CBS and the Rise of the Pajamahadeen

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Top 69. Jan 11, 2005 6:20 AM

» Lawhawk - Rather got off easy...

and that's an understatement.

The report asserts that Rather had little to do with the preparation of the initial segment, but his actions thereafter are significant if only because the report pays little attention to their cause, purpose, and effect.

Rather stonewalled and used his position as anchor and managing editor of CBS Evening News to further his own agenda that the memos were accurate representations of reality, when in fact they are bogus. The report cannot even come out publicly and state that they are fake, instead using the legalese of not verifiably authentic.

In other words, they were fake and Rather was defending them from his post at the anchordesk.

But it still does NOT explain (from what we've read so far) in highly specific terms exactly how the basic checks and balances of solid confirmation were suspended and precisely WHY -- even in the light of the warnings the network received.
The program had gotten enough red flags on this story to hold a bullfight in Madrid...
So some CBS bigwigs will now pay a price --while Rather goes off to report on big stories all over the world and stay on the air, his longevity until his completely retirement assured, since four others CBS honchos were sacrificed and took away some of the personal political heat.
And -- we are certain -- he will do the BIG stories that can earn him a legacy to erase a slate soiled by the memos story.

-- posted by Lawhawk

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Top 70. Jan 11, 2005 6:22 AM

» Lawhawk - The end of the star system at CBS?

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Top 71. Jan 12, 2005 7:08 AM

» Lawhawk - Humorist Iowahawk: Farewell, My Producer

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Top 72. Jan 13, 2005 6:16 AM

» Lawhawk - Noonan: MSM Requiem

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Top 73. Jan 14, 2005 10:45 AM

» Lawhawk - USA Today Founder to Rather: Quit Now

http://www.nationalreview.com/kerry/kerr... - while the founder of USA Today wants Rather gone, he overlooks the tiny problem that his own paper ran with the same memos story, using the CBS piece as its basis.

Where's the culpability and responsibility within the USA Today newsroom?

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Top 74. Jan 17, 2005 12:47 PM

» Lawhawk - Fishing expedition

Unanswered questions reveal much about what the report contains, and what still needs to be addressed by CBS.

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