CBS Cleans House In Wake of Erroneous Story

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday January 10, 2005 @04:35PM from the fake-but-accurate dept.

An independent review panel gave CBS News a scathing rebuke for its story last fall about President Bush's national guard service. The report noted that in a story that was neither fair nor accurate, and did a "disservice" to the American public, the CBS News staff had a "myopic zeal" to get the story first and gave a "rigid and blind defense" after it aired. The story's producer, Mary Mapes, was fired. Three other executives were asked to resign. The network, noting that he was scheduled for retirement from CBS Evening News in a couple of months, recommended no action be taken against Dan Rather.

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Re:Not quite good enough but its a start... by revscat · 2005-01-10 17:23 · Score: 0, Redundant

It wasn't AWOL so much as his immediate superiors not caring if he did things that were technically against the rules.
In other words: It wasn't his fault? No, he was active duty, and was absent without official leave. We can argue semantics all day, if you'd like, but this says reams about the character of the man and those who defend him.