Wednesday, February 16, 2005
BLOGSWARMING SCOREBOARD
A work in progress:
Who? | Oops | Apologized? | Fallout | |
---|---|---|---|---|
CBS News anchorman Dan Rather | Based 60 Minutes report attacking President Bush on forged documents | Lamely | Will step down as anchor on March 9, 2005; stays on as full time correspondent for 60 Minutes | |
CNN news chief Eason Jordan | Accused American troops in Iraq of targeting and killing journalists at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland | No | Resigned | |
University of Colorado Professor Ward Churchill | Wrote September 11 victims were not innocent but instead "little Eichmanns" who deserved a penalty | No | Resigned as chairman of ethnic studies department; continues as tenured professor | |
Harvard President Larry Summers | Offered "innate differences" as one possible explanation of scarcity of female scientists at top universities | Repeatedly | Faces faculty vote of no confidence at upcoming emergency meeting | |
Online website reporter Jeff Gannon/James Guckert | Used pseudonym and lofted softball questions at White House Press conferences; registered gay web sites | No | Resigned |