Rathergate Followup
Posted on January 10th, 2005 in Election04, Media Bias
Panel Criticizes CBS’s ‘Myopic Zeal’ in Bush National Guard Report
Four CBS News employees have been ousted in connection with CBS’s flawed, inaccurate "September surprise" story questioning George W. Bush’s National Guard service.
Well, they didn’t realease this story at 5:00 on a Friday like some thought they would. (Which would mean it wasn’t available for that night’s news cycle and would be forgotten by Monday.) CNN didn’t make a big deal out of it after announcing it as a breaking news story, but FOXNews went "wall-to-wall" with this story after it broke.
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January 10th, 2005
It is little more than a weak coverup. They fired a bunch of mid level people but not the main smear meister. They men who ran the panel were/are both Bush haters so it is not unexpected. This is what Viacom intended it to be a Viacom whitewash.
January 21st, 2005
It has been almost two weeks and I was wrong! Rathergate has not caused anyone to be fired. As of 1/21 they are all still not fired. The Rathergate press report was as bogus as Rathergate itself!