“For them to apologize now has far greater implications. It would remind the public that one of the key players in the mainstream media is willing to promulgate forged documents to unseat a sitting president. That has historical significance.”

This is very much like Watergate – only it’s the media’s Watergate. They persist in flogging a dead story about President Bush, while trying to hide through obfuscation their own very real guilt. Yes, CBS is guilty, Dan Rather is guilty, but the MSM is equally guilty of trying to hide this story from the public. It could discredit much of what they say and write. It could reveal to their readers/customers that they have broken their trust.

THIS IS THE BIG STORY.