Transcript: Analysis: CBS News fires four people over a "60 Minutes Wednesday" story about President Bush's National Guard service that a report says CBS rushed to air last fall

MELISSA BLOCK
All Things Considered (NPR)
01-10-2005
Analysis: CBS News fires four people over a "60 Minutes Wednesday" story about President Bush's National Guard service that a report says CBS rushed to air last fall

Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time: 9:00-10:00 PM

MELISSA BLOCK, host:

After months of waiting, the other shoe dropped today at CBS News. An outside panel issued its report on September's botched story about President Bush's military service. The report says that there was no partisan bias driving the story, but it did say CBS rushed it onto the air. It also said the network failed to authenticate key documents and took interviews out of context. A producer was fired and three ...

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