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To: Sully- who wrote (72424)	9/22/2004 1:25:46 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) of 793928

Interesting letter to the editor in the Seattle Times today. What ever happened to protecting the source? M Peep throat I thought it was a principle of the news media to maintain the confidentiality of its sources. This practice allows sources to disclose information while protecting them from unwanted notoriety and reprisals. In its haste to distance itself from this recent scandal, CBS has portrayed itself as a victim of someone else's wrongdoing and has openly divulged its only source on the issue — Bill Burkett ("CBS will reportedly admit it was misled on memos," page one, Sept. 20). CBS has gone so far as to paint Burkett as the guilty party even though he told them he could not vouch for the authenticity of the documents he provided. Based upon what we now see and hear, one has to believe that CBS News has other significant ethical issues that go well beyond Dan Rather and (producer) Mary Mapes. If CBS wants to restore integrity to its newsroom, it will probably have to clean house. — Ronald Papcun, Sumner

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