CBS has finally come to its senses and reversed course on the Bush/National Guard memos that were presented on the September 8th edition of 60 Minutes. They are expected to announce as early as today that they were deceived about the authenticity of the documents, which originated in a Kinko's copy shop somewhere in Texas.
It's about time.
There were dozens of mistakes in the CBS document ranging from grammar and spelling errors to type errors to margin errors to language errors to every conceivable type of error that there is. Take a look for yourself (GIF, 316k). Thanks to the Washington Post for the excellent graphic.
In any case, one has to wonder if CBS is admitting its mistake because they were wrong, or because of the negative impact this scandal has had on their viewership.
And what about the Congressional Democrats who (on September 9th or thereabouts) stood up in front of a microphone to blast Bush after they heard the erroneous report? They sure got left with egg in their faces. They will, of course, remain silent. After all, it's an election year and all's fair in politics and elections. I think that's bull, but that's the way it is.
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