Why doesn't CNN just ask the question?

[CatWoman]

A QUESTION FOR BOBBY HODGES....In the Killian memo dated August 18, 1973, Killian says this:

Staudt has obviously pressured Hodges more about Bush....Harris gave me a message today from Grp regarding Bush's OETR and Staudt is pushing to sugar coat it.

Forget for a moment whether the memos are genuine or not and just ask this: did Walter Staudt pressure Bobby Hodges about Bush back in 1973? Both men are still alive, and when CBS read the memos to Hodges over the phone he agreed that "these are the things that Killian had expressed to me at the time."

But why ask Hodges about Killian's state of mind in 1973? Why not ask him instead if he himself got pressure from his superiors to go easy on Bush? It's a simple question, and Hodges ought to have a simple answer. If he values the integrity of the military, he should tell his story instead of hiding from reporters.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2004_09/004672.php

[Bunny]

1. Well, that would clear things up, wouldn't it?

And we certainly can't have that now, can we?

[blondeatlast]

2. Sheesh, grrl, you want them to actually practice, um, what's the

word? Um, jour, journey, JOURNALISM?

How positively ARCHAIC of you!

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Wouldn't that ahem, confirm the validty of the story?

What you want them to PRACTICE Journalism?

Look people what everybody has to do en mase is to STOP watching them and contact sponsors and tell them, sorry chum will not buy your product

Until their ratings drop enough they will not realize they are shooting themselves in the foot

I will give you an example from my other adiction, gaming, Many players complain to me about the quality of the product. Well you tell them why are you still buyng it? IF I don't know the game will die... SO???? if the quality is that bad they deserve to die.

With the media it is a similar thing, they don't care about yoru letters to the editor, as long as they have the ratings to sell to their sponsors