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To: unclewest who wrote (72154)	9/21/2004 12:06:26 AM
From: jjkirk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793738

BUSH OFFICIALS WANT CBSNEWS MODERATOR OFF DEBATE drudgereport.com Just hours after CBSNEWS admitted it cannot prove the authenticity of documents used in a 60 MINUTES story about President Bush's National Guard service, top Bush advisers are recommending a CBS reporter be removed as moderator of a planned presidential debate, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. At question is the approved Oct. 13 debate at Arizona State University in Tempe with Bob Schieffer, chief Washington correspondent for CBSNEWS, moderating. "Considering the circumstances, we should definitely ask that Schieffer be replaced," a top Bush adviser told the president on Monday, according to a well-placed source. The well-placed source continued: "Who can trust these CBS people to play it straight [during the debate]? I suspect they will be out for revenge." The president is said to have not made any decision whether to seek a removal of the planned CBSNEWS moderator. Developing... ----------------------------------------------------------- Filed By Matt Drudge Reports are moved when circumstances warrant drudgereport.com for updates (c)DRUDGE REPORT 2004 Not for reproduction without permission of the author