Posted on 09/10/2004 10:11:53 AM PDT by Pfesser
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX FRI SEPT 10, 2004 12:01:25 ET XXXXX
RATHER DIGS IN: THE DOCUMENTS ARE AUTHENTIC
CBSNEWS anchor and 60 MINUTES correspondent Dan Rather publicly defended his reporting Friday morning after questions were raised about the authenticity of newly unearthed memos aired on CBS which asserted that George W. Bush ignored a direct order from a superior officer in the Texas Air National Guard.
CNN TRANSCRIPT:
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
DAN RATHER, CBS NEWS ANCHOR: I know that this story is true. I believe that the witnesses and the documents are authentic. We wouldn't have gone to air if they would not have been. There isn't going to be -- there's no -- what you're saying apology?
QUESTION: Apology or any kind of retraction or...
RATHER: Not even discussed, nor should it be. I want to make clear to you, I want to make clear to you if I have not made clear to you, that this story is true, and that more important questions than how we got the story, which is where those who don't like the story like to put the emphasis, the more important question is what are the answers to the questions raised in the story, which I just gave you earlier.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CBS NEWS executives on Thursday launched an internal investigation into whether its premiere news program 60 MINUTES aired fabricated documents relating to Bush's National Guard service, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. "The reputation and integrity of the entire news division is at stake, if we are in error, it will be corrected," a top CBS source explained late Thursday.
Developing...
Gen. Wesley Clark.
That's a joke, right? I mean, that's a picture of Dan when he was a young man with photoshopped long hair. It's gotta be.
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Captain Queeg defends "The Strawberry Incident."
This guy is insane, I'm convinced.
I would imagine that her look is one she has specifically cultivated. (Buuuuuutttttchh!)
I am not shocked that Rather is sticking by this fraud of a story.
His whole career has been a fraud.
That Rat b@stard better not plan on coming back to Texas now that his career is done.
I'll be waiting on that River Bank. An he aint gettin' in.
I am not shocked that Rather is sticking by this fraud of a story.
His whole career has been a fraud.
That Rat b@stard better not plan on coming back to Texas now that his career is done.
I'll be waiting on that River Bank. An he aint gettin' in.
"that more important questions than how we got the story, which is where those who don't like the story like to put the emphasis, the more important question is what are the answers to the questions raised in the story,"
Funny how that did not apply to the Swift vets. That was all about where the story came from and zero about the questions raised. I think people are tired of rehashing Bush's ANG service. Unlike Kerry, GW does not go around touting his military service. Kerry just wants us to ignore EVERYTHING he did after he came back (TREASON).
And the articles under those headlines RELY on the material contained in the forged memos for questions, and to support the assertion "Bush Lied."
What a bunch of dangerous, craven humans.
If the source documents are forged, how can anyone vouch for the story being true? This is nonsense. If the information is incorrect, why would anyone address the questions raised?
Would you bet your entire career and credibility on it, Dan?
imo
Perhaps we are overlooking the very real possibility that Rather and other Democrats intentionally committed a crime. Wouldn't it be ironic if he went to prison like G. Gordon Liddy, Charles Colson, and others did over Watergate ?
Dan sounded extremely sincere when he said this, so those docs must be genuine. I therefore propose an alternate hypothesis to how they were produced.
Maybe this Col. Killian had extraordinarily neat penmanship. Maybe Bill Gates stole it and made a computer font out of it. Maybe Microsoft owes the Killian family millions in royalties.
The source here...is key to the whole story. If its not the family...then the whole story starts to unfold, and you have to wonder what naive idiot on 60 Minutes bought into this entire forged document? My guess...its a major player on 60 Minutes...whose career is about to flame out. And Dan? He is supposed to retire soon...so maybe he has nothing to lose in supporting the lie.
Albeit Dan is taking a stand on quicksand IMO.
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