CBS news originally reported on 2/13 the following: (courtesy of think-progress)
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/13/sheriff-barred-from-interviewing/Texas Sheriff Barred From Interviewing Cheney About Shooting Incident ~ CBS News reports that local law enforcement officials were prevented from interviewing Vice President Cheney after he accidentally shot a 78-year-old man during a hunting trip.
"CBS News White House correspondent Peter Maer reports Texas authorities are complaining that the Secret Service barred them from speaking to Cheney after the incident. Kenedy County Texas Sheriffs Lt. Juan Guzman said deputies first learned of the shooting when an ambulance was called."The original story (found here) is now missing any reference to the comments above:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/13/national/main1309344.shtml CBS has offered this in (lame response) to questions about the incident: (condensed version below)
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/publiceye/main500486.shtmlFebruary 14, 2006
Cheney, The Sheriff And The Secret Service, Did CBS Misfire?... Since yesterday, we’ve received many e-mails with the same theme, voiced below by reader Mike B., regarding a story posted on CBSNews.com:
It appears that CBS has scrubbed an entire section of a story concerning Cheney's accident with a shotgun. This raises serious questions about the journalistic integrity of CBS News. From the deleted portion of the story:"CBS News White House correspondent Peter Maer reports Texas authorities are complaining that the Secret Service barred them from speaking to Cheney after the incident." - OFFICIAL LAME RESPONSE FROM CBS BELOW -
"Here's what happened"
Yesterday (Monday) morning Kenedy County Texas Sheriffs
Lt. Juan Guzman told CBS Station KNX that Secret Service agents prevented a deputy from immediately questioning Cheney. I immediately called the
Secret Service seeking a comment on the report. The service's first response was, "We'll look into it." We went on the air (and on the Web) with the story as it developed; airing tape on radio and quotes on-line from the Sheriff's official along with the Secret Service's promise to look into it.
I pursued many many calls to various Secret Service officials throughout the afternoon.
It took the Secret Service several hours to come up with an explanation. At approximately 2:45p.m.,
the Secret Service issued a timeline that started with the time of the shooting and included first word that the Resident Secret Service Agent had worked out an agreement with the Kenedy County Sheriff for a deputy to question Cheney the morning AFTER THE SHOOTING. A Secret Service spokesman confirmed that
at least one deputy had been barred from the ranch shortly after the shooting because "people on the ground" were unaware of the agreement for Cheney to be interviewed. Much of that information aired on CBS News Radio. It was also passed on to CBSNews.com (where I hope it appeared.)
So to answer the reader's question, we did not "get the story wrong." We reported it as it developed. I obviously resent any notion that the White House or GOP could "gag" our reporting on this or any other story.
CBS news, were it responsible - would give viewers BOTH sides of the story, and let ADULTS decide. They would not simply give the SS the official last word. Did they ask the SS about Bill Clinton's issues and simply take their word for it? NO.
For those who saw my original post, my apologies for linking to a F-d up website, needless to say since I don't read them, I was unfamiliar with their disgusting agenda. I googled, read the text and linked it in a matter of seconds. Sorry I didn't see the OBVIOUS filth before doing so.:blush:
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