I'm going to assume that Armstrong Williams already believed in the No Child Left Behind Act before he took money to promote it. Regardless, it confirmed what left-wing blogs have been saying - that conservative bloggers are all paid hacks. The Daily Kos has already jumped on this:

Until names are named, we can assume every conservative pundit is on the White House's payola rolls.

According to the New York Times, this has been going on for some time and the Clinton administration did it even more often. Regardless, people remember who got caught, not who got away with it.

The CBS Memogate report is finally out. It never comes out and says that Rather and Mapes were trying to influence the election but it does point out a heads-up call to a senior Kerry campaign official prior to the broadcast.

It should be no surprise that CBS's vetting procedures were almost non-existent and that their conduct after the report aired was terrible. Among other problems, they went looking for experts who would verify the documents instead of looking for top experts and asking their opinion.

So, what does the Kos have to say? You would think that they would have some comment. After all, they insisted at the time that the documents were authentic. They even mentioned the Columbia Journalism article which dismissed any problems with the documents.

As of this time, Kos has said nothing.

I consider it a sign of character for someone to admit when he is wrong. I guess that Kos has no character.

CBS has fired four executives including Mary Mapes, the segment's producer. At least they show some character, even if it is four months late.