OK, it's past 3:30. Where's that CBS statement???

[lancdem]

[michigandem2]

1. what? what is going on here? missed something..

[MallRat]

3. CBS statement regarding * AWOL story upcoming.

First, it was due around noon. Now it's 3:30pm.

What's going on? Dear god, I hope it's good news.

-MR

[Walt Starr]

2. OOPS, looks like Drudge screwed the pooch...

AGAIN!

[lancdem]

4. Didn't Salon report something was coming out, too?

[Lex]

5. Did *CBS* say they would be issuing a statement?

If not, then I wouldn't worry about it.

Drudge is a discredited fool.

[lancdem]

6. True

[troubleinwinter]

8. CNN says later

Just now (3:40), CNN said CBS will have a statement later. CNN was reporting on 3 House Repubs demanding an inquirey into CBS. for misleading the American people for political reasons. (yeah right). I suspect CBS will just respond to this, and no big deal at all.

[lancdem]

9. That makes sense

[Iceburg]

7. Could this be it (the "clarification")?

Dan Rather To Bush: ‘Answer The Questions’

Sept 15, 2004
by Joe Hagan

snip
"With respect: answer the questions," said Dan Rather, the CBS News anchor. He was asking a direct question to President George W. Bush, his re-election campaign and his political allies in the press and on the Web. "We’ve heard what you have to say about the documents and what you’ve said and what your surrogates have said, but for the moment, answer the questions.

...
Mr. Rather said that he was sure that the credibility of CBS News would hold up after the memo scandal had passed.

"I think over the long haul, this will be consistent with our history and our traditions and reputation," he said. "We took heat during the McCarthy time, during Vietnam, during civil rights, during Watergate. We haven’t always been right, but our record is damn good."

Whole article http://www.observer.com/pages/frontpage1.asp

[troubleinwinter]

12. VERY interesting article you linked!

But that appears to be an interview done yesterday with Rather.

I expect today's statement to be purely a response to the call (to the FCC, I think) for an inquiry.

[MazeRat7]

10. Its now scheduled for 5:00 EST (n/t)

[boneygrey]

11. What the hell is going on?

I've heard 12, 3, 3:30 and now someone told me 5PM. :grr:

[ItsMyParty]

13. CNN and MSNBC first said around 4 and now they say it's 5:00

Sounds like a lot of scrambling going on at CBS.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

14. I think it's a tickler just to get a larger audience

I do NOT think there will be any backtrack of the STORY...

[ItsMyParty]

15. Oh, post script....Headline News stated that it was going to be

in answer to the House republicans calling for a congressional investigation. You can bet those slime are going to go ahead with it too. But what the hell would they accomplish because CBS and Dan have as much right to protect sources as, oh, say NOVAK!!!---and this doesn't have to do with law breaking, criminal activity nor treason.