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Report: Rather Not Involved in Vetting Bush Story

By David Folkenflik
Published January 11, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

CBS News fires three executives and a producer over their roles in a flawed story about President Bush's National Guard service. An independent review gives a detailed look at how the story came to be broadcast on that edition of 60 Minutes Wednesday. NPR's David Folkenflik reports.

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