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Comedy Writes Itself

Trust The Daily Show's Stephen Colbert for the proper perspective on the whole CBS/Dan Rather fiasco:

So hasty was CBS news to get the story they wanted that they took obviously flawed intelligence from highly questionable sources and rushed to present it to the American people as reality. Then, even in the face of overwhelming countervailing evidence, CBS refused to back down. They unilaterally invaded our airwaves based on false pretenses. That's perhaps why, tonight, CBS finds itself isolated, without allies, its reputation in tatters.

I cannot think of another example of this having happened.

Me neither.

Posted by Observer at January 12, 2005 03:42 PM