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CBS Ousts 4 for Bush Guard Story
URL: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/11/national/main666059.shtml?CMP=

Description:
January 2005 article about how "four CBS News employees ... have been ousted for their role in preparing and reporting a disputed story about President Bush's National Guard service [in a "60 Minutes Wednesday" program]. The action was prompted by the report of an independent panel that concluded that CBS News failed to follow basic journalistic principles." Includes links to the report and the official CBS News reaction and actions taken. Includes video clips.

Publisher:
CBS Broadcasting Inc.

Extra Keywords
Report of the Independent Review Panel on the September 8, 2004 60 Minutes Wednesday Segment For the Record

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- -- Career in the military
Journalistic ethics
Journalists -- Dismissal of
Television broadcasting of news

LII Database Information:
Record 5573 created by Jennifer English on 01/11/2005
Last modification on 01/12/2005
Published: 01/11/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/5573