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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCBS Benghazi failure recalls Rather
CBS Benghazi failure recalls Rather
By HADAS GOLD | 11/8/13 11:25 PM EST
He was the center of similar controversy in 2004.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/11/minutes-benghazi-failure-invites-dan-rather-comparisons-177096.html?hp=r3
Not true!
Rather's Chimp draft-dodger report = TRUE
Benghazi report = FALSE
See the difference?
Rather's Chimp draft-dodger report = TRUE
Benghazi report = FALSE
See the difference?
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2013/11/morning-thread_9.html#comment-1115465798
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CBS Benghazi failure recalls Rather (Original Post)
kpete
Nov 2013
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Nite Owl
(11,303 posts)1. Anyone getting fired for this?
and this was an outright fabrication unlike Rather's inconvenient truth.
FarPoint
(12,428 posts)2. Who should be fired?
I didn't watch the 60 Minutes segment as I new it was hype. So, who reported and carried the story?
Nite Owl
(11,303 posts)3. I don't watch
60 minutes and don't even know their names anymore. Whomever produced it and didn't do the research should be a goner besides the gal who reported it.
It was Lara Logan who reported.
arthritisR_US
(7,291 posts)4. DR got fired for airing the truth, so just using CBS's
previous practices the starting point should be LL .....
Lasher
(27,632 posts)5. Dan Rather: "We reported a true story. That's the reason I'm no longer at CBS News"
May 1st, 2012
Joining Piers Morgan for a live, face to face interview, the longtime "CBS Evening News" anchor and "60 Minutes" correspondent opened up about the much-scrutinized 2004 report on George W. Bush's Air National Guard service record:
"We reported a true story. That's the reason I'm no longer at CBS News," revealed Rather. "Those who found the story uncomfortable for their partisan political purposes attacked us at what they knew to be the weakest point, which was the documents."
The "60 Minutes Wednesday" segment focused on a series of memos discovered in the files of Bush's commanding officer. Though their authenticity has long been questioned, Rather noted that the documents, and his report, have stood up:
"I believed it at the time, or I wouldn't have put them on. I believed it ever since, and believe it to this day. And I remark, the longer we go and nobody comes forward with proof that the documents were not what they report to be, the more I believe it."
http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/01/dan-rather-on-the-george-w-bush-memos-we-reported-a-true-story-thats-the-reason-im-no-longer-at-cbs-news/
Joining Piers Morgan for a live, face to face interview, the longtime "CBS Evening News" anchor and "60 Minutes" correspondent opened up about the much-scrutinized 2004 report on George W. Bush's Air National Guard service record:
"We reported a true story. That's the reason I'm no longer at CBS News," revealed Rather. "Those who found the story uncomfortable for their partisan political purposes attacked us at what they knew to be the weakest point, which was the documents."
The "60 Minutes Wednesday" segment focused on a series of memos discovered in the files of Bush's commanding officer. Though their authenticity has long been questioned, Rather noted that the documents, and his report, have stood up:
"I believed it at the time, or I wouldn't have put them on. I believed it ever since, and believe it to this day. And I remark, the longer we go and nobody comes forward with proof that the documents were not what they report to be, the more I believe it."
http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/01/dan-rather-on-the-george-w-bush-memos-we-reported-a-true-story-thats-the-reason-im-no-longer-at-cbs-news/
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)6. K&R