Date: Mon Jan 3, 2005 8:05 pm Subject: Followup to the Bill Burkett, CBS - National Guard Controversy from Nicki Burkett

From: BBurkett16@a...
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 1:01 PM
Subject: (no subject)
Ladies and Gentlemen:

This morning I received a phone call and later a URL address from a senior journalist in Washington.

For the first time, someone put the CBS story into a slight bit of context; from which some of you reported or went quiet as soon as the lynch mob took over. In one case on this list, our attorneys are actively considering legal actions within the statute of limitations and following the report of the VIACOM Panel. This past week, we may have scared the Devil out of senior folks at CBS and throughout the journalistic World. We are now negotiating with the VIACOM panel for an in-depth interview to explore the facts and documentation of the story; the roles of CBS, ABC, the Associated Press, New York TImes, USA Today and numerous others who actively sought Bill out as a source on the story and their backlash after the story went elsewhere. We have already received open-ended offers from NBC, publishers and lately a Movie producer.

This is background information only. But please understand that Bill has remained quiet while VIACOM conducted it's investigation.

However, this article from the Columbia Journalism Review, what we are told is the media's most highly respected ethical publication.

This URL is sent for your review of the story.

If you choose to republish, as many of you will, please contact the publisher. Not us.

http://www.cjr.org/issues/2005/1/pein-blog.asp

Thank You

Nicki Burkett