Everyone at CBS should be breathing a sigh of relief - (James Lileks! This one is hot!)

JEWISH WORLD REVIEW.COM ^ | JANUARY 13, 2005 | JAMES LILEKS

[ScottFromSpokane]

No. But I just bought the books.

[FreedomCalls]

"Rather himself told the investigating panel that "no one had provided persuasive evidence that the documents were not authentic."

Er, yes they did. It's right there in Appendix 4 of the report.

As explained above, Tytell concluded that the Killian documents appear to have been produced in Times New Roman typestyle. ... he concluded that Times New Roman could not have been available on a typewriter in the early 1970s and the Killian documents must have been produced on a computer.

In summary, Tytell concluded that the Killian documents were generated on a computer. He does not believe that any manual or electric typewriter of the early 1970s could have produced the typeface used in the Killian documents. ... Therefore, he doubts the authenticity of the Killian documents because in his opinion they could only have been produced on a computer in Times New Roman typestyle that would not have been available in the early 1970s.

[Outraged]

The Kerry campaign is ready to go with the "Fortunate Son" ad campaign to piggyback on the AWOL theme

The evidence of Rather/seeBS collusion with the Kerry campaign is incontrovertibly demonstrated by the "Fortunate Son" adds already being in the can, referencing the forged memos, before said fraud aired on 60 Minshitz.

[Christian4Bush]

bttt

[Outraged]

See also http://www.aim.org/press_release/2508_0_19_0_C Acuracy In Media original article.

Dan Rather personally assured CBS News President Andrew Heyward that the discredited Bush National Guard story was not only true but "very big." At the same time, Rather said it wasn't "as big as Abu Ghraib," the Iraqi prisoner abuse story used by CBS and other media to blacken the reputation and image of the United States around the world.

But I thought Dan was just sloppy (sorta like Bergler) and his producers were the real culprits??...I guess Bill O'Reilly missed this memo in his Rather apologia.

[Reactionary]

The liberal morons at CBS should spare us the stupid propaganda. No one checked the authenticity of the documents. They took the word of the liberal moonbat, Mapes. And Mapes, well, she took the word of a fellow liberal moonbat, Burkett.

And this is supposed to account for "authentication?" Sure. If you're stupid.

[Outraged]

more exerpts from above link...

Hackworth, the report says, concluded the phony documents were "genuine," and Rather thought Hackworth was a "strong and valuable expert witness." Mapes also thought Hackworth "was important for the segment" that aired on September 8, the report says, but the Hackworth excerpts were "ultimately cut from the final script" for reasons that aren't explained.

In the Abu Ghraib story, Hackworth also played a controversial role, arranging for a soldier subsequently found guilty of abusing Iraqi prisoners in the Abu Ghraib scandal to funnel information through a relative to Rather, Mapes and CBS. The 60 Minutes Abu Ghraib story aired in April 2004. The soldier, Staff. Sgt. Ivan "Chip" Frederick, wanted to blame his own criminal conduct on higher-ups. Taking a similar approach, Hackworth accused "the very top of the Pentagon" of "covering up obscene behavior" at Abu Ghraib "while placing the sole blame on Joe and Jill Grunt."

Hackworth that POS...Stabbing a good man/country in the back during wartime?

[xJones]

Thanks, Bommer, for the links in #3&4. Very interesting!:)

[Carolinamom]

I agree w/you. The report has opened up other questions. It's not over by a long shot. CBS wants it to be and even thinks it is, but they've been wrong before!