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Dan Rather’s Revenge and the Battle for Free Speech
PJ Media ^
| October 17, 2014
| Scott Swett
Posted on 10/17/2014 11:13:09 AM PDT by Interesting Times
NEW YORK Robert Redford will play Dan Rather in a film about the former CBS anchors disputed report about President George W. Bushs National Guard service.
The film, titled Truth, will be adapted from the memoir Truth And Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power by former CBS producer Mary Mapes, said the production company, Mythology Entertainment. Cate Blanchett is signed on to play Mapes.
If you followed the 2004 presidential campaign, you probably recall the disputed 60 Minutes report claiming that George W. Bush shirked his duties and failed to follow orders as a young Texas Air National Guard officer. The segment was discredited when the military memos on which it was based were exposed online as forgeries. CBS News received a well-deserved black eye, and long-time anchor Dan Rather, producer Mary Mapes and several others lost their jobs.
There is no need to review the technical evidence about the memos, except to note that 1970s-era typewriters lacked word processing features such as superscripts, kerning (adjusting the spaces between letters to improve readability), proportional spacing and mathematically centered titles. A detailed account of the scandal, which became famous as RatherGate, can be found here.
To many, the debunking of the 60 Minutes segment For the Record was a brilliantly effective exercise in free speech that prevented a slanted hit piece from influencing a national election. But to Mapes and Rather, it was a profound injustice that should never be allowed to happen again.
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KEYWORDS: 60minutes; buckhead; cbsnews; danrather; marymapes; tankerkc
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To: Interesting Times
The film, titled Truth More accurate in its original Russian: "Pravda".
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posted on
10/17/2014 11:57:48 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
To: T-Bird45
I just read it.
I even remember where I was sitting when I read it originally—I had dial in service in those days so didn’t log on often.
I had a big grin and kept hoping that Buckhead was correct since I knew nothing about printing and spacing.
Those were the days,my FRiend,compared to the mess we are in today.
.
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posted on
10/17/2014 12:03:30 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: reagandemocrat
The title is Truth!? "Truth" is a misprint.
Film is actually being released under the eponym "Doof".
To: Gargantua
(P.S.) Love your screen name! (Interesting Times) Thanks. I've had it for more than 16 years now.
You can call me I.T.
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posted on
10/17/2014 12:09:19 PM PDT
by
Interesting Times
(WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
To: Fightin Whitey
Someone needs to rope CBS back in the loop on this story.
They perpetrated a fraud on the public. They should be asked if they still stand behind the story.
To: KarlInOhio
More accurate in its original Russian: "Pravda". "There is no truth in Pravda."
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posted on
10/17/2014 12:11:14 PM PDT
by
Interesting Times
(WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
To: T-Bird45
"All that we long-time FReepers want to know is who is going to play Buckhead?"Bobcat Goldthwait?
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posted on
10/17/2014 12:12:49 PM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfusbutcher)
To: Interesting Times
I love projects like this. Only Libtards will see it, and they vote Libtard anyway. Plus, it will lose money for its Libtard producers. A win-win for us.
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posted on
10/17/2014 12:12:53 PM PDT
by
pabianice
(LINE)
To: Lakeshark
An old Rooskie commented one of the more difficult projects in their Communist government was guessing what version of recent history was going to be trotted out...
To: Interesting Times; KarlInOhio
OK, the Pravda thing is pretty darn funny. Here's my advance review of this movie:
"There's no Pravda in Truth."
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posted on
10/17/2014 12:25:07 PM PDT
by
Buckhead
To: Buckhead
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posted on
10/17/2014 12:30:07 PM PDT
by
Interesting Times
(WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
To: Interesting Times
This is just another “liberal privilege” assault upon the truth.
These people is why we can never give up or give in to their junk.
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posted on
10/17/2014 12:30:48 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(True the Vote: " MY AMERICA, ... I'm terrified it's slipping away.")
To: Interesting Times
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posted on
10/17/2014 12:35:21 PM PDT
by
Bratch
To: Interesting Times
I already know I’m not going to see it. Ever.
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posted on
10/17/2014 12:35:54 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: Buckhead
Have you decided who ought to play you? Have you been consulted as to the pajamas you were wearing when posting? LOL!!
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posted on
10/17/2014 12:44:27 PM PDT
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: Bratch
... and Trotsky:
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posted on
10/17/2014 12:46:29 PM PDT
by
Interesting Times
(WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
To: Interesting Times
Does it start with Dan washing out of the Marines?
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posted on
10/17/2014 12:54:08 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: Interesting Times
Excellent article! Thank you.
58
posted on
10/17/2014 12:54:39 PM PDT
by
zot
To: GreyFriar; SeraphimApprentice
Ping to an excellent article.
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posted on
10/17/2014 12:55:57 PM PDT
by
zot
To: reagandemocrat
Talk about weird, while in the shower this morning I was visualizing everything that occured here that day. I was witnessing history in the making..........
I felt like I was sitting in a lawn chair on the grassy knoll watching the Kennedy motorcade drive by........
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posted on
10/17/2014 12:58:15 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Don't harsh my buzz homie......)
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