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Bill Burkett

• September 22 -- No "Surprise" Here: Times Plays Up Bush Guard Story
The Times editorializes: "…it was somewhat surprising that Mr. Bush's National Guard service again became a big topic of debate." Yet the Times put the controversy on its front page twice recently. Plus: The editors finally tackle Memogate.

• September 16 -- Burying Burkett's Bush-as-Hitler Line
Ralph Blumenthal profiles possible CBS "memo" source Bill Burkett and doesn't delve into Burkett's previous conspiratorial claims about Bush: "We must examine the ruthless and dictatorial rise of yet another of the three small men--one whose name is not spoken out of fear of reprisal, but his name was Adolf."

• September 15 -- The Times Digs Deeper Into Anti-Bush "Memos"
The Times' latest story on CBS's "memos" has some interesting new information on the network and its likely source for the discredited documents.

• February 13 -- Globe Bashes Burkett's Anti-Bush Story: Will the NYT React?
The NYT-affiliated Boston Globe disputes allegations by Bill Burkett on Bush's National Guard record. The Times found Burkett sufficiently credible to use as the basis for a 1,000-word anti-Bush story Thursday. With Burkett's credibility now in question, will the Times follow up?

• February 12 -- Old Anti-Bush Whine in New Bottle
The Times squeezes 1,050-words out of old allegations about Bush's National Guard service from a source who last year wrote on Iraq: "I feel sickness that today another massive group of people, held worthless by this anointed king, will be trampled upon like grapes. But their blood will not be rendered into wine."