CBS News has shelved a "60 Minutes" report on the rationale for war in Iraq because it would be "inappropriate" to air it so close to the presidential election, the network said on Saturday. | The CBS "eye" just blinked. |
The report on weapons of mass destruction was set to air on Sept. 8 but was put off in favor of a story on President Bush's National Guard service. | This would be the story about the "fake documents" being used by Bush to say Saddam was trying to buy yellowcake from Niger. |
The Guard story was discredited because it relied on documents impugning Bush's service that were apparently fake.
CBS News spokeswoman Kelli Edwards would not elaborate on why the timing of the Iraq report was considered inappropriate. | Guess they didn't want "fake documents" and "60 Minutes" to appear in another sentence. |
The report, with Ed Bradley as the correspondent, has long been in the works. Originally scheduled for June, it was first put off because of new developments, Edwards said. | Somebody slip you some more documents, did they? |
CBS said no other reports on the presidential election have been affected. |