CBS FIRES 4 Over Bush National Guard Story-- Hope its not a dupe!

General » General Discussion

Site Notices

2024's Favorite CCW? | PSA Micro Dagger

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - CBS FIRES 4 Over Bush National Guard Story-- Hope its not a dupe!

Posted: 1/10/2005 7:45:10 AM EDT

Well Its about time... Now if they would take notice and quit lying about guns and gunowners Id be happy.

Link To CNN Story

Monday, January 10, 2005 Posted: 10:39 AM EST (1539 GMT)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Four CBS employees were fired Monday following the release of an independent investigation into a "60 Minutes Wednesday" story about President Bush's military service that relied on forged documents.

The network fired Mary Mapes, producer of the report; Josh Howard, executive producer of "60 Minutes Wednesday" and his top deputy Mary Murphy; and senior vice president Betsy West.

Dan Rather, the anchor of the "CBS Evening News" who served as the story's correspondent, announced in November he would be stepping down from his anchor position in March. Rather did not mention the controversy when he made his announcement.

According to a CBS statement, an independent panel appointed by the network concluded that CBS News failed to follow basic journalistic principles in putting together the piece, which aired September 8. That failure was compounded with a "rigid and blind" defense of the report, the statement continued.

The panel, which was led by former Attorney General Richard Thornburgh and former Associated Press President Louis Boccardi, added that -- despite accusations of political bias against CBS -- "[the panel] cannot conclude that a political agenda at '60 Minutes Wednesday' drove either the timing of the airing of the segment or its content."

Still, "the bottom line is that much of the September 8th broadcast was wrong, incomplete or unfair," Les Moonves, co-president of CBS parent Viacom, said in a statement announcing the firings.

Posted: 1/10/2005 7:46:19 AM EDT

[#1]

Yuparoo. DUPE

Use search function.

Posted: 1/10/2005 7:54:53 AM EDT

[#2]

dupe.

Posted: 1/10/2005 7:55:28 AM EDT

[#3]

see above

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - CBS FIRES 4 Over Bush National Guard Story-- Hope its not a dupe!

General » General Discussion

Win a FREE Membership!

Sign up for the ARFCOM weekly newsletter and be entered to win a free ARFCOM membership. One new winner* is announced every week!

You will receive an email every Friday morning featuring the latest chatter from the hottest topics, breaking news surrounding legislation, as well as exclusive deals only available to ARFCOM email subscribers.

Warning

Confirm Action

About AR15.COM

Stay Connected

Newsletter

Contact Us