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Vorlonagent wrote:

>>CBS made an error. When it was shown to be an error, they retracted it
>>and their anchor resigned in disgrace. So?
> 
> 
> They tried to influence the outcome of a presidential election by reporting 
> a gross falshood as fact.

I think that at the time there was a lot of willful belief going on at 
CBS. Mapes and her coworkers believed, all along, that Bush had gone 
AWOL. Then, a source called offering the written proof.

Without verifying what "everybody knows", they ran the story, which then 
became another example of why groupthink shouldn't ever be allowed to 
trump the two verified sources rule in journalism. And in intelligence 
gathering efforts in pretty much any context...

It took *me* about 10 minutes to duplicate those forgeries with my own 
PC and printer and a copy of Microsoft Word.

Rob
                                                                           
              
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