CBS ousts four employees over disputed National Guard Story...

[Dawgs]

Great, just what we need. This story will be around for the next day or so.

[noamnety]

1. How about ousting all the inaccurate reporters

Starting with anyone who reported WMD's being found in Iraq?

[Catfight]

2. America is no longer America under the Bush regime. n/t

[seabeyond]

3. bush can pay media 240k of tax payer money

but by gosh get the people that presented a factually true and proven story, yet not being able to verify one document.........they were historically correct

and fire their ass

dont know why we arent yelling loud about the payoff to media. i have been saying liberal media, do tell. has made every repug pause when i say jan 6 did you hear. no.....that liberal media protecting bush once again

and here we have a payoff and no one is going after it

easy mass email effort on all dem sites simple question

wolfe, what was your payoff
tweety your pay off
scarsborough, reilly all of fox russert how much did you get paid

bow tie dude, now we no he was paid off

[Darkhawk32]

4. My GOD, don't forget NOVAK! n/t

[seabeyond]

5. that is the bitch with these dudes, no matter how much you

remember........there is just so much you cannot say it all nor remember it all and i remember a lot

then the we the people say huh

my fundie friend that mentioned liberal media a couple weeks ago. walked into house this morning adn sayed whats up

i say, you heard about jan 6, congress stand up against election. you know srely the liberal media told ya all about not having happened since `1877.....historical. our liberal media didnt tell you.......

[Darkhawk32]

7. They puke out that "liberal media" garbage and have absolutely ...

no idea why they say it. My brother is the same way. He's a Libertarian.

[no_to_war_economy]

6. all part of the agreement

that CBS made with the adminstration, they had to kiss arse to get back on * good list

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[Johonny]

8. How many

people lost their jobs with the 24/7 coverage they gave the completely made up swift boats for lies? Liberal media my ass.

[gollygee]

10. Yeah!

that's just what I was thinking. No one lost a job over those swift liars.

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[Johonny]

14. Of course since everyone reported the swifties

"The panel said a "myopic zeal" to be the first news organization to broadcast a groundbreaking story about Mr. Bush’s National Guard service was a key factor in explaining why CBS News had produced a story that was neither fair nor accurate and did not meet the organization’s internal standards."


wouldn't this standard basically end all TV news.

[KharmaTrain]

9. How About Rather's Questions???

Mission accomplished...network coward and villified by the Right Wing.

While Kerry had to battle lies about if he was in a swift boat in Cambodia or if he shot someone or didn't, the questions about the manchild's military mis-service went completely ignored. Rather asked questions that the "documents" were only part of. He promised to stay on the story, he didn't. He promised to produce more information, he hasn't.

CBS runs with it's media access and corporate perks between its legs.

[whosinpower]

12. What about that story where the reporter

refused to follow corporate rules and would not lie to the public.....she was fired and I think it was FOX news. The courts backed up FOX news in that regard......

[Cleita]

13. After Dan Rather, a liberal, is gone, I will no longer

watch CBS news and this was the last MSM news outlet I was still watching. Advertisers take note, I still am a consumer, so I won't know about your product through any broadcast news shows or any of the main cable news CNN, MSNBC and FOX. I have too many other sources to get news that hasn't be filtered through the ghost of Josef Goebbels.

[PowerToThePeople]

15. Wow, and at the end of article...

The panel made a number of recommendations for changes, including:

# Appoint a senior Standards and Practices Executive, reporting directly to the President of CBS News, who would review all investigative reporting, use of confidential sources and authentication of documents. Personnel should feel comfortable going to this person confidentially and without fear of reprisal, with questions or concerns about particular reports.

# Foster an atmosphere in which competitive pressure is not allowed to prompt airing of reports before all investigation and vetting is done.

# Allow senior management to know the names of confidential sources as well as all relevant background about the person needed to make news judgments.

# Appoint a separate team, led by someone not involved in the original reporting, to look into any news report that is challenged.

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So, all investigations must go through the "man."

The "man" gets to know confidential sources so they can be shut down.

Challenged piece gets re-done by peeps that don't want it done in first place.

Sad :-(

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