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ROBERT ZELNICK:

my initial sentiment when a major news organization like CBS botches a big one is both sympathy and empathy .. But I felt a sense of professional betrayal as Dan Rather and colleagues defended their "60 Minutes" report .. Unconscionably, Rather vouched for the documents' authenticity and attacked critics as "partisan." Even after acknowledging he could no longer defend the papers, he offered no retraction of the story .. post-debacle inquires at the New York Times, USA Today and CNN have resulted in personnel changes up to the very top. CBS, a monument to the arrogance of fading network power, might look better with that sort of makeover.

Bob Zelnick is chairman of the Department of Journalism at Boston University. More here. Posted by Greg Ransom | TrackBack