The documents weren't "easily dismissed" as forgeries. They were carefully studied and analyzed and only then were dismissed as forgeries.
Then again, the forgeries were so blatant that it took no more than about 30 minutes to carefully analyze them and dismiss them as forgeries.
All that was required was to place a modern Word document over the "documents," and when they traced absolutely perfectly . . . bingo!
The only reson the documents were not easily dismissed as forgeries is that CBS was close minded to facts and reasoned analysis.
Technical Analysis of Forgeries:
http://homepage.mac.com/cfj/newcomer/index.htm
....as if the 30 minute MS Word perfectly matching recreation wasn't enough.
"Easily dismissed" is an appropriate characterization. All it took was one glance to see that they could not be what they were purported to be.
Afterwards, there was careful study, but only for the sake of the argument.