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60 Minutes Wednesday out |
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Let's go get the salt... |
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05/18/2005 |
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Rather's going to add an influx of youth to the Sunday "60 Minutes" program.
Not sure what Wallace, Safer and Rooney think about it, since they didn't hold back comments critical of Rather in the Memogate aftermath.
Nice to see "60 Minutes II" get a Peabody for Abu Ghraib coverage. "I'd like to thank the soldier for sending abuse photos to our news office. When I say our investigative efforts were really nothing, I mean it." |
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and rub it in over at CBS.
That story took a lot of hard digging, and if it hadn't been exposed people in this country wouldn't know how we are treating the prisoners in that prison. It is important to remember that most of the prisoners in that prison, WEREN'T terrorist or insurgents, although they may be now. It exposed a lot of bad and the American people demanded that it be fix. The problem continues, if not at Abu Ghraib, then most certainly at Gitmo.
They held that story for weeks waiting for the Pentagon to do something about it. Did they do something? Answer: They grabbed a few grunts who were the face of the problem and sent them to jail, and slapped a couple of the lower ranking senior officers.
That story did many things. It helped to build pressure to force the Pentagon to change some policy. It showed what happens when bad policy is set and acted upon. It deserves a Peabody for bringing to light the abuses at that prison.
Were the Kilian documents a screw up? Yes, a major f*!# up. But that has nothing to do with this story.
BTW- Does anyone see anything suspicious about WH behavior. Someone brings embarrassing stories to their attention. They say no comment, and other people in the administration or Civil Service confirm them. Once the stories air or are printed they jump all over the story. Why don't they just deny it when they are asked the first time?
I think it is part of a campaign to undermine the press. Throw out some bogus news, or tips. A media starved for news because of strict control will bite. When asked for confirmation they do the no comment, and/or privately confirm. When the story airs they, and their proxies (Drudge, Rush, Coulter) JUMP all over them accusing them of everything from liberal bias to treason. Media loses confidence in itself, and people lose trust in the media. Thus you end up with a neutered press that no one trusts running front-page stories about the president's iPod.
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