Too Little, Too Late

So, CBS has apologized for airing documents since they "cannot prove that the documents are authentic, which is the only acceptable journalistic standard to justify using them in the report."

Wow. I am blown over in the depth of this apology. [/sarcasm]

This apology is unacceptable. An acceptable apology would include the term 'forged documents', not the wishy washy 'cannot prove they are authentic'. The documents are fake. Period. CBS showed not merely an error in judging the jounalistic standard, they aired a show that was blatantly wrong (as well as partisan...speaking of which, have they apologized to the President yet?). More than that, they forced their viewers to do their fact-checking for them AND, as if that wasn't enough, they made denials that insulted the intelligence of everyone who took the time to look at the documents and who knows Microsoft Word.

And does anyone doubt that the only reason they apologized is because of the pressure they got?

Their apology was less an admission of "We're Sorry" then "We're Sorry We Got Caught".