Busted by Guys in Pajamas
A followup to a previous post:
Today CBS News and teleprompter reader Dan Rather have finally admitted that the documents they used recently to smear the president were fake, and that they had been fooled by Kerry sympathizer Bill Burkett, who manufactured the documents as part of a dirty trick campaign, using the name of a deceased National Guard commander.
Their mistake was revealed by "guys in pajamas," as a former CBS exec referred to bloggers. Once again, the supposed "right wing conspiracy" wasn't to blame.
I'm still not sure CBS and Dan Rather "get it." They think the big story is about Pres. Bush's alleged time away from the National Guard. It's not. That's not important to most people. What's of intense interest is how a once respected news organization was fooled and blamed the messenger and Republicans instead of doing a professional job of confirming the facts first, or objectively reviewing them when they came into question.
Blogging is the new sheriff in town, and he has a million deputies.
Blog Tag: News Blog Tag: Opinion Blog Tag: CBS
Posted 9/20/2004 12:36:00 PM
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On 9/20/2004 2:04 PM, 
magz said...
On 9/20/2004 8:01 PM, SidDawgone said...
On 9/22/2004 7:36 PM, beFrank said...
3 Comments:
Well put, Deputy Dave! (memo form the magzpatcher)
Badges? We don' need no steenkin' badges!
I think it's a terrible thing and the people involved should know better. CBS is now part of the story instead of reporting it. What I don't want to see is the backlash (deserved) against CBS stopping people from asking the tough questions to our President. I think it's great that we now have the benefit of a very educated segment of the population stepping up and speaking out.
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