[Yo-Yo]

“CBS announced that it was conducting a thorough independent investigation into the underlying story of the broadcast and its production,” the lawsuit says, “when in fact its intention was to conduct a biased investigation with controlled timing and predetermined conclusions ..."

That's how CBS writes all of it's news stories, too.

[goldstategop]

Yep. Fraudrather: The Father Moonbat.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[bigjoesaddle]

I love revisiting this subject, one of the proudest moments in FReeper history!

[Badeye]

‘Perhaps you were unaware of CBS News’s unwavering support of George W. Bush. I certainly was. I would bet that the White House was, too.’

If this doesn’t prove Dan Rather’s insanity, nothing ever will.

[bill1952]

top CBS management conducted a sham investigation of the story for the purpose of making sure that damaging information about George W. Bush be kept secret.

But Rather alleges that CBS — not wanting to do anything to hurt the Bush White House

Who in the entire world would believe one word of that?

Perhaps dan is deluded; perhaps not, but his attorneys are not deluded.

Why file now just before election primaries and the run up to the general election?

Something is going on and I haven't quite figured it out yet, unless it is a simple shakedown for bucks, and that seems a little far fetched.

[VaBthang4]

GIF showing an identical word document overlayed on top off Rather's fake document...

[Nonstatist]

We live in Orwellian times.

[weegee]

Snopes doesn’t appear to have even tried to spin this one (there is no reference to it at all).

[MissMagnolia]

Rather also reveals that while all this was going on, he strongly believed in the Bush story — he apparently still does — and threatened to hire his own private investigator to keep looking into it.

Dan's very own personal "OJ" moment .... he's obviously been pursuing the truth of this story with the same vigor that OJ has used in pursuing the 'real' killer of Nicole.

[Alex Murphy]

Great summary of Rather's delusions.

"What is that damned frequency, Kenneth?"

[FormerACLUmember]

CBS V Rather. Pass the popcorn. Win-win for justice.

[Kozak]

” But Rather alleges that CBS — not wanting to do anything to hurt the Bush White House

There is all the proof you need that Dan is completely delusional.............

[NeoCaveman]

Courage.

[HoosierHawk]

Perhaps you were unaware of CBS News’s unwavering support of George W. Bush. I certainly was. I would bet that the White House was, too.

Apparently, we all were.

[Verginius Rufus]

Byron York seems to be a bit rusty on some details. Although claims were made that President Bush got preferential treatment to get into the guard, that wasn’t the point of Rather’s forged documents, but rather to “prove” he got away with not fulfilling his duties later on while in the guard.

[sauropod]

read

[3niner]

CBS is in an awkward situation here.

I have no doubt that they can come up with lots of evidence that there was a conspiracy to perpetrate a fraud, and that Dan Rather was in the middle of it, but that is likely to expand the scope of a problem that they thought they had swept under the rug.

This should be fun to watch.

[3niner]

Aired at the height of the 2004 presidential campaign, Rather reported that Bush received preferential treatment to get into the Guard during the Vietnam era.

That was a different story, but the trouble with lies is that it's difficult to keep them all straight.

[TChris]

Of course, it turned out the documents were phony, or at least impossible to verify. CBS retracted the story, and Rather apologized.

No, there is no "at least".

They're fake. They're as fake as fake gets.

Claiming that a document produced with Microsoft Word in the Times New Roman proportional font came from a US military typewriter in 1971 is just good old-fashioned fake.

[Southack]

Dan Rather should be charged with fraud and jailed.

Dan Rather should be charged with forging U.S. military orders and jailed.