhaps the Sixty Minutes crowd has noticed all the affiliates dropping Rather like warmed over dog bleep.

The blogosphere is winning!
Posted by: Douglas De Bono   2004-09-25 10:52:42 PM  

#6  Playtime's over, children. No more screwing with Daddy's stock price.

Wonder whether Teddy Forstmann or David Bonderman would be interested in an asset sell-off?
Posted by: William Randolph Redstone   2004-09-25 9:08:15 PM  

#5  How can CBS talk about any sort of documents being fake at this juncture and have anyone believe them?
Posted by: eLarson   2004-09-25 4:43:11 PM  

#4  A couple of other ideas for shows would be a vetting of the Swift Boat Vets,Sandy Burgers pilfering of classifed documents. In a bi-partisan world they would make great topics. But of course the American public won't see anything like that. Thank you CBS for your "honest" journalism. snicker.............
Posted by: Bill Nelson   2004-09-25 4:18:33 PM  

#3  Just a wild guess but I wonder if this is the original 60 Minutes crew telling the network that they don't intend to go down with the Tidanic. Maybe Ed Bradley's already in the Witness Protection Program.
Posted by: Matt   2004-09-25 4:10:24 PM  

#2  Naw - they axed it because they (Dan Rather) can't say with a stright face 'Bush Lied! ITs all Bush'es fault!'.

Why haven't they done a story on the mass graves? Rape rooms? Rape Squads? How about the rape and murder and genocide in Sudan? The Russian school?
Oh thats right -- their terrorist allies get a pass on all that.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-09-25 3:35:44 PM  

#1  Another swipe at the Niger yellow cake story featuring that poor tortured democratic consultant soul Joe Wison. But, but, but wait a a minute, Wilson is on Kerry's campaign. Can't have any of this here coordination and such, can we?
Posted by: Jack is Back   2004-09-25 3:17:12 PM  

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