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CBS Acknowledges They Were Deceived
9-19-04 | Drudge

Posted on 09/19/2004 9:52:16 PM PDT by technomage

Matt Drudge just announced that CBS will admit, maybe as soon as tomorrow, that they were 'deceived' and are launching an intensive, in-depth investigation.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cbsnews; damagecontrol; forgery; killian; rather; rathergate
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To: Dallas59; Begin; technomage
BEGIN WROTE: "I'm sure that Dan Rather wants to be the first to break this story."

DALLAS59 WROTE: "BREAKING! DAN RATHER WILL BREAK STORY ABOUT FORGED DOCUMENTS!"

LOL!!!

61 posted on 09/19/2004 10:12:55 PM PDT by Concerned
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To: Mount Athos

In the future, if CBS uses the phrase "unimpeachable source," they will be met with gales of laughter. It will be a running gag from now on.


62 posted on 09/19/2004 10:13:05 PM PDT by Enterprise (The left hates the Constitution. Islamic Fascism hates America. Natural allies.)
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To: ApesForEvolution

I'm not buying their copout...



But how many Americans WILL?


63 posted on 09/19/2004 10:13:11 PM PDT by Just Lori (CBS: Turn out the lights. The party's over.)
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To: MEG33
Maybe Burkett enlisted the help of Miss Cleo, Jonathan Edwards, and Seances-R-Us.



64 posted on 09/19/2004 10:14:31 PM PDT by TomGuy (His VN crumbling, he says 'move on'. So now, John Kerry is running on Bob KerrEy's Senate record.)
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To: js1138

I think they will stick by the story, while admitting the documents are frauds..and THAT really will fry their credibility.

We have now heard enough about his excess points, serving without pay during the Alabama stint and seen enough..Alot of ex military and ex Guard members have explained it all thoroughly on here..and the ability to make up points has been explained.

http://www.hillnews.com/york/090904.aspx
Bush’s National Guard years
Before you fall for Dems’ spin, here are the facts


65 posted on 09/19/2004 10:15:33 PM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry has been AWOL on issues of national security for two decades)
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To: technomage

BTW, who the hell watches the MSM networks? In our house, we listen to Rush during the day. In the evenings, watch The History Channel, Discovery, Outdoor Channel (fishing/hunting), M*A*S*H, WINGS, Fox News, and classic movies. That's about it. All the rest is crap soap operas, silly sit-coms and mis-reported left-slanted 'news.'


66 posted on 09/19/2004 10:15:37 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
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To: ChildofReagan

This election is over. Rather has blown it.

Don't even THINK about going there! Do NOT get cocky! It aint over till it's over, y'know? I pray we can share a victory drink in November, but I aint even thinking for a second that we can turn our backs on these slimes!


67 posted on 09/19/2004 10:15:46 PM PDT by Just Lori (CBS: Turn out the lights. The party's over.)
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To: litany_of_lies
Maybe as a bonus he says it's a mythical GOP operative who hoodwinked him.

I hope buckhead can account for his whereabouts for the last several months.

68 posted on 09/19/2004 10:16:22 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: All
And over at DU the DUmmies have "Incontrovertible" proof the docs are authentic...LOL...
69 posted on 09/19/2004 10:16:26 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: technomage
RATHER ODD that this should happen on the heels of this article:

Bush Questions Authenticity of 'Documents' - Keeping the Story Alive.

Drudge Link ^ | September 18TH 2004 | Reuters

Posted on 09/18/2004 4:28:26 PM CDT by Presto

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) questioned the authenticity of documents aired by CBS News that said he received special treatment during his Vietnam-era service in the National Guard, according to a Bush interview published on Saturday.

"There are a lot of questions about the documents and they need to be answered," Bush told the Union Leader newspaper of Manchester, New Hampshire, after a week in which some experts questioned whether the documents had been fabricated by those seeking to damage Bush in his re-election race.

"I think what needs to happen is people need to take a look at the documents, how they were created, and let the truth come out," Bush added. (Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...

70 posted on 09/19/2004 10:17:14 PM PDT by blondee123 (Proud Member of the Pajama Blogger Brigade (FR))
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To: TomGuy

LOL!


71 posted on 09/19/2004 10:17:16 PM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry has been AWOL on issues of national security for two decades)
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To: Calvin Locke
The CBS Evening News, with Dan Rather . . .

72 posted on 09/19/2004 10:18:07 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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To: Cobra64

BTW, who the hell watches the MSM networks? In our house, we listen to Rush during the day. In the evenings, watch The History Channel, Discovery, Outdoor Channel (fishing/hunting), M*A*S*H, WINGS, Fox News, and classic movies. That's about it. All the rest is crap soap operas, silly sit-coms and mis-reported left-slanted 'news.'


I sure hope you are raising children! Sounds like a great home to grow up in.


73 posted on 09/19/2004 10:18:36 PM PDT by Just Lori (CBS: Turn out the lights. The party's over.)
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To: Spanaway Lori

Question,Spanaway Washington?


74 posted on 09/19/2004 10:18:43 PM PDT by Boazo
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To: technomage

Shoot, I thought Dan-o was supposed to "break" this story. Looks like he got scooped again.


75 posted on 09/19/2004 10:19:12 PM PDT by searchandrecovery (Socialist America - diseased and dysfunctional.)
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To: Cultural Jihad

I LOVED watching that when I were a kid! (Did I ever be a kid?)


76 posted on 09/19/2004 10:20:06 PM PDT by Just Lori (CBS: Turn out the lights. The party's over.)
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To: Spanaway Lori

Far too many I'm sure...


77 posted on 09/19/2004 10:20:18 PM PDT by ApesForEvolution (DemocRATS are communists and want to destroy America only to replace it with the USSA)
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To: Dallas59
BREAKING! DAN RATHER WILL BREAK STORY ABOUT FORGED DOCUMENTS!

HEE HEE, already been done by our own buckhead at FR!

78 posted on 09/19/2004 10:20:21 PM PDT by blondee123 (Proud Member of the Pajama Blogger Brigade (FR))
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To: technomage

I find the timing of this RATHERGATE scandal "suspicious".


79 posted on 09/19/2004 10:20:25 PM PDT by LuckyHat (Kerry burned down my village...and all I got was this lousy tee-shirt.)
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To: litany_of_lies

Yes, a big fat Rather Rat, that's just what I suspected the moment I read the NY Times story! I can't imagine Burkett will be admitting criminal culpability to multiple felony counts on camera, so the only plausible scenarios at this point are,

(1) Burkett (perhaps with CBS urging him on) concocts another fairytale in which he received the documents in good faith from some mysterious intermediary, maybe a Karl Rove dirty trick (yeah, right!), or maybe some very private, secretive retired TANG officer who wishes to remain anonymous.

No one should fall for that of course, and if CBS hasn't already ripped Burkett a new orifice they'd better do so quickly -- but I worry that Burkett can just go to ground and wait it out until after the election.

(2) The other possibility I see is that Burkett tried to maintain his original story and the CBS execs had finally had enough, deciding to pitch him to the wolves. That would be the sensible thing, if CBS doesn't want to see CBS News ruined forever (wish it were already, but maybe the beast will refuse to die).

But it's much more likely that some version of (1) is going down now, and Burkett and CBS will continue to collude as long as they can. They will try to make it out to be Republican dirty tricks, or they will keep trying to re-direct the story to the content of the memos. Burkett will swear on a stack of bibles that he knows the memos to be accurate, but no one in their right mind would believe a word out of his vile mouth. That doesn't mean plenty of Democrats won't believe him, though.....


80 posted on 09/19/2004 10:21:22 PM PDT by Enchante (Jayson Blair left the NY Times and works for Dan Rather at CBS!)
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