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21st of September 2004 News
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CBS Apologizes for Report on Bush Guard Service
Date: 21 September 2004
By Jim Rutenberg and Kate Zernike
Jim Rutenberg
Dan Rather and CBS News admit that they have been unable to authenticate four documents network used to raise new questions about Pres Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard service, calling their news report 'mistake in judgment'; network officials say former Texas National Guard officer Bill Burkett misled their producers about how he obtained documents, which came under scrutiny almost as soon as report was broadcast on CBS Evening News and 60 Minutes on Sept 8; CBS News president Andrew Heyward says using documents was 'mistake, which we deeply regret'; Rather initially insisted that wide questioning of documents--purportedly from personal files of Lt Col Jerry B Killian, Bush's squadron commander--came from partisans; he delivers his own apology, calling incident 'error made in good faith'; week ago, CBS News officials and Rather were standing steadfastly by report, dismissing days of accusations from document experts that records were fakes produced on modern computer; network says it is appointing panel of experts to review how such flawed report got onto air, especially one with such potential implications for sitting president just 50 days before an election; says it will make results public; photos (M)
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CBS Storm Washes Over Viacom
Date: 22 September 2004
By Geraldine Fabrikant
Geraldine Fabrikant
Viacom, parent of CBS, is not expected to suffer much of blow from scandal over National Guard documents that CBS News now concedes cannot be authenticated; Viacom stretches far beyond CBS, and fate of its other businesses is not closely tied to reputation of its news operation; CBS's national news division, whose evening news program remains stuck in third place in ratings behind NBC and ABC, generated no more than $100 million to $300 million in operating profit; Viacom chairman Sumner M Redstone acknowledges he is concerned about recent developments; says that neither he nor other top Viacom executives involved themselves in decisions inside CBS News; chart; photos (M)
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CBS Says Producer Violated Policy by Putting Source in Touch With Kerry Aide
Date: 22 September 2004
By Jim Rutenberg and Bill Carter
Jim Rutenberg
CBS News says that Mary Mapes, producer of its flawed report about Pres Bush's National Guard service, violated network policy by putting source Bill Burkett in touch with Joe Lockhart, a senior adviser to Kerry; CBS declares 'It is obviously against CBS News standards and those of every other reputable news organization to be associated with any political agenda'; privately, network officials say they were caught off guard when Lockhart told reporters that he had spoken to Burkett at behest of Mapes; Mapes photo (M)
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CBS Quiet About Fallout, but Precedent Is Ominous
Date: 21 September 2004
By Bill Carter and Jacques Steinberg
Bill Carter
CBS commissions report on how forged documents were aired concerning Pres Bush's record in National Guard, after anchor Dan Rather admits being caught in 'relaxation of vigilance' he has warned of in past; those under scrutiny also include Mary Mapes, considered one of best newsmagazine producers at CBS News, and longtime CBS News president Andrew Hayward; extraordinary highs and lows of Rather's four-decade career recalled (M)
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Even Humbled by Error, Dan Rather Has His Thorns
Date: 21 September 2004
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
CBS anchor Dan Rather offers simple on-air 'I'm sorry' about airing questionable documents concerning Pres Bush's National Guard service; Rather, 72, most compelling of network anchors, has had long career dotted with memorable moments of his own making (M)
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Death Of A Blog
Date: 22 September 2004
By Nat Ives
Nat Ives
Arts Briefing column; anonymous author of The Minor Fall, The Major Lift, acerbic online blog begun in May 2003 out of boredom and disgust with poor journalism, posts Dear Internet letter announcing its demise (S)
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Commission on Debates Rejects Prompt Signing of Campaigns' Accord on the Events
Date: 22 September 2004
By Jodi Wilgoren
Jodi Wilgoren
Commission on Presidential Debates tells Bush and Kerry campaigns that it will not be able to meet their request that it sign by Sept 22 their 32-page agreement detailing parameters for debates; says it has to determine which candidates have enough support in polls to qualify for debates, which it does not plan to do until Sept 24; regardless of timing, new requirement that independent commission as well as four journalists selected to moderate debates sign onto pact between two candidates has made some people uncomfortable (M)
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Allawi, in U.S., Is Presented as a Symbol of Iraqi Progress
Date: 22 September 2004
By Elisabeth Bumiller
Elisabeth Bumiller
Bush administration opens intensive campaign to present Prime Min Ayad Allawi as symbol of Iraqi progress, even as violence there mounts and doubts grow about holding elections in January; Allawi, on first official visit to US, will address Congress and take part in joint news conference with Pres Bush; two meet in New York during UN session and present optimistic picture of Iraq; photo (M)
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Newark Housing Chief Defends Spending and Layoffs
Date: 21 September 2004
By Damien Cave
Damien Cave
Harold Lucas, executive director of Newark Housing Authority, gives reporters tour of headquarters building that is at center of federal investigation of excessive spending; acknowledges spending about $600,000 on renovations to building in addition to nearly $400,000 on equipment and other upgrades, all of which came before he laid off 84 employees; says he is proud of overhaul because its cost was below average for comparable work; photo (M)
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Kerry in a Struggle for a Democratic Base: Women
Date: 22 September 2004
By Katharine Q. Seelye
Katharine Seelye
Sen John Kerry's campaign is in energetic drive to win back women, given polls showing erosion of support among one of Democratic party's most reliable constituencies; photo of Kerry on television show Live With Regis and Kelly; registered female voters polled by The New York Times/CBS News favor Pres Bush 48 to 43 percent, whereas 54 percent of women voted for Al Gore and 43 percent for Bush in 2000; electoral dynamic has been recast by fears of terrorist attack, intensified by massacre at Russian school; other polls show Kerry still slightly ahead, and his campaign expresses confidence in support by Election Day; Kerry is also endorsed by several Sept 11 widows and deploys 'military moms' to campaign in swing states; polls suggest 'security moms' live everywhere and are leaning Republican, while 'soccer moms' tend to live in suburbs and could vote either way (M)
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