Reuters: Rather and Mapes accept Peabody Awards

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Reuters: Rather and Mapes accept Peabody Awards

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - With thanks to two former colleagues who left CBS in the wake of a scandal, CBS News' Dan Rather accepted broadcast journalism's most prestigious honor on Monday for the "60 Minutes Wednesday" story that exposed the shocking conditions inside Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.

In one of his first public appearances since leaving the network's anchor chair in March, Rather and Mary Mapes received the Peabody Award at a luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria in Midtown Manhattan.

Rather took pains to acknowledge Mapes and former CBS News senior vp Betsy West (who also attended the ceremony), among others. Mapes was fired by CBS News, and West was forced to resign in the wake of another "60 Minutes Wednesday" report, which aired in September and used questionable documents as part of the sourcing for a highly critical report on President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard.

"They did most of the work, bore the heaviest burdens and took most of the criticism," Rather said of Mapes and the other producers who did the front-line reporting on the Abu Ghraib story. "It took guts, and they had them."

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=televisionNews&storyID=8508735

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demnan

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Tue May-17-05 08:12 AM
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1. Yep

They fell on their swords, but at least they got the coveted award that alludes Sean Hannity.

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Tue May-17-05 08:12 AM
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2. Didn't..

.... O'Reilly win one of those? :evilgrin:

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Jo March

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Tue May-17-05 08:14 AM
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3. I thought he won 2 of them

Or maybe Polks???

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ET Awful

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Tue May-17-05 08:16 AM
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4. I bet O'Lielly is just shittin' his drawers today . . .

:evilgrin:

Ya' hear that splotchy? That's what real journalists get for their efforts.

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Demit

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Tue May-17-05 08:21 AM
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5. LOL! splotchy. I like it.

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ET Awful

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Tue May-17-05 08:25 AM
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6. Thank Al for it :) I'm sure I got it from him, or if not from him, from

his story about O'Reilly in Lying Liars :)

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K8-EEE

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Tue May-17-05 09:42 AM
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8. This Will Give Him A New Splotch!

Lying liar!

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DeepModem Mom

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Tue May-17-05 08:28 AM
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7. Thanks for posting!

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Coexist

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Tue May-17-05 09:45 AM
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9. Bill O'Reilly must be fuming!!!

He pretended to get a couple of those, didn't he!

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