"Surprisingly"?

I'd bet that the majority of those on the CNN website are liberals/Dems and of course they don't want the source revealed...

I thought these were obtained from the military thru the freedom of information act. I thought it was a little strange that they were supposedly private files of the Colonel. CBS took files from a private source and is trying to pass them off as part of Bush's military records. Surely they jest.

The sad thing is that there are people who think that the rightness or wrongness of an act can be determined by poll results.

We had eight years of that. That's more than enough for my tastes.

Should they reveal the source(s)?

My own conscience says No. Not if by 'reveal' they mean 'reveal to the general public.'

If however they want 'reveal to the FBI', then I'm all for it.

50-50 now.

I just voted. The majority are saying "Yes" now.

I bet it was someone within the Kerry campaign. That's why they don't want to reveal it.

Then again, that's just stating the obvious, now isn't it?

DemocraticUnderground.com has been hitting that poll since it came up.

The nuts at DU think that either a)the memos are real or b)that it doesn't matter as long as it hurts Bush.

Bunch of ethical folks over at DU.

Something to bear in mind - I check CNN.com several times a day (old bad habit - more reflex action than anything else :)). Their "original" memo article (the one reporting the CBS thing and taking it for granted that the memos were factual) remained posted on the site for at least twelve hours after the story really exploded online, and after Allah had confirmed that the Washington Post was going to run it. (I went to bed at about two in the morning, and took a last look out of curiosity - nope, no change).

I was out all day today and checked CNN when I got back in the evening. Nothing. No mention of the story at all, unless I managed to overlook something tiny while I searched (though they're still analyzing the Cheney remark to death). My guess is that if they did run a fake-memo story, it couldn't have been on the site for long.

There was a time, a few years ago, when CNN was the only online news site I read. Had I seen that poll then, my first thought would probably have been "What originals of what?" If I was unable to find any stories about it except the original one, I'd probably have thought that the issue was a tempest in a teapot and the originals weren't worth exhuming.

In my defense, I was a college student then. But I just wanted to draw attention to the fact that CNN.com has been avoiding this story like the Black Death, which may account for the original poll somewhat.

60-40 saying yes now.

good job. I wonder if Dobbs will really reveal the poll and its results? heh.

I oppose reporters being forced to reveal sources on general principles. However, I think an intelligent reporter in this situation, so long as the source is willing, should reveal the source in order to lend weight to their arguments. In fact, CBS would presumably do just that were the source reputable. The fact that they have not circumstantially suggests that the source is not reputable.

I just cast my solemn vote. 63 percent "yes" at the moment. I'll bet Rather is refreshing his browser window on this hourly.