Time to reiterate -- Write those emails, letters, and phone CBS! [View All]

[Kanary]

I'm doing something I've never done here before, because I think it's now imperative for ALL to write, and ask everyone we know to do the same. I'm using an article that someone else has posted, to emphasize just how important it is that we ALL reinforce our support and appreciation for what Dan Rather and CBS are doing.

Here is the email:

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Here is what we've been waiting for: A reporter who is showing this kind of integrity. This is a quote from Dan Rather from the article:

"These are unpleasant truths. But they are truths. There was
and is no joy in reporting them. But part of what reporters are supposed to do is ask
questions, dig for facts and, when truths are found, share them with the public and,
when called upon to do so, speak truth to power. This we did."

To emphasize that how important it is that we balance the input that CBS is receiving, here is a quote from that article about what the RW is doing:

"In the meantime, tens of thousands of e-mails from angry Bush supporters have
poured in to the CBS offices in New York. A new Web site has been established
called Rathergate.com, which has asked concerned critics to fax complaints to
CBS’s local affiliates and advertisers, putting more pressure on the news
organization to either shore up the loose ends or establish an internal investigation,
much as New York Times columnist William Safire had suggested in his column on
Monday, Sept. 13. In his column, Mr. Safire had urged Mr. Rather to give up the
ghost, urging him, "Courage!"


To re-emphasize what Rather is thinking, here is what he is saying about the risk he is taking:

"I certainly care about it," he said. "To me, even people who aren’t inclined for one
reason or another to like me know I’m a lifetime reporter trying to be independent
and to report without fear or favor, to be an honest broker of information. On the
times when I’ve failed, either because I didn’t ask enough of the right questions, or
didn’t ask the right questions, I, and almost every other journalist, have taken a fair
enough criticism for, in many people’s judgments, not asking the right questions, or
not asking the right questions strong enough, long enough in the time preceding the
war. And I think some of that criticism is justified. I do not except myself in that
criticism."

Seems clear to me....... *THAT'S* what we've been wanting to hear!

Letters, everyone!

Kanary