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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0409170108sep17,1,2882259.story

On Wednesday, Rather finally acknowledged questions about the memos' authenticity — but insisted the sentiment they conveyed was correct. As if to say: This just in! We think George W. Bush got special treatment!
Nice try, but that charge is old news. The new news was CBS' "Gotcha!" memos. The fact that Adolf Hitler allegedly had thoughts similar to some in those long discredited "Hitler's diaries" doesn't make them more than sleazy frauds.

The president of CBS News now says the network will "redouble its efforts" to investigate the documents. The time to do that was before the story aired. And some journalists wonder why many Americans think we're biased, arrogant and inaccurate. The burden of proof here was on Rather and Co. If they did ignore warnings from experts, they hurt a lot of honest reporters.

News organizations that relied in part on CBS' story — the Tribune included — put some faith in CBS News' credibility. Only to learn that the network may have had its trademark eye wide shut.

 

[Phoenix]

'In 70 minutes they flushed 70 years of credibility down the drain....'

 

[sc0la]

As much as I dislike comparing anything modern you don't like to hitler and Nazi-ism, framing it as a way to demonstrate that you play bothsides of the field equally is almost as absurd.

We hate Dan Rathre's false documents the same as we hate Hitler's! See fair and balanced.

Not that this memo thing isn't anything but embarracing and downright stupid of them. Just that the hitler reference is both not needed and increadibly trite.

 

[Yossarian]

As much as I dislike comparing anything modern you don't like to hitler and Nazi-ism, framing it as a way to demonstrate that you play bothsides of the field equally is almost as absurd.

We hate Dan Rathre's false documents the same as we hate Hitler's! See fair and balanced.

Not that this memo thing isn't anything but embarracing and downright stupid of them. Just that the hitler reference is both not needed and increadibly trite.

umm.. I think you missed the point. The hitler diaries were forged documents proporting to be Hitler's actual writing found by some scholars. This article isnt saying Rather = Hitler but rather Rather = Hitler diary proponents.

 

[ErasureAcer]

Even with these (maybe) not being the originals(the guys signature is on there...how do people refute that fact?)...CBS is at least stating the truth.

Therefore:

CBS >>>>>>>>ABC/NBC >>>>>>>FOX

Thank you CBS.

 

[RiZ III]

'In 70 minutes they flushed 70 years of credibility down the drain....'

Most of the media ate up all the shit the administration said about Iraq prewar without questioning it at all. They lost their credibility right then.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

(the guys signature is on there...how do people refute that fact?)

Copy / Paste?

 

[impirius]

CBS is at least stating the truth.

...by lying?

Huh?

 

[Shinobi]

Most of the media ate up all the shit the administration said about Iraq prewar without questioning it at all. They lost their credibility right then.

Heh, true. Anyway, if you've seen "The Insider" you knew a long time ago that 60 Minutes isn't exactly a paragon of virtue.

 

[XS+]

Anyway, if you've seen "The Insider" you knew a long time ago that 60 Minutes isn't exactly a paragon of virtue.

Great freaking movie.

 

[Shinobi]

Damn right...I need to watch it again sometime.

 

[Meier]

Even with these (maybe) not being the originals(the guys signature is on there...how do people refute that fact?)...CBS is at least stating the truth.

lmao, this is the funniest response yet to this whole ordeal :lol :lol :lol

 

[sc0la]

umm.. I think you missed the point. The hitler diaries were forged documents proporting to be Hitler's actual writing found by some scholars. This article isnt saying Rather = Hitler but rather Rather = Hitler diary proponents.

I never stated that they tried to claim Rather = Hitler.

 

[Halo]

http://www.boycottcbs.com/

I support this website

 

[God's Hand]

I think you're all retarded and blind. The media lies every day. What's the big deal now?

 

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