Posted on 09/15/2004 7:54:16 PM PDT by Pikamax
Rather Talks of Questions On Papers Controversy About Bush and Guard 'Not About Me' By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, September 16, 2004; Page A01
CBS anchor Dan Rather acknowledged for the first time yesterday that there are serious questions about the authenticity of the documents he used to question President Bush's National Guard record last week on "60 Minutes."
"If the documents are not what we were led to believe, I'd like to break that story," Rather said in an interview last night. "Any time I'm wrong, I want to be right out front and say, 'Folks, this is what went wrong and how it went wrong.' "
Rather spoke after interviewing the secretary to Bush's former squadron commander, who told him that the memos attributed to her late boss are fake -- but that they reflect the commander's belief that Bush was receiving preferential treatment to escape some of his Guard commitments.
The former secretary, Marian Carr Knox, is the latest person to raise questions about the "60 Minutes" story, which Rather and top CBS officials still defend while vowing to investigate mounting questions about whether the 30-year-old documents used in the story were part of a hoax. Their shift in tone yesterday came as GOP critics as well as some media commentators demanded that the story be retracted and suggested that Rather should step down.
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"If the documents are not what we were led to believe, I'd like to break that story,"
TOO LATE,
and
now he cannot be trusted to tell us what went wrong
and how it went wrong.
Dan will try to rebuild his credibility only to find out he has no foundation on which to build.
If the documents aren't what he says they are, he wants to be the one to break the story? I think its broke already...
Earth to Dan: You're too late. Scooped. Story broke days ago. Don't know how you missed it.
"Journalism is the one solitary respectable profession which honors theft (when committed in the pecuniary interest of a journal,) & admires the thief....However, these same journals combat despicable crimes quite valiantly--when committed in other quarters."
Mark Twain
...suggested that Rather should step down."
Step down, my a$$! He should be taken down just the way the unscrupulous dems are trying to take down our Commander-In-Chief.
Not only a fool, but an arrogant fool.
We got news for you, Dan, the story's already been broken....
That would be wrong, Washington Post. Rather acknowledged the questions last Friday night. And he put the burden of proof on the questioners......It's amazing that the WaPoo doesn't pay better attention.
He'd like to break that story? BWAHAAHAA!!!!
SCREW HIM! TOO LATE! CBS is SOOOO 2003!
This has become a bizarre ratings stunt.
ROFLMHO!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, nobody cares about any of that.
Now, these forgeries coming out of the democrat campaign - THAT is 'sexy'!
More evidence that Rather's blind hatred of the Bushes has literally impaired his abilty to perceive reality.
After what I've witnessed in the past six days, there isn't a doubt in my mind that he actually believes this story hasn't been broken yet.
Of course Bush got preferential treatment, he was a fighter pilot. We are all self centered egomaniacs and behave like little children when we don't get what we want.
WELCOME TO FR, YOU KERRY EXCUASE MAKER! GO BACK TO DUmmieland!
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