CBS Staff Think They Have a History of Journalistic Integrity

They don't. Bari Weiss Named a New CBS News Anchor, and the Response Is the Funniest News Ever

A report late Tuesday in the UK Independent claims that "many staffers at CBS News are not thrilled" with Weiss picking CBS Mornings host Tony Dokoupil to sit in the anchor chair. “It’s an insult to the storied news giants who came before him,” one CBS News reporter told the paper.

That is laughable for one simple reason. Dan Rather, and Ra^thergate.

This is the same network that had to show Evening News anchor Dan Rather the door in 2005 for using laughable forgeries to "prove" that then-President George W. Bush repeatedly went AWOL during his service with the Texas Air National Guard as a fighter pilot.

Rather continues to stand by the story, including during his "return interview" last year on CBS Sunday Morning. He told his old network it was merely "an error made in good faith," even though bloggers in their pajamas were able to spot the forgeries within minutes of Rather airing them.

Rather may be a particularly bad example of partisan meddling masquerading as news coverage, but he isn't the only bad example. Click thru for details. (Hat tip to Stephen Green at Instapundit.)