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To: unclewest who wrote (72572)	9/22/2004 12:49:08 PM
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RATHER ROUNDUP [09/22 12:07 PM] One: USA Today reports that Mary Mapes is still working on the CBS memo story: <font color=blue>"CBS News staffers say they're puzzled why Mapes is still apparently actively working on the memos story. CBS News spokeswoman Sandy Genelius refused to comment on that. She said that Mapes, 48, remains on CBS' payroll."<font color=black> Never mind fired, never mind suspended with or without pay for a period, what exactly do you have to do to get taken off a story at CBS? Two: The Philadelphia Inquirer steps up to the plate and offers the editorial we have been waiting for: <font color=green> Memo to Dan: It's time to go. <font color=black> The unforced error served up by CBS News about President Bush's service in the National Guard is not the end of mainstream journalism as we know it. But it ought to spell the end of Dan Rather's career. As mistakes go, this one was colossal. CBS and Rather rushed pell-mell to broadcast apparently bogus memos, which purported to show Bush had disobeyed a direct order to take a physical exam in the National Guard in the 1970s. We now know the network aired the story despite warnings from documents analysts that the memos might be phony. The source of the documents, retired National Guard official Bill Burkett, finally admitted this week that he lied to CBS about where he obtained the memos. CBS News officials still cannot satisfy themselves about the documents' origins. If CBS News is to salvage its credibility, Rather must go. Whether or not his producer did most of the prep work for this report, Rather put his weighty seal of approval on the story. Such carelessness by a veteran journalist, especially on a high-profile story about a sitting president in the heat of a campaign, has irreparably damaged Rather's credibility. His apology Monday night was overdue. Viewers are now left to wonder whether a veteran anchor was blinded by competitive juices or, worse and more unlikely, motivated by partisan bias. <font color=green>That kind of taint won't wash off, even in a hurricane.<font color=black> More in a bit. nationalreview.com