AP: CBS to Name Panel to Exam Bush Guard Story

[DrFunkenstein]

NEW YORK - Within the next few days, CBS News expects to name an independent panel of experts to scrutinize its reporting of President Bush's National Guard service after its defenses for airing the explosive story crumbled.

It was humbling for a news division that once ruled television, for TV's pre-eminent newsmagazine and for Rather himself, at 72 already struggling against fading ratings and influence.

Now CBS opens its doors to an outside panel that will assign blame.

"I think it will be helpful, given the attention this story has received, for cool, collected, independent voices of unchallenged integrity to examine the process," CBS News President Andrew Heyward said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&e=3&u=/ap/cbs_guard

Wait, this isn't a panel to find out what happened to Bush in the National Guard?

[Lex]

1. Oh hell.

Now it's on.

Dan Rather will be getting the last laugh on this one, methinks.

[librechik]

2. to be fair, it would have to examine the whole issue, don't you think?

:evilgrin:

[Lex]

3. 'Zactly.

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And that's where it will get interesting.

Now the story has everyone's attention, so let's see ALL OF IT laid out on the table--including the Smirker/Shirker.

[qb]

4. The old Double Whammy! I hope this pans out.

[onenote]

5. they should devote their resources

to finding out who was the source of the memos rather than navel gazing over how they did or didn't mess up. The former is real news, the latter is just media masturbation.

onenote