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The CBS Evening News Website asks its viewers if they "Know of a scam that needs investigating?", and if so to email them for investigation. Um ... yes. As a matter of fact we do. And we encourage all Kerry Crushers to e-mail them at the address provided and report to them that a network news anchor most certainly tried to scam the country into thinking they had a "smoking gun" memo damaging to the President that is almost certainly a forgery. We really think they're going to regret having this request on their website.

Danny Boy Oh Danny boy, the blogosphere is calling, And in their jammies, saying that you lied. The party's o'er, your news career is falling, And e'en your peers are calling for your hide. But come you back like nothing is the matter, And say "These documents are real, you see? You must believe it, coming from Dan Rather! Although they look like forgeries they work for me." Oh Danny Boy, your See B.S. is dying, and you have lost your credibility. Just take the fall, for your department's lying Has wrecked the journey of the S. S. Jean Kerrie....

Critics are calling the media scandal over the Jerry Killian forgeries "Rathergate." But to thousands of Vietnam veterans, the real Rathergate took place 16 years ago when Dan Rather successfully foisted a fraud onto the American people. Then, unlike now, there was no blogosphere to expose him.

A few others have done something similar already.... here's my take.... Stand By Our Dan (with apologies to Tammy)Sometimes it's hard to be Dan Rather,Liberal loving CBS news manGives half the facts, usuallyOr makes them up entirelyBut Dan's doing the best he can Don't ask him "what's the frequency, Kenneth"Don't ask him how the memos beganBecause if Les Moonves props himThen those PJ bloggers can't stop him'Cause after all, he's our man Dan        Stand by our Dan       Give him a job to cling to       And an anchor desk to come to       As ratings get low and lower       Stand...

Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, psychiatrist and prolific author of the ground- breaking book, On Death and Dying, died Tuesday evening, August 24, 2004, in Scottsdale, Arizona of natural causes. She was surrounded by her family and close friends. She was 78. (from her website) Despite her passing, Dr. Kubler-Ross was able to chime in on Rathergate. Kubler-Ross noted that CBS's response to Rathergate seems to fit the five stages that a dying patient experiences when informed of their terminal prognosis : 1) Denial (this isn't happening to me!) 2) Anger (why is this happening to me?) 3) Bargaining (I promise I'll...

I'm listening to the Hugh Hewitt radio show and he just interviewed Congressman Cox of California who raised the very real prospect of a Congressional Hearing concerning "Forgery Gate". Chris Cox stated that, although it is likely there could be a Congressional Hearing, it is unlikely that it would occur until after the election.....unless there is a large outcry from the public demanding such a hearing immediately. Hugh Hewitt is calling on people to call your Congressman and demand a Congressional Hearing next week. If enough voices are heard, it will happen. He also suggests calling Congressman Joe Barton of...

There are Reports that the Swift Boat Vets have new evidence that prove Kerry lied, primarily old Military documents. Now given the fact that the BUSH docs have been proven to be forgeries by anyone with a few brain cells firing.. yet CBS refuses to back off of them, keeping it in the headlines... I am starting to wonder. Is the purpose of the 60 Min. II report not so much to bash Bush, but to be used as an undermining of these new documents? After all its not a hard argument, well the last batch were fake, why should...

What's your view of the Killian memos regarding George W. Bush's service in the National Guard? Vote in our poll and then e-mail your thoughts to the team. Your view of the Killian memos regarding Bush's National Guard service? http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/CNBCTV/Promos/P94458.asp

Ouraged by CBS & Dan Rather's forged documents attempting to confirn fraudulent allegations of President Bush's being AWOL in the National Guard? Send the following, or something similar, to: scams@cbsnews.com; evening@cbsnews.com You asked if we knew about any scams that need investigating. How about the forged documents Dan Rather produced on 60 Minutes? His refusal to admit the wrong, or investigate it, exacerbates what appears to be a blatant attempt to fabricate damaging information against the President. This goes well beyond biased journalism into the realm of criminal libel and defamation of character. You should demand his resignation in order...

Just received this in an e-Mail message: Doc, Another Point about CBS, Zip code 77034 does not have and never has had PO Boxes. The closest Zip code in Houston with PO Boxes is 77032. PO Box 34567 Houston, Texas 77034 never existed in 1972 My company is in the data business and has the history on addresses. Propostional spacing was introduced in 1980 with the Xerox Memorywriter which competed with the IBM Selectric. I wouldn't be so sure IBM didn't have a Times Roman font ball. They definitely didn't have it in proportinnal spacing. I spent 28 years with...

CBS Lies. Will Dan Rather Get Away With It This Time? Written by Doc Farmer Sunday, September 12, 2004 Last week, 60 Minutes The Sequel (This Time It's Personal) ran a hard-hitting no-hold-barred investigative report trashing President George W. Bush. This is the fourth or fifth time CBS News has done this. Normally, this is done in the fashion of taking Bush-bashing books being sold by a publisher owned by the parent company of CBS News (Viacom) and doing puffball interviews with the authors. This time, however, CBS decided to raise, ad nauseum, the already discredited canard regarding Dubya's National...

<p>Open Letter to the Main Stream Media: We are not amateurs and we are going to kick your butts.</p> <p>We have watched you for years try to tell us how to think, what to think, who to vote for and what to believe based solely on your own agenda. In past years, you have come to think of yourselves as the fourth branch of government, the movers and shapers of opinion and the arbiters of truth.</p>

Where is the outcry about Kerry and the DNC? What about the trail by which these forged memos got to CBS? Here’s what Rush Limbaugh had to say yesterday about the route by which they arrived at CBS: "This story from the Prowler at the American Spectator: "More than six weeks ago, an opposition research staffer for the Democratic National Committee received documents purportedly written by President George W. Bush's Texas Air National Guard squadron commander, the late Colonel Jerry Killian. The opposition researcher claimed the source was a 'retired military officer.' According to a DNC staffer, the documents were...

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...

A special report on the CBS program Sixty Minutes II this week raises new questions about President Bush's service in the Air National Guard during the Vietnam War. The story relied in part on documents that critics say appear to be forgeries. NPR's Brian Naylor reports. Go to source link for audio. Transcript not available yet

CBS EVENING NEWS WITH DAN RATHER to address, in detail, the issues surrounding the authenticity of the documents broadcast in the 60 MINUTES report on President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard... Developing...

Dan Rather came under criticism after it was revealed by the Washington Post that he had given a keynote speech at a fund-raiser for Texas Democrats: GERALDO RIVERA: Let me just read you this news account, April 5th, USA Today: "Conservatives and pundits had a field day at Dan Rather's expense Wednesday after the CBS anchor apologized for being the star attraction at a recent Democratic fundraiser in Texas that raised 20 grand." Was that one of the worst mistakes you've made at least recently? DAN RATHER: Well, it certainly was one of the dumbest mistakes I ever made. But...

September 9, 2004 Documents Suggest Special Treatment for Bush in Guard By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE and RALPH BLUMENTHAL ASHINGTON, Sept. 8 - President Bush's Vietnam-era service in the National Guard came under renewed scrutiny on Wednesday as newfound documents emerged from his squadron commander's file that suggested favorable treatment. At the same time, a once powerful Texas Democrat came forward to say that he had "abused my position of power" by helping Mr. Bush and others join the Guard. Democrats also worked to stoke the issue with a new advertisement by a Texas group that featured a former lieutenant colonel,...

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Excerpts.... The Kerry end is near? At this precise time every four years, the most media-savvy members of the Gang of 500 begin to think about their roles in the premiere post-election forum that revisits the actions and players of the presidential race. But if nothing changes in the race as it now stands — with President Bush winning a decent-sized victory — much of the talk will be about the greater technical proficiency of the Bush-Cheney effort.Democrats, who deny up and down that they had anything to do with the documents, tell ABC News that they plan to continue...