"CBS Nixes '60 Minutes' Story on Iraq War"

[Questioninggeller]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=494&ncid=762&e=5&u=/ap/20040925/ap_en_tv/cbs_bush

CBS Nixes '60 Minutes' Story on Iraq War

Sat Sep 25, 7:42 PM ET

NEW YORK - CBS News has shelved a "60 Minutes" report on the rationale for war in Iraq (news - web sites) because it would be "inappropriate" to air it so close to the presidential election, the network said on Saturday.

The report on weapons of mass destruction was set to air on Sept. 8 but was put off in favor of a story on President Bush's National Guard service. The Guard story was discredited because it relied on documents impugning Bush's service that were apparently fake.

CBS News spokeswoman Kelli Edwards would not elaborate on why the timing of the Iraq report was considered inappropriate.

The report, with Ed Bradley as the correspondent, has long been in the works. Originally scheduled for June, it was first put off because of new developments, Edwards said.

CBS said no other reports on the presidential election have been affected.

 

[corplinx]

Ed Bradley has to love Dan Rather right now.


Ed to Dan: "My story got bumped for a friggin hoax that tainted the network's image? Way to go slick!"

 

[aerocontrols]

That should be more effective than actually running the story - good work CBS.

 

[epepke]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=494&ncid=762&e=5&u=/ap/20040925/ap_en_tv/cbs_bush

After the memos, does 60 Minutes have any credibility left?

They used to be pretty good.

 

[Dorian Gray]

How convenient for Bush, no?

 

[peptoabysmal]

We don't need CBS to tell us what to think. The government's entire rationale for the war in Iraq is contained in this document. (You know, the one Kerry and many others signed).

PUBLIC LAW 107–243—OCT. 16, 2002

 

[a_unique_person]

Re: Re: "CBS Nixes '60 Minutes' Story on Iraq War"

After the memos, does 60 Minutes have any credibility left?

They used to be pretty good.

Fair enough, but after the African Uranium forgeries, does the Bush administration have any credibility left?

 

[epepke]

Re: Re: Re: "CBS Nixes '60 Minutes' Story on Iraq War"

Fair enough, but after the African Uranium forgeries, does the Bush administration have any credibility left?

I don't know that the Bush administration ever particularly had any credibility in the first place.

60 Minutes, on the other hand, used to do some pretty good investigative journalism.