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January 10, 2005
CBS Finally Fires Some People
CBS has now released its report (in PDF form) on how badly it screwed up the Bush National Guard story. The only real problem with the report at first glance is that it refuses to admit the documents were forgeries and that the report denies political bias played a role. It says things like "The telephone call prior to the Segment’s airing by the producer of the Segment to a senior campaign official of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry - a clear conflict of interest - that created the appearance of a political bias." That is not only the appearance of political bias it is political bias. Besides that it appears the authors of the report took criticism of the story seriously, unlike the reporters and producers who first aired the report. They have gotten rid of four producers so far and forced Rather into an early retirement which is a good start and the rport authors are proposing other reforms of the CBS reporting process.
Posted by Pete at January 10, 2005 10:47 AM
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