Ohhhh, that liberal media…
Just because they say it over and over and over again, doesn’t make it true.
Some of the documents unearthed by his investigation include notes taken at the time by Linda Mason, a vice president of CBS News. According to her notes, one potential panel member, Warren Rudman, a former Republican senator from New Hampshire, was deemed a less-than-ideal candidate over fears by some that he would not “mollify the right.”
Meanwhile, Mr. Thornburgh, who served as attorney general for both Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, was named a panelist by CBS, but only after a CBS lobbyist “did some other testing,” in which she was told, according to Ms. Mason’s notes, “T comes back with high marks from G.O.P.”
Another memorandum turned over to Mr. Rather’s lawyers by CBS was a long typed list of conservative commentators apparently receiving some preliminary consideration as panel members, including Rush Limbaugh, Matt Drudge, Ann Coulter and Pat Buchanan. At the bottom of that list, someone had scribbled “Roger Ailes,” the founder of Fox News.
Yes, Rush Limbaugh, great idea. Instead of discussing the issues, let’s answer everything with ad hominem attacks and obfuscation. Or Ann Coulter, because what our viewers want is to throw their televisions out the window.
MSNBC went with Buchanan, because whatever his faults, he’s pretty honest and doesn’t try to win arguments by shutting up his opponents.
Oh there you are DV–aren’t you supposed to be at the new job? I replayed your visit on DTR last pm–but I heard the second visit before. I wanted to hear the first one, I missed with the weather issues, but it wasn’t posted. Do you have any “pull” now to release it here? Great recall with your Navy days–and I’m still glad you served. I never knew that about sonar!
CBS was never part of the liberal media. That’s like you saying Democrats aren’t really liberal, and as proof, here’s Zell Miller.
CBS making sure that an investigative panel is GOP-friendly. Our local apologists will be around shortly to rationalize how unbiased this all is.
Keep going Mr. Rather! Looking at the inner workings of a so-called objective news source is fascinating!