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2005-01-10 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Steve White 2005-01-10 10:28:22 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "...created the appearance of political bias."

Translation: We can have all the bias we want, but we can't give the appearance that would tip 'em off.

Still. This is better than expected.

Posted by jackal 2005-01-10 10:46:33 AM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-01-10 10:46:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I can hear the MSM death rattle. Good ridance to these elitist, lying, election-rigging bastards.

Posted by John Q. Citizen 2005-01-10 10:48:46 AM|| 2005-01-10 10:48:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The action was prompted by the report of an independent panel that concluded that CBS News failed to follow basic journalistic principles in the preparation and reporting of the piece.

Oh? And which report is this? The one that was supposed to come in "weeks, not months"?

Out of curiosity, where is it?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-10 10:51:29 AM|| 2005-01-10 10:51:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 What is the difference between U.S. MSM and Al Jizzum? Location, location, location.

Posted by John Q. Citizen 2005-01-10 10:51:34 AM|| 2005-01-10 10:51:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 said CBS President Les Moonves.

color me unimpressed.

Posted by 2b 2005-01-10 10:51:57 AM|| 2005-01-10 10:51:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 If Danny still has a job, somebody's not doing theirs.

Posted by mojo 2005-01-10 10:59:51 AM|| 2005-01-10 10:59:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 What mojo said. Plus, why does Andrew Heyward still have his job? But I guess 4/6 of loaf is better than none.

Posted by GK 2005-01-10 11:19:59 AM|| 2005-01-10 11:19:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Ha..if you ask me, it's like removing the visible tumor and leaving the infected lymph nodes.

Posted by 2b 2005-01-10 11:20:56 AM|| 2005-01-10 11:20:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 The swift departure of Mary Mapes makes me feel that they got the message that we will not stand by and be C BS'd. She is the central figure that bent over back to make a story of no substance into a News story. The fact that Moonves gets to stay says they have much to learn. Make no mistake, these are big fish that got tossed. Look for Mapes to start her own show on Air America, Public Radio, or maybe CNN.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2005-01-10 11:21:25 AM|| 2005-01-10 11:21:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Mary's book must be just about ready for publication.

Posted by john 2005-01-10 11:38:55 AM|| 2005-01-10 11:38:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 If I sound a little cranky, I just got back from a dentist who, based on the amount of drilling, thought the best place to achieve energy independence is my lower jaw.

So they're not prepared to brand the Killian documents as an outright forgery""? Is that for legal reasons or because they are dumber than stumps? If they can not say they are forgeries, why are they firing people? This is a white wash. These guys tried to influence an election with forgeries. Where do they think they are, King County Washington? They deserve worse, Moonves and Rather included.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-01-10 12:05:54 PM|| 2005-01-10 12:05:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 This is still about a 50% cover up.

If after all this time the investigators couldn't bring themselves to say this is a forgery, then the investigators didn't do there job.

Posted by mhw 2005-01-10 12:08:49 PM|| 2005-01-10 12:08:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 The swift departure of Mary Mapes. You are kidding, right?

Posted by 2b 2005-01-10 12:12:28 PM|| 2005-01-10 12:12:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 There is no way in heck the MSM will admit political bias -- they simply will refuse to do it.

The sad part about this is that the MSM now thinks 'thats over - we had to sacrifice a few heads but we are still "the truth"' and they can get back to the same old bullshit and wonder why they are loosing viewship.

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-01-10 12:30:10 PM|| 2005-01-10 12:30:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Asked to resign were Senior Vice President Betsy West, who supervised CBS News primetime programs; 60 Minutes Wednesday Executive Producer Josh Howard; and Howardâs deputy, Senior Broadcast Producer Betsy West

How many Betsy Wests ~~are~~ were there at CBS?

Posted by lex 2005-01-10 12:34:07 PM|| 2005-01-10 12:34:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Wonder whether the TANG Colonel (Staudt?) will take legal action against CBS? This report doesn't get them off the hook; if anything, I'd guess it only gives Staudt ammo to pursue a defamation case.

Posted by lex 2005-01-10 12:36:49 PM|| 2005-01-10 12:36:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Unless they took them into a room where there was a chair, a table, and on the table a pistol with one bullet in it...

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2005-01-10 1:39:58 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2005-01-10 1:39:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Hmmm...Rathergate reports that the delay of the report release was explained away as being due to the "complexity" of the story, but that the

...document we have is a .pdf file, created on January 5th, 2005. The orginal document used to CREATE that .pdf tells another story. Itâs called, Microsoft Word - DC-685241-v10-Final_CBS_Report__sent_to_Lou_12_20_.DOC. December 20, 2004. 21 days ago.

They STILL don't understand how to operate a computer. Sheesh.

Posted by Seafarious 2005-01-10 2:31:28 PM|| 2005-01-10 2:31:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 I can't believe thay didn't boot Rather. Hey guys, he's the "managing editor", right? Not just an empty suit who reads whatever drivel they type into the teleprompter?

Where's Bruce Almighty when you need him?

Posted by mojo 2005-01-10 2:55:53 PM|| 2005-01-10 2:55:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 See my comment above - NPR paychecks await them. Welfare for the incompetent and hopless MSMs who are found out!

Posted by BigEd 2005-01-10 3:49:05 PM|| 2005-01-10 3:49:05 PM|| Front Page Top

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