# Memogate: are CBS completely stupid

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memogate-are-cbs-completely-stupid/264414>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 14, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memogate-are-cbs-completely-stupid/264414 "2004-09-14T14:09:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memogate-are-cbs-completely-stupid/264414/81 "2004-09-19T10:12:02Z")

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Check Sunday’s [Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31727-2004Sep18.html) where the EP of 60 Minutes II says CBS stopped trying to verify the memos after the White House read them, and made no objections.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memogate-are-cbs-completely-stupid/264414/82 "2004-09-20T18:03:06Z")

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Hmmm. CBS admits they’re fake docs, and is blowing the door off this story by interviewing the guy they got the docs from tonight. Will wonders never cease.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memogate-are-cbs-completely-stupid/264414/83 "2004-09-20T18:19:50Z")

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Not good enough, sorry. Burkett is claiming that he didn’t forge the documents. Thus, either he is lying, or he is not the ultimate source.

I believe CBS has a responsibility to expose the source of the documents, and do what they can to unmask the forger. It would go a long way towards undoing the damage they did.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memogate-are-cbs-completely-stupid/264414/84 "2004-09-20T19:31:54Z")

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Wow. [Dan Rather apologizes.](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/20/politics/main644546.shtml)

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