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Rather Still Insists Forged Documents Are Real!!! (Has he gone psychotic?)
Chicago Tribune ^
| Jeff Zeleny / John Cook
Posted on 9/21/2004, 4:59:35 PM by MindBender26
In an interview Monday evening, a repentant Rather conceded it had been a mistake to broadcast the documents. But even though he could not vouch for their authenticity, he said he still did not believe that they were fakes.
"Do I think they're forged? No," Rather said.
"But it's not good enough to use the documents on the air if we can't vouch for them, and we can't vouch for them."
What kind of reporter would I be if I put something on the air in which I believed, and as soon as it's attacked and under pressure, you run, you fold, you fade, you side-wind? That's not the kind of person I am, and it's not the kind of reporter I am."
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cbsnews; napalminthemorning; rathergate
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Dan, the last few days have taught everyone in America exactly what kind of reporter you are.
The question now is, can Rather be trusted by CBS, or America, to report about anything?
Forget about the documents for a moment. Is Rather even qualified to tell us about where a hurricane is headed or about airline safety, new medical treatments or the best place to invest money?
This is truly a disturbed man who can not deal with reality.
To: MindBender26
To: MindBender26
Karl Rove's mind control implant is obviously continuing to function within normal parameters.
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posted on
9/21/2004, 5:01:27 PM
by
ScottFromSpokane
(Re-elect President Bush: http://spokanegop.org/bush.html)
To: MindBender26
Perhaps a vision of Lucy Ramirez came to Dan in a dream, urging him to stay on frequency.
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posted on
9/21/2004, 5:01:28 PM
by
per loin
(This tagline has not been censored!)
To: MindBender26
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posted on
9/21/2004, 5:01:36 PM
by
Gibtx
(Wow)
To: MindBender26
"gone psychotic"?
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posted on
9/21/2004, 5:01:45 PM
by
AmishDude
(FR: Hundreds of voices are shouting, spitting, and clamoring for attention at any given moment.)
To: MindBender26
Rather has to claim that they are real. If he admits the obvious, i.e., that they are fake, he will have to reveal everything that he knows.
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posted on
9/21/2004, 5:02:04 PM
by
djpg
To: MindBender26
"They are real, but I don't have any evidence that they are real."
To: MindBender26
This is reminiscent of the Taliban fighting ferociously around Tora Bora, which tipped off the U.S. they must be protecting someone very important....
Methinks Dan is just a Taliban journalist defending a much bigger fish.
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posted on
9/21/2004, 5:02:53 PM
by
Rutles4Ever
(The message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing...)
To: MindBender26
To: MindBender26
This is the point I've been making since yesterday's "apology" that wasn't.
Saying "we can no longer vouch for the authenticity of the memos" is not at all the same as saying "we believe they were forgeries."
Dan still believes the memos are real, and wants viewers to believe it also, even if he can't prove them to be authentic.
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posted on
9/21/2004, 5:03:18 PM
by
tdadams
('Unfit for Command' is full of lies... it quotes John Kerry)
To: MindBender26
Time for Dan to call Eva into the bunker....and get hitched...
To: MindBender26
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posted on
9/21/2004, 5:03:28 PM
by
Petronski
(What did Max Cleland know and when did he know it?)
To: MindBender26
LoL.
Really makes you wonder .................
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posted on
9/21/2004, 5:03:30 PM
by
nuconvert
(Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.)
To: MindBender26
"Do I think they're forged? No," Rather said.
Amazingly pathetic.
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posted on
9/21/2004, 5:03:54 PM
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitor)
To: MindBender26
It's really starting to look like Rather has a mental disability....
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posted on
9/21/2004, 5:04:13 PM
by
smiley
(Watch out Dems! I'm a William F. Buckley Conservative!!)
To: djpg
From the heights of arrogance he's soaring to, he will hit the ground very hard. His prideful emotions are overriding his sense of self-preservation.
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posted on
9/21/2004, 5:04:19 PM
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Uncle Hal
> I'm not trying to be cute here, but you are right.
A few years ago, another network anchor told me he was sure Rather was crazy. This man knows him well, and feels sorry for him, but his comment was very direct: "Dan Rather is crazy. His producer tries to hold him together, but Dan is crazy."
(The show producer, not the field or segment producer Mapes.)
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posted on
9/21/2004, 5:04:50 PM
by
MindBender26
(Dan Rather should simply go away quietly, forever.)
To: MindBender26
Thanks Dan! Your hopeless denials are keeping the legs on this story. If you would have just admitted day one that you were duped and apologized, this story would have run its course.
To: MindBender26
Oh, please, can someone do a .gif morphing Rather into William Tager? Please.
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posted on
9/21/2004, 5:05:20 PM
by
doug from upland
(Dan Rather is a journalist like Michael Moore is a pole vaulter.)
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