Um, did CBS scrub the Iran part of the story?

[lala_rawraw]

I may be very tired, but go here and look at this interview:
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/CBS_confirms_2006_Raw_Story_scoop_1020.html

Now I am either blind or this part of the story was scrubbed. Did anyone hear this part of the story?

[scarletwoman]

1. Nope, there was absolutely no mention of Iran. (nt)

[lala_rawraw]

2. go watch the link I just gave you...

and tell me, is there something very wrong with the CBS 60 minute report tonight? Like censorship?

[scarletwoman]

9. Sorry, I can't watch the link -- I'm on very slow dial-up. It would take hours to download. (nt)

[Subdivisions]

3. Iran was a no-show. And I've seen the Raw Story video and

it was definately scrubbed from the broadcast.

[lala_rawraw]

10. But CBS sent it to the press in advance

as part of the promo... so, why would they drop it? censorship? do we not deserve an answer?

[Subdivisions]

45. It would seem to me that after the advance promo was

aired someone didn't like it and had it pulled from tonight's broadcast. Censorship.

It would be nice to learn that they decided to pull it because you scooped them, lala, and they couldn't bear to credit you with it.

[Faygo Kid]

4. They sure did. They also put the story last. Think they got pressured?

What an awful job by Katie, obviously, but the Iran part was cut, and the segment - after being hyped all week - was third. Looks like the Administration put the squeeze on CBS News to me. I wonder if more about this will come out in the days ahead.

[lala_rawraw]

14. I think

that if you send out a teaser as your promo then you tend to include that teaser in your interview... because you know that is what people are coming to see. if you send out a teaser and then not include that information in the final report, then yes, i can only conclude that CBS caved to Cheney.

[Strelnikov_]

19. By Republicans?

Never!!

[baldguy]

5. Yes. There was absolutely no mention of Iran.

[Botany]

6. They did not touch it!

In the end they said to see the rest of the story go to our web site.

BTW Thanx for all your work in outing this story. That story will
be like Ohio 2004 and killed.

CBS Contact info.

ADDRESS:
CBS Evening News
524 West 57th St.
New York, NY 10019

E-MAIL: [email protected]

PHONE: [phone]

[lala_rawraw]

12. thanksa...

but this is really shocking to me... i mean incredibly shocking... they are basically allowing only those who get their news online (and already know the story) to watch the clip, but not the TV viewing public... why? and omg, Katie Couric, was a a fool.

[Botany]

16. why?

You know why. Because Iran is evil and we are
going to have to "attack it" to stay safe from WMDs
and the story you helped to uncover that Plame was
working to stop Iran from getting WMDs makes that a
hard sell.

Fucking media is sooooooooo damn dirty.

[frogcycle]

27. more than makes that a hard sell

also provides the real motive behind outing her - that it was intentionalwanted that threat to suit your devious aims - well, that is kinda bad. Might even be criminal. Might even carry the death penalty. Just sayin...

[mod mom]

32. Did you read the piece about smearing Dan Rather? Disappointing-absolutely.

Shocking-not so much.

I plan to send nasty letter to CBS.

[City Lights]

24. Thanks for posting their email address, Botany.

I sent them a howler. :mad:

[libnnc]

7. Only a vague tossed reference to "the bad guys"

NO IRAN AT ALL

[SalmonChantedEvening]

8. Not a word.

Sanitize the uncomfortable out of what most Americans see on TV. :grr:

[deminks]

11. It looks very much like that, lala.

At the end of the show, they said look at CBS' website for more including videos that weren't seen in the broadcast. The video that is on the Rawstory website certainly was sliced and diced when it went on the air. No mention of Iran, but the "bad guys" quote was still there.

I am looking at CBS's website now, but not finding any additional video yet. Still looking.

[lala_rawraw]

13. Okay, we all contact CBS and demand an answer...

we have a right to know why that part of the story was cut... and who was behind the decision!!

[deminks]

15. The video with all the Iran references is on their website.

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60minutes/main3415.shtml

That is not what aired.

[lala_rawraw]

22. okay, but why?

this is a big piece of information, is it not?

[CoffeeCat]

43. I felt a bit of relief...

...knowing that CBS would do this story.

My husband and I couldn't wait to watch "60 Minutes" and we talked
about the story was important, but it was also incredibly significant
that this news of Plame working on Iran--would be reported.

The ramifications of this news really could be devastating to this
administration. The uncut piece would beg many questions. It also
makes it pretty obvious that Plame was outed to destroy the CIA
infrastructure that was working on Iran. We can't have Americans
working on Iran and reporting the truth--in effect, witnesses. We
can't have Iran's nuclear potential thwarted. Where would that leave
the continuing PNAC plan?

The fact that this story was scrubbed is really depressing. Someone
got to CBS and that someone got their way. Journalists are owned by
the thugs in the White House, which means that they journalists are
all thugs. I all ready knew this, but this incident just solidifies
the dire situation in which this country finds itself.

I'm sorry lala. I'm sorry for this entire country. I'm sorry about
all of the stories that we'll never hear.

[AntiFascist]

74. Exactly !

Cheney needs a nuclear threat in order to advance the PNAC agenda. Say goodbye to Cheney, this should be the last straw! What the FUCK is wrong with Nancy Pelosi?!

[leveymg]

48. 2 potential reasons: 1) Good, they saw the Iran bad guys reference as inflamatory and out of context

or, 2) bad, they didn't want to draw attention to the bigger issue behind the outing of Plame, which was how the outing of Plame was part of the Administration's larger "outing" of CIA-CPD, and the destruction of intelligence analysis capabilities that conflicted with those that agreed with Dick Cheney and the neocons.

Should we give them the benefit of the doubt, this time? Again? Fool me 57 times and I'm a condiment.

Brought to you by the Ketchup Council. "Ketchup . . ."

[Raksha]

73. That does me a hell of a lot of good - I have an old computer

with an old video card and I'm on dial-up. I don't even watch YouTube videos on this thing because they take too long to load. I feel really cheated. CBS knows not everyone will or can watch the video online, and that was the whole idea of cutting the Iran portion out of the televised version.

[deminks]

20. Done. Why are there two versions of the interview?

Who scrubbed Iran from the aired version?

[lala_rawraw]

23. exactly...

why would you send out a presser with this segment as a teaser and then not air it?

[Garbo 2004]

31. Actually I think they've done that before with other interviews IIRC. I think I recall being

irritated before with an interview (don't remember which one) where bits were online that were not actually aired in the broadcast program.

It's Mickey Mouse in any case. And certainly in the Plame interview that's burying a relevant news item when it's not actually aired on 60 minutes.

[KnaveRupe]

81. No, it's not Mickey Mouse.

Mickey mouse aired "The Path to 9-11" in order to bolster the right-wing version of reality.

Gotta keep your multi-billion-dollar corporate media conglomerates straight!

;-)

[H2O Man]

21. Best idea.

Everyone should contact CBS. I'm sure most of us have figured out that there was pressure to keep that off. We should make an issue of it. A big issue.

[lala_rawraw]

26. Yep!!!

This is really disturbing to me. If they did not have the balls to air this, then they don't meet the standards of journalism and have no business in the profession. H20:)

[H2O Man]

29. It is yet further

proof -- as if any was required -- that we benefit from decentralized, non-corporate media sources. The journalists on 60 Minutes can not tell the truth, even if they actually wanted to.

[Mr Rabble]

71. Im doing exactly that first thing tomorrow morning. Par for...

the course however.

This is exactly how the media handles every story of importance. Call it "follow up avoidance", or just straight omission. Either way, I dont see this as being out of the norm for these people.

After all, we are living "They Live".

The profits to CBS's parent company from war in Iran are just simply too great to allow an actual story about US leadership's bloodlusting.

There is quite simply no reason to ever watch any corporate "news" with the expectation of becoming informed. Ever.

You on the other hand do exceptional work.

[TahitiNut]

17. Well, I guess the White House pulled some strings.

:shrug: The momentary illusion of something approaching honesty was fleeting. A mere lapse. Couric is a total puppet to the corporate production staff.

[deminks]

18. Gee, why would Cheney leak Valerie's name which stopped the protection against

Iranian nukes, and then vow that Iran will never get nukes? Gee, I wonder why? Could it be that old never ending war gig that is making him, oops, I mean Holiburton and the Oils so much money?

And then CBS, being the good minion that they are, scrubs Iran from the aired version of 60 minutes.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

25. It would appear they were just looking for a one time ratings boost

However, creating interest in a story that you don't even cover on the air isn't going to do a damn thing for their long term ratings.

Or perhaps they were told not to air that part of the interview? After all it's bad press on the WH and CBS wouldn't want to report a story that may be bad for the WH. Or so shown to be true in the past.

Who cares if a story is true, or if the consequences of not reporting it could lead to the deaths of millions of people. That's not what the news business is about in this day and age. It's about corporate sponsors and their profits, and what can be done to boost said profits.

[lala_rawraw]

28. well, there is not more

I can do about this and I am in the middle of moving still. The story is there, it needs to be told. It really is up to you folks. So, I am heading to rest and then must keep moving boxes for the next few days. See you all in a few and thanks for all of your hard work and your support of the real fourth estate:)

[Subdivisions]

49. Keep up the good work, lala! Hope your move goes smoothly. n/t

[Roland99]

79. We should all also contact BBC, CBC, The Guardian, etc.

[pberq]

82. thank you lala - good luck on your move!

[frogcycle]

30. Might be good for Howard Kurtz to look into this

see if he dares go there

[scarletwoman]

35. Howard Kurtz??? Where's your sarcasm smiley?

Kurtz is a Beltway tool, and an idiot to boot. He's not gonna do shit if it makes his masters uncomfortable.

sw

[frogcycle]

50. i thought "see if he dares" served the purpose

he's making his book tour, making money over critiquing Katie's makeup, but this? he's not gonna touch it

[scarletwoman]

54. My sincere apologies, then. I just wasn't sure if you were serious or not.

You're absolutely correct, "he's not gonna touch it."

sw

[deminks]

36. Send to Olbermann, too.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/

[Amonester]

53. That's what I was thinking through reading this thread: SEND IT TO K.O.

AND to your local news all over the landscape!

AND say it: "I'm mad as hell! And I won't take it anymore!"

Everybody! Let's do it!

Thanks!! :thumbsup:

[MetaTrope]

83. Definitely, Olbermann should pick up the ball!

If one media outlet can conjoin Plame with Iran, there's no reason why others can't.

[EFerrari]

33. That's so weird.

That's just begging to be caught. It's like a ransom note, "help, we can't air what we want to air".

[Ice4Clark]

34. My email to CBS

Since seeing the promotion clip (October 19, 2007) of the Katie Couric interview of Valerie Plame Wilson, I wanted to be sure to tune in and watch the entire interview. However, I just watched the interview which aired tonight on 60 minutes and I couldn’t help but notice that all references to “Operation Merlin” and her mission regarding Iran seemed to have been sanitized from the program. Since the mindset in DC seems to be focused on a strike in Iran, the most important piece of the interview should have been aired on television and not just be made available online. You do a disservice to the citizens of our country by excluding this important information in the segment that aired. It must be apparent to even your news room that the real reason for her “outing” was not only to punish Mr Wilson for his OpEd concerning Niger but to halt “Operation Merlin” and thus allow Iran to continue to acquire nuclear material which would provide the excuse needed to launch a US attack against them. Had she and the CIA been allowed to continue with their plans, perhaps we wouldn’t be on the verge of yet another military aggression today! Thanks for the no news once again.

[scarletwoman]

37. Great letter! Excellent! (nt)

[deminks]

38. Great summary! Thanks for sharing. nt

[Amonester]

56. Very well said!

Too bad nobody will read it.

Send one to Olberman along with everything about Operation Merlin, I say.

He may enjoy "nailing" the shills at CBS NONEWS.

In any case: also send everything about O.M to your local news teevee. If everybody does it, it may be aired there.

[annabanana]

39. Feedback link

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60minutes/main3415.shtml

scroll to the bottom of the page to the "contact" link. .

[Bozita]

40. just spent 30 min at their website: Nothing there on Iran

nothing!

[Ice4Clark]

41. It's there

I just watched it. You have to go to the 60 minutes page.

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60minutes/main3415.shtml

former covert agent speaks.

[Garbo 2004]

44. Yes, but the point is it wasn't aired on the actual broadcast program. n/t

[bleever]

59. Maybe it wasn't newsworthy that her work related to containing

the nation we need to bomb.

:sarcasm:

At some point, the crazy dam has to break.

[Bozita]

52. Thanks, CBS sure makes you work for the information. I'm glad she's gonna be on w/ Olbermann tomorro

[Amonester]

64. Thanks! I could not find this information on the Countdown's site. n/t

(Is it there?)

[AntiFascist]

75. Say what?! I'll be tuuuned in/T

[jasmeel]

58. To comment you have to go all the way to the bottom of the

60 minutes page and select "contact us". Maybe we need to ring their phones off the hook?

[bleever]

42. Yet another chapter for your book.

And Larisa, since Ed Schultz is a fan of Raw Story, maybe he'd be interested in how CBS scrubbed this part after spending the money to promote it.

(And good luck with the move.)

[Botany]

47. are you an angry Bleever yet?

All fucking day I waited to see that story and CBS only covered information
that was already out in the public. Along w/ Couric's sandbag job on Plame ...
at least Joe Wilson chewed her a new ass.

but the most important part of the story get the "look @ our website"
job .... and people on the internet already knew that information.

I feel like Ohio 2004 all over again.

[bleever]

51. Angry is the polite word.

It's like the fucking Borg came and took over the government, and used women and children, and stuck knives in the backs of true Americans.

Without the full chemotherapy of impeachment, the tumor continues on its merry way.

[Botany]

55. and the crazy part is that "they" are really the minority and yet ....

.... they just keep on keeping on. A 2000 coup d'état with the media helping
and it has been crazy ever since .... the outing of Plame was treason and many
people have died because of it .... Plame said that other countries ran her name
as soon as she was outed .... how many of her contacts were killed?

And today Dick Cheney was on record talking about Iran's WMDs .... the same
ones that Plame was trying to stop.

No lie .... no action ... is beyond them but Couric asks Plame who risked her
life to defend all Americans (and the world too) if she was partisan. :puke:

[bleever]

60. The neocons are a parasite on representative democracy.

And not only are they okay with that, it's their whole game plan.


ed: Eyewitnesses, like you seeing the election in Ohio stolen in front of your eyes, will eventually be the heroes of undoing this monstrosity.

:thumbsup:

[Botany]

66. The media knows about Ohio 04 and will not say shit.

I have read that on 11/3/04 the White House told the press if they
said a word about a bogus election they would be "frozen out" for
stories. And then bush started his "Burn 'em alive" Fallujah mission.

But back to Ohio .... the same people who have kept "it" covered up
have bet their careers that "it" will stay covered up. The Columbus
paper has come out against testing voting machines because it
will just bring up problems.

[freebrew]

85. They get majority staus

due to the amount of $ that they contribute.

$ = votes?

[leftchick]

46. ZERO mention of Iran

and I kept waiting for it. :grr:

Is this not typical of CBS by now? :argh:

[pacalo]

57. Yikes. I feel foolish having gotten my husband interested in watching this.

That was the main point I wanted him to hear.

I just let CBS know what I thought:

After CBS heavily promoted a "60 Minutes" interview with Valerie Plame, during which it was revealed by Ms. Plame that her CIA duties were focused on thwarting Iran's (& other countries') capacity to acquire nuclear weapons technology, I was very disappointed to learn that this part of the interview was not aired. Further, I was embarrassed that I had urged my husband to watch this segment, only to find that this anticipated point was deleted from the televised segment.

Considering the Bush administration's hype & fear tactics on the American people in regard to Iran, don't you think Ms. Plame's deleted comments were a key piece of information? Isn't it cruelly ironic that the Bush administration deliberately put an end to Ms. Plame's ability to minimize the very "threat" about which the Bush administration is creating so much hype?

Your credibility just went down in this household. Oh, for the good old days of Walter Cronkite.

[bleever]

69. It's an astounding disconnect, isn't it?

We're told Iran is the next imminent danger. Yet somehow, Iran is a small footnote to the story of the CIA's chief person in charge of stopping that danger?

How much crazy can America swallow before the gag reflex kicks in?

[pacalo]

72. You're asking the wrong person -- I live in a state that just elected

Bobby Jindal -- one of the biggest rubberstampers for the boy king's idiotic/dangerous/neanderthal ideas -- as governor of our state in the first primary. He's being hyped as "the youngest & the first Indian-American" to be elected as governor.

This is just a preview of what our next voting adventure will look like:

[spanone]

61. meanwhile, cheney pops up threatening iran.....when they own the media

Cheney: Iran will not get nuclear weapon
<snip> The United States and other nations will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday. "Our country, and the entire international community, cannot stand by as a terror-supporting state fulfills its grandest ambitions," Cheney said.

www.cnn.com

[pacalo]

62. More accurately...

"Our administration of neocons cannot stand by to allow well-trained CIA agents to prevent a terror-supporting state's goal of developing nuclear weapons, which would fulfill one of our grandest neocon ambitions," Cheney said.

[RufusTFirefly]

63. So how will "journalist " Couric respond to this brazen censorship?

[begin_within]

65. The "CBS Evening News" last Friday showed portions where they discussed Iran

and those portions did not appear on tonight's "60 Minutes" but at the end of it they said you could go online to cbsnews.com to view clips of the interview that did not appear on tonight's broadcast.

[MelissaB]

67. self delete

I see you saw the post at Kos.

[Blackhatjack]

68. Well don't hold your breath waiting for Couric to mention it....

It would be great if CBS had hired an actual news journalist to do stories like this one.

Doesn't take away from the fine work Larisa did, just means we have to work a little harder to get the truth out in another venue.

Since CNN drank the Koolaid, I am more inclined to believe that KO and Dan Abrams at MSNBC are more likely to dig into this one.

[slipslidingaway]

70. No, thanks for your work, email sent to CBS. Not everyone

can view the online clips or will take the time to do so and they must be aware of that fact :(

[Swamp Rat]

76. k&r

[DeepModem Mom]

77. K&R

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

78. Kick! eom

[SOS]

80. 60 Minutes now under RW control

1. Tried to tie medical marijuana in CA to terrorism.
2. No mention of the families of the 4 Fallujah contractors lawsuit against Blackwater.
3. Plame edited.

All in the last 3 weeks.

60 Minutes is gone. Forget about it.
Rather and Hewitt are out and Sumner "Bush" Redstone is calling the shots.
It's now a highbrow Fox News.

[dickbearton]

90. Hell, the entire MSM is under RW control. We live in a criminal nation.

[lonestarnot]

91. Yes we do.

[McCamy Taylor]

84. More fuel for Dan Rather's case against CBS.

[MasonJar]

86. Sent them a diatribe. Everybody join in, please! This is despicable.

I reminded them that this is another cave like the one they instigated against Dan Rather. I hope he wins his suit.

[roxnev]

87. so what did you think CBS

Would tell the truth

[EVDebs]

88. You meant "See B.S." didn't you ?

[bonito]

89. K&R!