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01/17/2005 Archived Entry: "CBS News Draws Ire of Bloggers"

Posted by steve @ 03:57 PM EST [Link]

CBS TAKES ON BLOGGERS...AGAIN: Oh CBS, will you ever learn? Several bloggers noticed that CBS' PDF report on the Rathergate fiasco changed a few hours after it was initially posted.

With the help of Seth Finkelstein, a programmer and fellow blogger (sethf.com/infothought/blog/), Mr. Miller found that the document's encryption settings had been changed and, as a result, the text could not be copied. Anyone who downloaded the panel's report from either the CBS News servers or those of the law firm would have to retype any passages they wished to include in, say, an e-mail message or a blog post.

Apparently CBS was advised by its lawyers that same big bad meanie might alter the report and pass it around the web.

Read on.

Make sure to keep up on the latest with Rathergate.