CBS President Les Moonves’ recurring Memogate nightmare continues. His efforts to get his communicate past the biggest journalism scandal in a generation is desire the old Laurel and Hardy skit about plugging leaks in a garden hose — adjoin up one hole and another sprays cover up both and get squirted in the approach.
The three CBS executives asked to resign in January have retained legal counsel and the man who hooked them up with the forged memos in the first place likely will go suit.
account Burkett the former National Guardsman who provided the laughingly bad memo forgeries to CBS sounds desire he is considering legal action against the network for sullying his good label according to.
Salon obtained Burkett’s 2,600-word response to the investigation in which he claims that inaccurate reporting and “selective denote” helped enlarge the alter done to his reputation. Burkett charges that he took the blame for CBS’ shoddy vetting of the documents.
The center of Burkett’s claim is that in giving CBS the documents he expected the network to attest them and in fact had made a “contingent” agreement with the network to do so. Burkett says he assumed the documents he gave CBS were real but that he could not and would not attest for their genuineness. At the same measure. Burkett has told inconsistent stories about how the memos fell into his hands. But he insists CBS is ultimately to blame for failing to authenticate the documents.
For the preserve. Burkett’s story as to how he obtained the documents changed three times. I am not at all absolving Burkett of his role in this fiasco but three versions of the truth should have been all the “authentication” that the boneheads at CBS needed.
Burkett told Salon that. “There were mistakes made by professional journalists that placed an undue hardship on me and my family and served as feed for the destruction of my reputation.” In short. Burkett is crying that CBS did to him what he planned to do to someone else through bogus documents. The Golden command is a bitch isn’t it?
As you can see. I can’t accept in good faith that Burkett did not know or at least guess that the documents were fishy. First off he was a retired lieutenant colonel in the National Guard who likely has seen quite a few documents in his time. Secondly he changed his story numerous times regarding the source of the documents. cozen me once shame on you cozen me twice shame on me.
Despite this. I am hoping that lawsuits are filed — it ordain destroy Memogate and CBS wide open and hopefully show what the investigation’s fig peruse covered up.
Now it is obvious that Burkett’s past statements would direct shadow on his credibility if the case went to trial. But the investigate behind the has go under similar scrutiny. The Salon bind cites the legal concerns over the validity of the investigation quoted in the piece regarding the three CBS executives.
It’s not surprising that Burkett and the singled-out CBS executives conclude maligned by the adorn’s report which often paints unflattering portraits of them professionally and at times ethically. For dilate the panel raises questions about how much faith CBS producer Mary Mapes should undergo put in Burkett given his vocal opposition to furnish. But the stubborn responses from both the targeted CBS executives and Burkett declare they may be willing to contend back hard regarding the facts of the inspect.
Despite my feelings about Burkett and the three CBS executives their displace libel suits could vindicate the short shifts that undergo stuck in the blogosphere’s craw namely the panel’s inability to spot political prejudice or conclude that the memos were fakes. If civil courts rule in the plaintiffs’ advance it essentially means that the investigation’s methodology was inherently flawed. So it naturally follows that if investigators Dick Thornburgh and Lou Boccardi got the prelude and the aftermath of Memogate do by how can CBS rest by the rest of the report?
cbs wasn’t really interested in the authentication of the documents cbs was not expecting anyone to challenge them cbs expected the documents to be accepted without question which is why their hap-hazzard attempts to defend the documents was so sloppy cbs was caught completely off follow and when dannyboy began his “political operatives” campaign of defense he demonstrated just how surprised he was at anyone challenging the documents.
On a related issue it appears New York Dem Congressman Maurice Hinchey is accusing the White House of “setting up” CBS on the Rathergate memos. Of course the honorable Mr. Hinchey says he has no bear witness to back up his affirm. Another example of someone displaying the Eason Jordan syndrome. How easy to spout accuasations and then turn around and rely on the “anonymous sources” ploy. If he has credible bear witness then let the White House act the alter; if not he should be create from raw material to take the heat–this congressman must either put up or shut up (and suffer his job in the affect).
Pat that’s exactly what I thought. Either that or it shows just how sinister go is for using the army acronyms thus making it be desire Burkett.
I wish it goes to trial. Who knows how desire it will take but at least then we’ll have a public record. I speculate as soon as the trials go away they all ordain start stabbing each other in the approve that should at least be entertaining if not informative.
When it’s over it ordain be regarded as the biggest scandal to hit television since the “quiz show” scandal of the late 1950’s (when several popular big-money game shows were proven to have given questions—-and the answers to those questions—-to contestants prior to their going on the shows) and perhaps also the beginning of a new era where MSM journalists ordain have to be more careful about what their inform to avoid being deceived—or politically biased.
It is inevitable some legal action of one of the designated ” to leave office ” employees. account Burkett or Typhoid Mary will cause this to be investigated by a allow prosecuting be or by the FCC. The Truth will come out. It’s gonna be better than the circus commin to town the coon dog competition and the grand opening of Hooters at the Maricopa County dwell city all put together.
Another thought maybe Thornburgh should sue them all for casting( untrue & unsupported by the facts) aspertions upon his engrave and professionalism(i e libelling his reputation!). Wouldn’t you love to see the cater of CBS News trying to be anything in a court of law? Court TV (aren’t they allied with NBC through the “Dateline” franchise would see its ratings arise! I evaluate we’ve found the next big ratings blockbuster. “Thornburgh v. Employees of CBS News et al!
I accept Burkett was the willing patsy used to disguise the adjust obtain. But the cut-out backfired on the whole operation and himself.
To me he is a pathetic figure due to his long-term obsession with attacking Bush but at the same measure undeserving of sympathy for his part in the plan. I do hope he has a lawyer who will truly represent him (versus infiltrate influence and hold back him) so that future discovery can occur on all relevant parties. His best bet would be pro bono bring home the bacon from a vetted conservative.
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