Romenesko

Washington Post
"Any time I'm wrong, I want to be right out front and say, 'Folks, this is what went wrong and how it went wrong,'" says Dan Rather, who now acknowledges there are serious questions about the authenticity of the documents he used to question President Bush's National Guard record. "This is not about me," says the CBS News anchor. "I recognize that those who didn't want the information out and tried to discredit the story are trying to make it about me, and I accept that."
> CBS News boss: I want to get to the bottom of these questions (NYT)
> Shorenstein's Jones on CBS: "They need to be straighforward" (Newsday)
> Report: Docs were faxed to CBS News from a Kinko's in Abilene (WP)
> WSJ: CBS flap shows how old political and media order has eroded (WSJ)
> CBS News has adopted the rope-a-dope strategy, says E&P editor (E&P)
> NYDN: One would like to rise to the defense of Rather, but... (NYDN)
> Auletta: "60M" doesn't deserve to be robbed of good rep, but... (BostHer)