While no details on what else may be uncovered by the investigatory panel were discussed, there is a growing acceptance that some high-level firings or "resignations" may be in the works.

Those seemingly "exposed" are on the management side of CBS News operations.

Even the fate of Dan Rather is not assured. Sources explain that the future of such CBS notables as Rather and news president Andy Heyward could be impacted by what the panel may uncover.

Lou Boccardi had a reputation within the Associated Press for having zero tolerance for shoddy news reporting.

In a move still talked about by AP'ers, Boccardi sacked his longtime No. 2, Bill Ahearn, in 2000 when the AP came under fire for "questionable" sourcing on story about a U.S. massacre in the village of No Gun Ri during the Korean War.

Ironically, the AP won a Pulitzer for the story.

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