Airing Bush Memos a 'Mistake,' Embarrassed CBS Says

Reuters reported:

"In an enormous blow to its credibility, CBS News on Monday said it had been misled over the authenticity of documents it aired in a story challenging President Bush's military service.

"Based on what we now know, CBS News cannot prove that the documents are authentic, which is the only acceptable journalistic standard to justify using them in a report," CBS News said in a statement.

The scandal put CBS on the list of American journalism icons tainted in recent years by lies masquerading as truth. Other casualties include The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, the New Republic, CNN and NBC. The Los Angeles Times has also had to apologize for a scandal that blurred the lines between news and advertising. "