Will the US CBS Network loose its broadcasting license over the Dan Rather
row?

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Will the US CBS Network loose its broadcasting license over the Dan Rather
row?

CBS can't "loose" (sic) its broadcast license because it doesn't have one.
The individual stations owned by Viacom do have licenses, but the network
really answers to noone. It only provides programming to its affiliate
stations...therefore, nothing to "loose" (sic).

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Will the US CBS Network loose its broadcasting license over the Dan Rather
row?

CBS doesn't have "a" broadcasting license to "loose". They do own a
number of stations, though, that have licenses. I doubt a journalistic
mistake like this would cause someone to lose their license. Their
audience, perhaps.

Paul

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In article , http://HireMe.geek.nz/
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Will the US CBS Network loose its broadcasting license over the Dan
Rather
row?

CBS doesn't have "a" broadcasting license to "loose". They do own a
number of stations, though, that have licenses. I doubt a journalistic
mistake like this would cause someone to lose their license.

What mistake?

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In article , http://HireMe.geek.nz/
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Will the US CBS Network loose its broadcasting license over the Dan
Rather
row?

CBS doesn't have "a" broadcasting license to "loose". They do own a
number of stations, though, that have licenses. I doubt a journalistic
mistake like this would cause someone to lose their license.

What mistake?

.... presenting fake documents as real in a news story.

"David Eduardo" wrote in message
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What mistake?

... presenting fake documents as real in a news story.


There's some indication it wasn't a mistake ... and CBS knew that.

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In article , http://HireMe.geek.nz/
wrote:

Will the US CBS Network loose its broadcasting license over the Dan
Rather row?

CBS doesn't have "a" broadcasting license to "loose". They do own a
number of stations, though, that have licenses. I doubt a journalistic
mistake like this would cause someone to lose their license.

What mistake?

... presenting fake documents as real in a news story.

If you'd been following the story, the source, Burkett, was the one responsible for
the misrepresentation, as he claimed that he was "pressured" into providing the name
of the source, for the purposes of determining provenance for the documents in
question. This is appropriate journalistic practice. While CBS does hold some
responsibility for failing to fully prove that Burkett's claims were true, the fault
for the hoax lies fully with Burkett, who could have easily told the truth about the
documents' source. Holding Rather and CBS solely responsible for this fiasco is like
me holding you responsible for the lies we've been told by the Bush Administration.

But then, I do.
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On Sun, 20 Sep 2004, http://HireMe.geek.nz/ wrote:
Will the US CBS Network loose its broadcasting license over the Dan Rather
row?

In a word: no.

Nor will Dan Rather be fired. Some underling will take the blame and get
fired instead.

It will otherwise blow over. Being liberal means never having to say that
you're sorry (or admit being wrong).

-- Mark --

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Si vis pacem, para bellum.

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On Sun, 20 Sep 2004, http://HireMe.geek.nz/ wrote:
Will the US CBS Network loose its broadcasting license over the Dan
Rather
row?

In a word: no.

Nor will Dan Rather be fired. Some underling will take the blame and get
fired instead.

Blame for what?


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On Sun, 20 Sep 2004, http://HireMe.geek.nz/ wrote:
Will the US CBS Network loose its broadcasting license over the Dan
Rather
row?

In a word: no.

Nor will Dan Rather be fired. Some underling will take the blame and get
fired instead.

Blame for what?

.... presenting fake documents as a news story.