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CBS

• September 22 -- Mary, Mary, Best be Wary
Is CBS throwing veteran producer Mary Mapes overboard in Memogate's wake?

• 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 21 -- Dan Rather (Sort of) Apologizes; NYT Notices
The Times fronts Dan Rather's "apology."

• September 17 -- The Times on Discredited Dan Rather
Jim Rutenberg focuses on Dan Rather and CBS's discredited anti-Bush "memos," running down Rather's past conflicts with conservatives and finds that even some at CBS are dubious of the anchor's latest "scoop."

• September 16 -- Experts Split on Authenticity of CBS's "Memos"?
The Times (unlike the Washington Post) buries its update on CBS's apparently fraudulent "memos" while again insisting there's still room for doubt: "For every expert who said the documents were patently false, another insisted they could be authentic."

• November 25 -- Cowardly CBS Caves in to Censors
Emily Nussbaum's piece on the decline and fall of the television miniseries opens by calling CBS' cancellation of its biased miniseries on the Reagans "de facto censorship."

• November 7 -- 2003: CBS Wrong to Cave Into Conservative Pressure; 2002: CBS Wrong NOT to Cave Into Liberal Pressure
A Times editorial accuses conservative groups of creating a "Soviet-style chill" by pressing CBS on "The Reagans." But when a feminist group pressured CBS on the Masters, the Times trumpeted the "pull the plug" cause.

• November 5 -- "Soviet-Style Chill" from Reagan's Supporters
The Times editorial page comes out against the decision by CBS to dump its controversial miniseries "The Reagans," accusing Reagan's supporters of creating a "Soviet-style chill."