They're going to air a piece about former Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes, who claims he pulled strings to help George W. Bush get into the Texas Air National Guard.

Only, Barnes didn't become Lt. Gov. until 1969. Bush was sworn in by the Nat'l Guard on May 27, 1968. When Bush joined the NG, Ben Barnes was US Representative to the UN in Geneva.

He's also a not exactly non-partial witness in the election, seeing as how he has raised $500,000 for John Kerry.

As of last week, according to information received by CBS News, 20 donors have given and/or raised more than $250,000, enough to earn them the designation of Trustee. Of those, eight have actually raised more than $500K. Those half-millions include Texas lobbyist Ben Barnes, Wall Street financier Stan Shuman, Iranian American PAC Board of Trustees member Hassan Nemazee and Texas lawyer Mark Iola. Eventually, says a source inside the process, the over-$500K raisers will have a special name designation but no moniker has been chosen yet.

There's a lot more about Ben Barnes available here.

Oops. So much for fact checking by the mainstream press.