Editing CBS (section)

===Killian documents controversy===
{{main|Killian documents controversy}}
On September 8, 2004, less than two months before the [[2004 United States presidential election|Presidential election]] in which he defeated [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate [[John Kerry]], CBS aired a controversial episode of ''[[60 Minutes II|60 Minutes Wednesday]]'', which questioned then-President [[George W. Bush]]'s service in the [[Air National Guard]] in 1972 and 1973.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Questions On Bush Guard Duty, 60 Minutes Has Newly Obtained Documents On President's Military Service|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-questions-on-bush-guard-duty-08-09-2004/|author=Rebecca Leung|work=CBS News|date=September 8, 2004|access-date=March 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304185609/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-questions-on-bush-guard-duty-08-09-2004/|archive-date=March 4, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Following allegations of forgery, CBS News admitted that four of the documents used in the story had not been properly authenticated and admitted that their source, Bill Burkett, had admitted to having "deliberately misled" a CBS News producer who worked on the report, about the documents' origins out of a confidentiality promise to the actual source.<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS Statement On Bush Memos|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-statement-on-bush-memos/|last=Murphy|first=Jarrett|work=[[CBS News]]|date=February 11, 2009|access-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813145900/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-statement-on-bush-memos/|archive-date=August 13, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18982-2004Sep13.html|title=Expert Cited by CBS Says He Didn't Authenticate Papers|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|last1=Dobbs|first1=Michael|last2=Kurtz|first2=Howard|date=September 14, 2004|access-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602140157/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18982-2004Sep13.html|archive-date=June 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The following January, CBS fired four people connected to the preparation of the segment.<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS Ousts 4 For Bush Guard Story|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-ousts-4-for-bush-guard-story-10-01-2005/|last=Murphy|first=Jarrett|work=[[CBS News]]|date=January 10, 2005|access-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726051131/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-ousts-4-for-bush-guard-story-10-01-2005/|archive-date=July 26, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Former CBS news anchor Dan Rather filed a $70&nbsp;million lawsuit against CBS and former corporate parent Viacom in September 2007, contending the story, and his termination (he resigned as CBS News chief anchor in 2005), were mishandled.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dan Rather Sues CBS for $70 Million|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=3625465&page=1|author=Scott Mayerowitz|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=September 19, 2007|access-date=July 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103210036/http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=3625465&page=1|archive-date=November 3, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Who killed Dan Rather? |url=http://archive.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/03/09/rather/index.html |work=Salon.com |date=March 9, 2005 |access-date=March 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517145336/https://archive.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/03/09/rather/index.html |archive-date=May 17, 2008  }}</ref> Parts of the suit were dismissed in 2008;<ref>{{cite news|title=Rather's Lawsuit Shows Role of G.O.P. in Inquiry|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/business/media/17rather.html|author=Jacques Steinberg|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 16, 2008|access-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625034123/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/business/media/17rather.html?pagewanted=all|archive-date=June 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> subsequently in 2010, the entire suit was dismissed and Rather's motion to appeal was denied.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dan Rather loses bid in CBS lawsuit|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jan-13-la-et-rather13-2010jan13-story.html|author=Matea Gold|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=January 13, 2010|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018015057/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/13/entertainment/la-et-rather13-2010jan13|archive-date=October 18, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>