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CBSNEWS LAUNCHES INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AFTER SUSPICIOUS BUSH DOCS AIRED
**Exclusive**
CBS NEWS executives have launched an internal investigation into whether =
its premiere news program 60 MINUTES aired fabricated documents relating =
to Bush's National Guard service, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
"The reputation and integrity of the entire news division is at stake, =
if we are in error, it will be corrected," a top CBS source explained =
late Thursday.
The source, who asked not to be named, described CBSNEWS anchor and 60 =
MINUTES correspondent Dan Rather as being privately "shell-shocked" by =
the increasingly likelihood that the documents in question were =
fraudulent.
Rather, who anchored the segment presenting new information on the =
president's military service, will personally correct the record on-air, =
if need be, the source explained from New York.=20
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