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Bob Schieffer did not even try to hide his bias for John Kerry, on CNN's Larry King Live, tonight, Monday, 10-04-04. Bob Schieffer began his talk with King by taking up for Dan Rather and by saying when asked what he thought about Rather's situation, that he thought it was terrible, that people were going to these lengths. Terrible that, the bloggers on the Internet were waging a Jhad -- Holy War -- on Dan Rather. Bob Schieffer said that he was pleased that John Kerry is up in the polls. Schieffer said that he believed it was due to...

How Biased is CBS and the Mainstream Press? Written by JB Williams ©2004-09-23 CBS has committed five years of effort and resources by senior producer (Mary Mapes) and her staff, to digging through 30 year old service records of George W. Bush in search of any evidence that would help them remove him from the oval office. When CBS failed to unearth any damning evidence concerning Bush’s Guard service after five years of in depth research, they became party to disseminating forged evidence needed to pursue their agenda. CBS claims that it was a BIG story worthy of pursuit, having...

Although it is really funny to watch, most of us are getting a bit weary constantly hearing about Dan Rather and his Democratic Party/Kerry campaign-fueled accusations in memogate. This time, the deception of CBS was easily identified and publicly exposed. Unfortunately, that is not always true with the liberal propaganda generally spewed by "Old Media." Quite often, they get away with it. CBS and Dan Rather now want us to believe they were "misled." No they weren't. Terry McAuliffe at DNC and the Kerry campaign had those memos first. CBS admits that their news producer, Mary Mapes, has been searching...

http://www.app.com/app/story/0,21625,1058010,00.htmlI open up the local rag today and I see her picture...And I thought it was going to be a good day."To me, the real issue is why doesn't the president tell us the truth?" said Thomas at a session on women and journalism. "Why doesn't he put out all the documents? Because he can't, because there are too many gaps."--Kerry:180

CBS Relied On Dems for Documents Burkett, Moore Both Tied to Memogate Story September 18, 2004 01:06:47 EDT Memogate is the story that just keeps giving. The Washington Post and The New York Times both have huge stories in today's editions on the connections between Bill Burkett, CBS News, and the Democratic Party. First from the Post's: The former Texas National Guard officer suspected of providing CBS News with possibly forged records on President Bush's military service called on Democratic activists to wage "war" against Republican "dirty tricks" in a series of Internet postings in which he also used phrases...

Just for the record, the following was formulated after some "word count" play — a feature available on Microsoft Word, but not available to the likes of Mrs. Knox on a typewriter in 1972 and 1973. An CBS defense is that the now-infamous Bush National Guard memo may be "disputed," but that it was only one small part of a very solid story. Wrong, wrong. 1) It is refuted. Done. The memo's claims to veracity got shredded here. And here. And here. And here. And here. And a lot more. 2) About one third of Rather's original report — 667...

RatherGate.com has put together a form to easily contact all Viacom Class B Shareholders with a single form. Let them know what you think about CBS and Rather's lies. These people can make a difference. Only a few of them need to move to influence the stock.

(CBS/AP) CBS News continued to defend the legitimacy of its recent story about President Bush's Vietnam-era service in the Texas Air National Guard, even as two experts it hired to examine records CBS used told ABC they could not vouch for their veracity. Meanwhile, a former secretary in the guard said Tuesday she believed the documents in question were fake, although they accurately reflected the thoughts of one of Mr. Bush's commanders. Republican Congressman Chris Cox of California called for a congressional probe of the network's use of the documents, saying there's a "growing abundance of evidence that CBS News...

CBS and "60 Minutes II" are sitting in an odd chair, in front of strange media lights, answering questions they are used to asking. Network anchor Dan Rather is not making an interview subject squirm on national television. He is making his CBS colleagues sweat behind the scenes. One veteran correspondent told the New York Times, "I'm distressed." Another described the mood of the staff as one of "deep concern." The distress and concern at CBS centers on "exclusive" information the network aired last week about President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard. The information, based on four...

When questions were raised last week about the authenticity of four 32-year old National Guard memos used in a CBS news report about President Bush’s military service, reporters from all over the country started making calls to Texas. The Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune immediately took steps to find individuals who could comment on the whether the documents were likely to have been written by anyone in the Texas Air National Guard. But despite the fact that allegations had been made about the president’s tour in the Texas Air National Guard by...

CBS and Rather think they can stonewall their use of bogus Guard documents to smear Bush.Are FREEPERS Going To Let Them Get Away With This? Somebody needs to print up a GIANT check --say, 3 feet by 7 feet -- like they give the lottery winners. Make this a personal check from Dan Rather "one MEEEEELLION dollars," payable to "Kerry For President." Now, print up some signs: "IT'S AUTHENTIC! TRUST US!" etc. Get the picture? The point is that Rather's bogus story based on bogus documents amounts to CBS trying to make a HUGE GIFT to Democrats. Get together a...

In an effort to discredit the work Charles at LGF has done investigating the Rathergate forgerys PC Magazine has published an article void of any substance or journalistic ethics (if there is such a thing). The author of the article tries to prove that the memos were in fact typed on a IBM Selectric Composer completely ignoring the fact that the typography in the memos was kerned. The author also give graphical examples that are purposely small in order to deceive (when the two are placed on top of each other they DO NOT LINE UP). In a finally act...

We all known by now that these memos were forged (and badly at that) and the time has come for action. It's hard to keep up with all the threads on FR so I set up this centralized page with the contact info on CBS affiliates and advertisers. Contact them and tell them what you think. Affecting their sales will get their attention more than thousands of calls to the newsroom. Pass it on.

It's getting too hard to keep up with all the threads calling for contacting CBS, Viacom, and their advertisers. We need to centralize the effort on one website somewhere with contact info and a plan of attack to spread across the internet.

Here's what I think we should do now that Dan Rather has said his piece. Anyone who is good with Flash or PowerPoint animations should make an animated presentation clearing up the waters Dan Rather tried to muddy. There are certain points that Rather tried to ignore or obfuscate and these need to be brought up quickly before the rest of the media decide to close ranks around the CBS and kill the story as settled. Once we have this file, we should all send it all around the blogosphere and to friends in the media, i.e. Hugh Hewitt, Sean...

Dan Rather has said that his report on the Killian memos will stand and there shouldn't even be a discussion of a retraction or apology. The MSM media, even when caught in their lies refuse to acknowledge it. If we don't act now they will simply try to steamroll us and get away with it. Post on your blog, email your address book, ping your lists, tell your friends and family to contact the advertisers of CBS listed below. Contacting CBS News in NYC will serve no purpose. Follow the money to advertising and to the affiliates. Also contact the...

Does anybody have phone contact info for CBS? I have looked but can't seem to find it. As mentioned in other threads CBS is now reporting on their website that the producers of the 60 Minutes report stand behind Rather and CBS News EVEN IF THE DOCUMENTS ARE FAKE! We need to call for Rather's resignation or perhaps start calling advertisers. It worked with the Reagans movie and it will work again.

"Espionage then and today is very real and active measures, manipulation of public opinion, was very real at that time." On the CBS Evening News on July 30th, Dan Rather acted as if he had a big scoop. He said, "Newly released FBI documents obtained by CBS News reveal a widespread domestic spying and intelligence operation. Thousands of ordinary American citizens were under surveillance throughout the 1980s." Rather said these individuals appeared in FBI files because the bureau was monitoring Soviet "active measures" or influence activities directed at Americans. Rather said they included disinformation, the use of front groups and...

Anyone else noticing how the American media is running a campaign against President Bush? We expect that from Reuters and the Associated Press, of course. But it seems to be happening with 95% of the media today. For instance, AP writes things like "Bush Works to Blunt Critics With CIA Pick" instead of 'Bush supports CIA Pick.' Or, "Bush mocks Kerry" but never that 'Kerry mocks Bush,' which happens almost all day every day. The liberals in the media will call publications like "Unfit for Command," anti-Kerry, yet never label any of the rabidly liberal organization (like moveon.org) ads anti-Bush....

If the election were held today question....This poll needs some serious FREEPING. Lower right portion of the page.