Posted on 09/10/2004 11:05:54 AM PDT by Pikamax
UPDATE: CBS News has issued a statement on the fraudulent documents. Bottom line: there will be no investigation.
This report was not based solely on recovered documents, but rather on a preponderance of evidence, including documents that were provided by unimpeachable sources, interviews with former Texas National Guard officials and individuals who worked closely back in the early 1970s with Colonel Jerry Killian and were well acquainted with his procedures, his character and his thinking. In addition, the documents are backed up not only by independent handwriting and forensic document experts but by sources familiar with their content. Contrary to some rumors, no internal investigation is underway at CBS News nor is one planned.
So there you have it: CBS News is walking the plank for the Kerry campaign.
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Dey zee nuthzing!
Zey zee nuthzing!
Wow!
Names, CBS. Names.
The nice thing about "unimpeachable sources" is that they never have to be checked! Neither do "documents from unimpeachable sources"--they are self authenticating. Nice try, Rather.
CBS is caught between a rock and a hard place. They either admit that they're shills for the dems by pointing to the DNC and Kerry Campaign as the doc source or they stonewall and hope this all goes away. Sux2B them.
We need to jump all over this. Let them hear us roar. Call them, write them - Let them know we will NOT stand back and watch them lie. Keep up the pressure!!!!!
Name the sources.
Well, that rules out Bill Clinton...
Unbelievable to watch them throw away any pretense of integrity and credibility.
They might as well fire all the so called journalists and let Dan Rather read the New York Times on air (probably, all-the-while complaining of the right-wing press).
They have others?
On the level of say your hero Bill Clinton Huh Dan.
Oh Thank God- I feel so much BETTER now that CBS has assured me that they are right and everyone else is wrong. I was really concerned that making a major news story out of forged docunents would have compromised the already strained integrity of the MSM. And there are so few constants left in this crazy world, that the term "unimpeachable sources" just gives me warm fuzzies all over/sarcasm
Yeah - they're really throwing down the gauntlet here. I actually thought they might try to weasel out and admit at least some fault to diffuse the situation. My guess is this lie is so big and extends to high levels, so they must keep the cover.
They don't get it yet.
Old media is the horsewhip and buggy.
New media is the spaceship.
Magic 8-Ball says "I see a flip-flop on the horizon"
A half hour ago, Dan Rather went on CNN and said that he knows the Jerry Killian documents to be authentic, and knows that they are not forgeries. Therefore, he said, there will be no retraction, no correction, and -- apparently -- no investigation. The text of the interview is not yet available on CNN's site, but we'll link to it when it becomes available.
What does this mean? Last night, it was reported that senior executives at CBS News were promising an investigation. Today, Dan Rather is personally vouching for the documents' authenticity. This can only mean that Rather himself is the source of the documents. This makes sense; if a staffer on the 60 Minutes payroll had come up with the purported records, the story never would have run without the documents being authenticated. Who has the power to drive this story on to the air without an investigation that would include, for example, contacting Killian's widow, or his son? Dan Rather does.
This would appear to signal the end of Rather's career. If the documents are ultimately accepted as forgeries, which seems inevitable to us, he can't survive. My guess: Rather knows that he will be retiring soon in any event, so as his last public contribution, he is doing whatever he can to elect John Kerry.
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