WatchWe reported a true story. One can argue about whether we got it at the right way or not, but number one a young George Bush -- there's no joy in saying this -- he got into a privileged National Guard unit, the so-called "Champaign Unit" to make sure that he wouldn't have to go to Vietnam. Then when he was in the unit he disappeared. He disappeared for a year while he was suppose to be on duty with the National Guard.
Now if you're a soldier in Iraq or Afghanistan and you disappear overnight, you are automatically AWOL, which is a very serious offense, and if you are gone for any length of time you are "deserted". We reported that story, not because of anything personal with George Bush, but if he's Commander in Chief of the U.S. military, this is information that people need.
But the powers that be in the corporate structure were very uncomfortable with the story. They got pressured by the Bush administration and others in Washington, and it costs a lot of good people their jobs including myself finally.
CBS Ousts 4 For Bush Guard Story
Since Dan Rather was kick off of CBS news for reporting a highly relevant and important true story, no one on the right gets to bitch and moan about the media having a liberal bias. We had to put up with all the bullshit birther controversies and the secret Muslim lies and the question of whether or not Elizabeth Warren had a Native American great-great-grandparent. And all those false stories aren't even important issues. But when an issue that is germane to leading the armed forces in a time of war is reported, the corporate overlords wrongfully fire people who have proven themselves over decades of service in order to cover up the issue.
Evidently, the truth is what the right calls "liberal bias".