I encourage all TPM readers to send their own letters to CBS, chastising them for their reprehensible decision to edit out their televised interview with John McCain his unambiguous error/lie on a foundational issue of his campaign.  So we can all share ideas with each other, I hope anyone who does will post their letter for the TPM community.  Best, John.

My Letter

To Whom It May Concern:

I was utterly dismayed at CBS' handling of a significant piece of news regarding the presidential campaign that arose during Ms. Couric's interview of Senator McCain. As a network news host, Ms. Couric's failure to follow up on Senator McCain's blatant misstatement regarding the "history" of the war in Iraq (as it pertains to the so-called "Anbar Awakening" and the so-called "surge") demonstrates a profound lack of knowledge by your lead newscaster, a complete lack of intellectual curiosity, or an utter lack of journalistic integrity.

But that glaring omission, as disappointing as it was, pales in comparison to your editorial decision to wipe Senator McCain's false statement from the televised record and send it "down the memory hole." Your decision to edit Senator McCain's falsehood out of your televised interview deprived Americans of a crucial piece of information regarding a major-party presidential candidate. Moreover, your decision to edit in a different answer to Ms. Couric's question (while playing the question to which Senator McCain responded with a lie) smacks of blatant bias in your news broadcast.

Ms. Couric's performance during that portion of the interview was inexcusable, Senator McCain's dissembling falsehood was a gross error in judgment, and your decision to conveniently excise those two blatant mistakes is the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. Count me among the Americans who will never again watch a single second of a CBS "News" broadcast. You should be ashamed of yourselves.