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Congressional Hearings on Tap?
In a letter Tuesday night to Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., chairman of the Subcommittee of Telecommunications and the Internet, Rep Christopher Cox, R-Calif., called for a probe into what he described as "the continued use by CBS News of apparently forged documents concerning the service record of President George W. Bush intended to unfairly damage his reputation and influence the outcome of the 2004 presidential election."
Granted that's just a formal request by a single legislator but holy cow is this thing ever moving fast!
Bad idea. We don't want Congress to punish the Press, we want other members of the Press, and the public, to punish the Press. Get Congress involved, and the Press will circle the wagons around CBS. Dan Rather will become a martyr rather than a washed-up, angry old man who's lost whatever professional respect he may once have commanded.

Posted by: AzCat 2004-09-15
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