CBS and The DNC (THE TIMELINE)

Ballon-juice.com ^ | Sept. 21, 2003 | John Cole

[marineguy]

very well done indeed. You should get a job in the media-I think I know where an opening is coming up for an anchor position.

[Jenya]

That's an extremely interesting piece. It held my interest, and really tied things together. Good job.

[lapster]

Shouldn't Mary Mapes be henceforth known as "Typhraud" Mary?

[mmsturm]

You have left out Kitty Kelly's book and 3 day interview on MSNBC right at the same time. Kelley's accusations in her book tie into the story nicely.

[ken5050]

Tony Blankley last night, when this broke, on Scarborough, said flat out that Lockhart was lying..Joe said he spoke with Burkett, but supposedly NOT about the NG memos...the mind boggles..

[ThanhPhero]

I think CBS is trying to keep this thing bottled until after the election. Yncovering the DNC connection now might well drive Frenchy's numbers down to hopelessness.

[siunevada]

I think you also have stir in the Kitty Kelley book and its supposed verification of the cocaine rumors that Dems have been circulating for years. The timing of 60 Minutes and the DNC wrapped around the book release very nicely. It would have been a crescendo of whispers and accusations that Danny could have self righteously demanded answers for right up until November 2.

This sort of stuff used to be their bread and butter.

But if they can't pull off a good old fashioned smear campaign like the old days, why should anyone vote for them?

[Spook86]

Here's another factor to illustrate collusion between CBS and the Dims...even in an election cycle, when production houses, producers and voice-over talent are on-call 24 hours a day, it takes a little time to research, produce and test prospective spots. The "Fortunate Son" ads were, in my estimation, produced at least two weeks in advance, possibly longer. Note how well those commercials "mesh" with the 60 Minutes piece, which no one outside CBS presumably viewed before it aired. There are reports--not fully confirmed--that these documents made their way to the Kerry campaign and DNC before being passed to Mary Mapes at CBS. A minor Kerry functionary in TN predicted "new revelations" on President Bush's guard record back in mid-August, as previously reported on FR.

Your assumptions are quite valid. But the record will ultimately show collusion between the Dims and CBS well before the Burkett--Mapes--Lockhart conversations...

[Guillermo]

Is the "fortunate son" campaign still going on?

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

Bush is not the "senator's son" written about in the song,


that would be the son Of Albert Gore, Sr......who spent 6 months in Vietnam as a reporter with bodyguards who wrote about operations he did not attend.

[bray]

The Corrupt Broadcasting System is on the Trash Heap of Histoir!!

Pray for W and Our Troops

[philomath]

while it says nothing, really, is rather inciteful

huh???

[jcb8199]

Terrific! Nice work!

[mabelkitty]

It goes back to July 20, and in some cases, even before that.
Search FR for the thread "Is the DNC involved" for more details.

[Hombre]

Here is my straw man for you to pick apart.

(1) Mary Mapes prepares the forged documents – Her own father said that she became a “journalist” because she had an axe to grind.

(2) Mapes either plants the documents for Bill Burkett to find or conspires with him.

(3) Burkett faxes the documents to CBS News (maybe just back to Mapes).

(4) Mapes prepares the story for the liberal talking head Ted Baxter ---- oops, I mean Dan Rather, knowing that he will fall for it.

(5) Mapes calls Lockhart to tell him that Burkett has “dynamite” evidence on Bush.

(6) Lockhart calls Burkett to get the details.

(7) Kerry campaign prepares “Fortunate Son” campaign.

(8) Rather goes on air with the story.

(9) Kerry campaign immediately follows with “Fortunate Son.”

CBS is stonewalling on the original source of the forged documents because they now knows it is actually CBS (Mapes).

[IDontLikeToPayTaxes]

bump

[ravingnutter]

FWIW, found in a search this morning on "Fortunate Son":

Democratic Chairman Terry McAuliffe said the accusations were based on documents uncovered by the Associated Press and Boston Globe, not the disputed memos shown on “60 Minutes.”

Source

But then Terry had to open his mouth to say that...which is a sure clue he just might be lying.

[marineguy]

http://www.nysun.com/article/1993

You're ahead of the curve. Viacom is getting that sick feeling in their stomachs about now over this. Dan will be put out to pasture before the first investigation begins. It's one thing to be biased-it's another to get the board of directors scrutinized.

[RKV]

Thanks for posting this. It connects the dots. More people need to know about the evidence of collusion between the old media and the RATs. It has been SO blatent this election.