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Originally posted by hoosier
When Jason Blair went phony in the NYTimes, the two top editors took the blame and resigned.
When the USA Today writer admitted to faking travel and stories, the two top editors took the blame and resigned.
When Dan Rather's phony documents were revealed, what's up with Dan?
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And when Dateline NBC rigged a truck to explode and burn
before the impact on its gas tank (remember that?) they ate some crow, made a few on-air apologies, tolerated the usual lampooning by
SNL then went right on with the show. Anchors didn't get fired, maybe a few memos went out behind the scenes, who knows.
The difference is, 60 Minutes, like Dateline, is a magazine show. It isn't all about facts - it's about speculation and opinions as well. The NY Times and (believe it or not...
) USA Today are of the "hard news" genre that historically separates factual news from commentary.
I think Rather will face what Dateline did and move on.
Although, IMHO, the world won't stop turning if he did retire.
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