CBS: When you find yourself in a hole, keep digging no matter what.

In a news release/"clarification" yesterday, CBS, defending their own indefensible pressroom tactics, blames some of the problem on "misrepresentative" sources.

Two of the examiners, Mssrs. Matley and Pierce, attested and continue to attest to their belief in the documents’ authenticity. (see attachments 1 and 2) Two others, Ms. Will and Ms. James, appeared on a competing network yesterday, where they misrepresented their conversations and communication with CBS News. In fact, they assessed only one of the four documents used in the report, and while one of them raised a question about one aspect of that one document, they did not raise substantial objections or render definitive judgment on the document.

Do they not realize that in so doing, they have admitted that the sources they use are unreliable?


[Update: My openly-straight friend Kevin has collected a bunch of the mishmash on this subject in one handy post on Reductio.]