I don't care who gets the credit. Just curious on the "when" side of it - when was the first post on a widely read internet site that questioned the validity of the documents due to the typesetting?
Old media is dead is the only point. Powerline had an analysis that anyone (connected) in the world could read at 8a the next morning. I was looking to see if anyone may have been questioning it while the show was airing, etc.
Credit? who cares
Old media: spin
New media: slam
Oh yeah I'm with you on that. Hey, I hear FReeper Buckhead was the first one to raise questions about the docs authenticity. There's another thread about it.
Post # 47 To: Howlin
Howlin, every single one of these memos to file is in a proportionally spaced font, probably Palatino or Times New Roman.
In 1972 people used typewriters for this sort of thing, and typewriters used monospaced fonts.
The use of proportionally spaced fonts did not come into common use for office memos until the introduction of laser printers, word processing software, and personal computers. They were not widespread until the mid to late 90's. Before then, you needed typesetting equipment, and that wasn't used for personal memos to file. Even the Wang systems that were dominant in the mid 80's used monospaced fonts.
I am saying these documents are forgeries, run through a copier for 15 generations to make them look old.
This should be pursued aggressively.
47 posted on 09/08/2004 8:59:43 PM PDT by Buckhead
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Yes, we were.
Read the entire first thread.......you'll soon see how many questioned it.