Keeping CBS's Eye on Its Own World

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The most important part of Linda Mason's new job at CBS News may well be making sure that old rules are followed.

In the next few weeks Ms. Mason, who oversaw the revision of CBS's news-gathering policies in 1999, will assume the title of senior vice president for standards and practices. The promotion is part of CBS News's response to the conclusions of an independent panel's investigation of how CBS came to broadcast a report that the network later had to repudiate, on President Bush's National Guard service.

This week, also in response to the independent report, CBS announced that the producer of the segment had been fired, three other executives had been asked to resign and that Ms. Mason would assume a more prominent role in the news division.

"This is not a totally new job," Ms. Mason said in an interview on Wednesday. "We've always had standards at CBS. But this job, with its new title and increased responsibility, reflects the importance CBS News places on standards."<snip>

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/15/business/media/15news.html

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1. a mediawhore changes perfume!

a nice 'eau de bushit' would do, or a nice 'maggot scent' would do ...why don't cbs just go roll around in repukelikan slime for awhile (excuse my engleash)