Byline: DAVID BAUDER Associated Press
NEW YORK -- A postponed ``60 Minutes'' report about whether Iraq had nuclear capabilities has quickly become CBS' most famous shelved story since the 1995 tobacco piece made famous in the movie ``The Insider.''
The Ed Bradley story questions a crucial piece of evidence used by the Bush administration to support the war. CBS decided it was inappropriate to air so close to the election.
That prompted an e-mail campaign by supporters of Democrat John Kerry urging CBS to run the completed story. The liberal watchdog organization Fairness and Accuracy in Media has tried, so far unsuccessfully, to find and post a copy on the Internet. And the Web site Salon.com summarized Bradley's story after receiving a copy before CBS decided to postpone it.
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