[a fool in paradise]

Meanwhile AP had the same story about the National Guard memos and I don’t recall anyone losing their job or reputation over it.

[a fool in paradise]

Overlay of the "faxed Waco Kinko's memo" with a Word document of the same text:

[KarlInOhio]

Did AP post the forged memos? Just imagine if Rather had just read the memos or had text from them posted on the screen without showing them or posting them on the CBS site. We might have been able to say "that doesn't sound like an Air National Guard memo" but no one would have been able to prove the font was wrong, the memo format was wrong and that its spacing matched perfectly the same text typed into Microsoft Word.

The lesson is, if you are going to lie don't leave your evidence behind.

See also: dozens of times Obama was recorded saying "If you like your insurance you can keep your insurance". Oops.