Posted on 09/13/2004 3:27:03 AM PDT by MMkennedy
First off, before I start getting a lot of the wrong kind of mail: I am not a fan of George Bush. But I am even less a fan of attempts to commit fraud, and particularly by a complete and utter failure of those we entrust to ensure that if the news is at least accurate. I know it is asking far too much to expect the news to be unbiased. But the people involved should not actually lie to us, or promulgate lies created by hoaxers, through their own incompetence.
There has been a lot of activity on the Internet recently concerning the forged CBS documents. I do not even dignify this statement with the traditional weasel-word “alleged”, because it takes approximately 30 seconds for anyone who is knowledgeable in the history of electronic document production to recognize this whole collection is certainly a forgery, and approximately five minutes to prove to anyone technically competent that the documents are a forgery. I was able to replicate two of the documents within a few minutes. At time I a writing this, CBS is stonewalling. They were hoaxed, pure and simple. CBS failed to exercise anything even approximately like due diligence. I am not sure what sort of "expert" they called in to authenticate the document, but anything I say about his qualifications to judge digital typography is likely to be considered libelous (no matter how true they are) and I would not say them in print in a public forum.
I am one of the pioneers of electronic typesetting. I was doing work with computer typesetting technology in 1972 (it actually started in late 1969), and I personally created one of the earliest typesetting programs for what later became laser printers, but in 1970 when this work was first done, lasers were not part of the electronic printer technology (my way of expressing this is “I was working with laser printers before they had lasers”, which is only a mild stretch of the truth). We published a paper about our work (graphics, printer hardware, printer software, and typesetting) in one of the important professional journals of the time (D.R. Reddy, W. Broadley, L.D. Erman, R. Johnsson, J. Newcomer, G. Robertson, and J. Wright, "XCRIBL: A Hardcopy Scan Line Graphics System for Document Generation," Information Processing Letters (1972, pp.246-251)). I have been involved in many aspects of computer typography, including computer music typesetting (1987-1990). I have personally created computer fonts, and helped create programs that created computer fonts. At one time in my life, I was a certified Adobe PostScript developer, and could make laser printers practically stand up and tap dance. I have written about Microsoft Windows font technology in a book I co-authored, and taught courses in it. I therefore assert that I am a qualified expert in computer typography...
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| Posted by AKSurprise On News/Activism 09/13/2004 1:37:49 AM CDT · 21 replies · 868+ views FlounderCraft Ltd. ^ | JOSEPH M. NEWCOMER, PH.D. "I am one of the pioneers of electronic typesetting. I was doing work with computer typesetting technology in 1972 (it actually started in late 1969), and I personally created one of the earliest typesetting programs for what later became laser printers, personally created computer fonts, and helped create programs that created computer fonts." "I was a certified Adobe PostScript developer" " I have written about Microsoft Windows font technology in a book I co-authored, and taught courses in it. I therefore assert that I am a qualified expert in computer typography." "The probability that any technology in existence in 1972... |
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| The Bush "Guard memos" are forgeries! (Nonpartisan printing expert weighs in) |
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| Posted by not_apathetic_anymore On News/Activism 09/12/2004 4:34:43 PM CDT · 126 replies · 3,995+ views flounder.com ^ | Joseph M. Newcomer First off, before I start getting a lot of the wrong kind of mail: I am not a fan of George Bush. But I am even less a fan of attempts to commit fraud, and particularly by a complete and utter failure of those we entrust to ensure that if the news is at least accurate. I know it is asking far too much to expect the news to be unbiased. But the people involved should not actually lie to us, or promulgate lies created by hoaxers, through their own incompetence.... This is a long page with many graphics...click on... |
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| The Bush Guard memos are forgeries ('authoritative & definitive analysis' per PowerLine) |
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| Posted by Cableguy On News/Activism 09/13/2004 1:47:15 AM CDT · 17 replies · 434+ views Flounder.com ^ | 9/12/04 | Joseph M. Newcomer First off, before I start getting a lot of the wrong kind of mail: I am not a fan of George Bush. But I am even less a fan of attempts to commit fraud, and particularly by a complete and utter failure of those we entrust to ensure that if the news is at least accurate. I know it is asking far too much to expect the news to be unbiased. But the people involved should not actually lie to us, or promulgate lies created by hoaxers, through their own incompetence. There has been a lot of activity on the... |
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Sorry, I'm a newbie poster and didn't see all the previous threads
I wonder how Dan Blather likes his crow, fried, or baked?
you have to remember that Dan Rather has a 6TH sense about these things. (he sees memos from dead people)
Katie, and Kitty, are next....
September 13, 2004
Andrew Heyward, President
CBS News
524- West 57th St
New York, NY 10019
Fax#: (212) 975-1893
RE: Attempted Bush Smear Job on Sixty Minutes II
Dear Mr. Heyward:
Now that your CBS News division has elected to allow Mr. Rather to take the approach that the story was correct and that you are standing by it, you have essentially allowed him to “double the bet” while continuing to hold a losing hand.
Without strong leadership from someone at the top, like you, to remove Mr. Rather from his position, your network is going to lose every bit of credibility that you worked for half a century to build up.
Is one man’s maniacal obsession to bring down a sitting President, no matter the cost, worth the reputation of your entire network news division?
The sooner you act, the less the damage which is already substantial. Draft the letter and fire this discredited partisan “journalist”.
Sincerely,
Rob XXXXX
Come on Matt, show us what you got!
Y'all sure this guy knows what he's talking about?
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This idiot needs to take his head out of the computer for a few minutes and smell the flowers!
"But the people involved should not actually lie to us, or promulgate lies created by hoaxers, through their own incompetence."??
What if "the people involved" are the enemies of the state? Is it okay then?
Incompetence my butt!
Rob, do you mind if I send this post to my local talk show here in Augusta? That would be Austin Rhodes of WGAC 580 AM.
I am not a fan of George Bush.
This statement right here negates any intelligence in this article.
Oh, how I'd love to see them grilled for their perpetration of all these lies, too.
Idiots.
May Mapes will be fired.
Blather will resign.
Just about 5 years ago, CNN withdrew the "Tailwind" story...the paid the producer and reporter millions to just go away..
No, it doesn't. It's one of the most detailed, devastating studies of the memos I've seen yet.
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