CBS blows it yet again...

[Archae]

Guess what "source" they used now.
Darrel Issa and his selective leaks from his committee.

CBS Returns To Using Dubious Sources In Attempt To Discredit ACA

CBS News, currently under fire for airing a dubious 60 Minutes report that relied on discredited source Dylan Davies, aired a report on the Affordable Care Act based entirely off selectively leaked partial transcripts from ACA opponent, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA).

On the November 11 edition of CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley, correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reported on supposed "security risks" surrounding the law's exchange website, HealthCare.gov. Host Scott Pelley alleged that the project manager in charge of building the site "was apparently kept in the dark about serious failures in the website's security." Pelley speculated that this could eventually lead to "identity theft among people buying insurance.":

The basis for this report was a "partial transcript" obtained by CBS correspondent Attkisson and provided to her by House Oversight Chairman Rep. Issa.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/11/12/cbs-returns-to-using-dubious-sources-in-attempt/196868

[gopiscrap]

1. man they have become a such a douchebag organization in the last 20 years.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Oh, good God, they aren't even hiding it anymore.

The sooner the public decides that the M$M media are irrelevant, the better.

[Scuba]

12. +1

[rurallib]

19. the fact that no one has been fired for these transgressions indicates

that CBS is in for the long haul on helping to take down Obama and dems in general.
What a thing to strive for - being Fox-lite ---- less brains less filling.

[Jackpine Radical]

28. But they are loyally doing the bidding of their masters.

Apparently Logan was once a conscientious reporter who found she couldn't get her stories published if she stuck to the truth.

[NutmegYankee]

3. Ever notice how often the car thief keeps popping up in these stories?

I think he plans these releases.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

4. Please share your thoughts directly with CBS News...

here:

[link:http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/feedback/fb_news_form.shtml|

[tabasco]

10. CBS doesn't care what you think

They kowtow only to their corporate overlords.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

16. They do care how many people think it. Very much so.

Just like Rush LimpBlob doesn't care what we think.

But his sponsors care very much how many of us think it.

Same is true for CBS and any other for-profit media outlet. Their bean-counters know that if we are taking the time to write directly to them (even if an individual response means little), more of us are writing directly to their sponsors - their life blood and income.

(hint, hint)

[upi402]

14. CBS would just compile a list

and turn us all in.

I have to admit I've been watching RT News since MSNBC has only Ed and Rachel left - and Ed relegated to a poor time slot.
AJ is pap... dammit.

[Moliere]

5. This reminds me of the same...

... circular logic bullsh*t that the Bushies used to do: person A fed lies to M$M, who dutifully reported on it, then person A used the report to prove that the lie was truth. Argh my brain hurts.

[meadowlark5]

6. CBS probably figures Fox lies and makes shit up and their ratings are fantastic

So why can't they

[spanone]

7. with corporate america owning ALL of our news sources, our democracy is compromised

will it survive?

how do you vote when the information you rely on to make your decision is unreliable?

sad to say.

[upi402]

15. ^ Yes, that

I hate Russia but have been watching RT News -despite the authoritarianism in Russia and homophobic policy.

Wish I had Free Speech TV!

[geek tragedy]

8. CBS is just a polite version of Fox news. Crawford, Attkisson, Pelley, Logan--all rightwing

Republican hacks.

[stuffmatters]

25. CBS Overall News Director was hired from Fox in CBS'... big fold to the rightwing after Rather

When Rather's story on Bush was basically true, just one faulty document. Logan's was entirely a lie, a pander, a rightwing fantasy from beginning to end.

It really has been Fox News light ever since then. Your list of rightwing CBSers is really accurate, with Crawford reporting/defending the most rightwing SCOTUS in history and Attkinson attacking Obama as WH correspondent at every opportunity. The most annoying of all is Pecs Pelley, maybe his lowpoint the crapaganda "expose" on Soc Sec Disability fraud just the week before Logan's ode to the Benghazi fetishists.

They're all terrible journalists, but I hope the Logan incident finally brings scrutiny of CBS's rightwing promoters up the hierarchy to the guy who's in charge of all of them. He is most responsible of all, should be defined for who he is, and left to work at a news organization which doesn't pretend objectivity.

[Rex]

9. The M$M has always worked for the 1%, I guess they just got tired

of pretending to care about being a real news station.

[lpbk2713]

11. Atkisson.

Heaven help us if Logan and Atkisson get together.

[OregonBlue]

13. If I was a CBS stockholder, I'd be pissed. This Rhodes guy is ruining their credibility and he's

going to destroy the brand.

[chuckstevens]

17. DID I MISS SOMETHING?

When did the Koch Brothers buy CBS?

[benld74]

18. Coments under the article state that the current CBS News Director

hired in 2011, worked at Fox from the 90's UNTIL being hired by CBS!

Ko-in-kee-dink?

DOubt it

[Jack Rabbit]

20. Why stop at Ms. Logan? Fire CBS News.

Using Issa as a credible source of information is just beyond the pale. He may be one of the wealthiest men in Congress, but he's still second-rate political hack. There is no falsehood outrageous enough for him to concoct and use against the opposition. The people of his district should be embarrassed.

Why would a serious journalist even speak to Darrell Issa?

[mountain grammy]

21. Ok CBS, we get it. You are the other arm of the GOP

you'll have to be the "left" because fox has the right, but it's all good. You can be the softer side of the crazy, right wing GOP beast. All you have to do is lie and then say you made a mistake. Fox doesn't have to do that and you won't either, eventually.

I emailed the sons of bitches and I don't care if they read it or not of if they care or not.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. Someone in a decision making position is trying to promote "The Bubble" as reality.

[Jack Rabbit]

29. Bingo

I'm less concerned with handing Lara Logan her head right now than I am with putting the brass up against a wall in front of a firing squad. This is the second story out of CBS this week which served right wing interests and was dubiously sourced. CBS needs to get hold of the problem. A top-down corporation rots from the top down.

[mindwalker_i]

23. You had me at "CBS Blows"

The long version is that they blow elephant "members" and it's amazing that anyone there can talk around it.

[Berlum]

24. CBS, Inc. (R - Propaganda Catapult)

They are FAILED.

Having become a right-wing spigot, they no longer serve the public good.

[MinM]

26. Scott Pelley and Sharyl Attkisson look like FoxNews material

Never sat and watched them long enough to know for sure .. but that's the impression I get from them.

[GP6971]

27. I remember growing up outside NYC in the 50s and 60s....

CBS was a liberal company. How times have changed

[Enthusiast]

30. We might see all these networks morph into

Fox before we see an improvement. The American media is the worst. It isn't even worth turning on. Comedy Central is more informative.

[B Calm]

31. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.