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Topic: Media Bias
The New York Times reports that CBS postponed a report on Iraq:
"The CBS statement followed a report in the online edition of Newsweek that described the frustration of CBS News reporters and producers who said the network had concluded that it could not legitimately criticize the president because of the questions about the National Guard report.You can see the problem, of course, can't you?
"According to the Newsweek report, the '60 Minutes' segment was to have detailed how the administration relied on false documents when it said Iraq had tried to buy a lightly processed form of uranium, known as yellowcake, from Niger. The administration later acknowledged that the information was incorrect and that the documents were most likely fake."(Italics mine)
Also reported, this time by the Washington Post about Bill Burkett:
"Burkett is angry with CBS and anchor Dan Rather for disclosing his identity after promising him anonymity, his current attorney, Gabriel Quintanilla, said yesterday. Quintanilla said Burkett's life had become 'pure hell' since Monday, when Rather disclosed on the 'CBS Evening News' that Burkett was the network's confidential and 'unimpeachable' source for the controversial documents."Lawyers quoted in the article say he doesn't have much of a case.
Posted by Dean
at 9:40 PM CDT
Updated: Tuesday, 28 September 2004 9:42 PM CDT
