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Ashton details how Lou Boccardi spearheads the critical investigation on CBS News' "countless misstatements and omissions" in the reporting of a "60 Minutes Wednesday" investigation of Pres George W. Bush's military record. The story, which aired on Sep 8, 2004, was based on documents allegedly "taken from" the personal files of the late Lt Jerry B. Killian, the Commander of the 111th Fighter Interceptor Squadron of the Texas Air National Guard (ANG). Those documents, which were said to provide new information on then-Lt Bush's Texas ANG service, included a memorandum in which young Bush was ordered to take his annual flying physical, a memo in which Killian discussed a conversation with Bush about a transfer to work on a political campaign.
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The Cbs Debacle
THE YEAR 2005 STARTED off with a journalistic earthquake. An independent review panel comprised of former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh and Louis D. Boccardi, retired President and Chief Executive Officer of the Associated Press, concluded that CBS News, "The House that Murrow Built," the organization revered for its well-known standards and practices, committed "countless misstatements and omissions...
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