[TC Rider]

I just wanted to get this off my chest.

[granite]

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[Names Ash Housewares]

"The only rationale I can come up with for their behavior is to protect the original source, the Kerry campaign."

Bingo! They are defending it because the repercussions are far less than if they told the truth! Better to take this heat than the hell-storm of what would come if we knew the full story.

[MizSterious]

Or Dan's liberal, activist daughter.

[Henk]

...at the universities in our area (UNC, Duke and NCSU)

I think you meant NCSU, Duke, and UNC.

[Lancey Howard]

When a MS Word doc matches the '72 original exactly, it's a 99.99999% probability that it was written with Word originally. I am absolutely dumbfounded that CBS is toughing this out. The only rationale I can come up with for their behavior is to protect the original source, the Kerry campaign.

Great post. The documents were certainly forged using MS Word. I am 100% certain.

CBS is "toughing this out" for one reason and one reason only - - to protect their candidate for President of the United States, John Kerry, whose party and operatives are obviously the "source" of the forged documents.

[olinr]

Thank you! It deserves the time and space. You have taken on the MSM and can be proud of the effort. Let us hope it does not "Wither on the Vine"! Hum, heard that one in another context.

[AHerald]

The only rationale I can come up with for their behavior is to protect the original source, the Kerry campaign.

What you believe seems logical. If they admit the docs are fake, then they are no longer obligated to protect that source. Little else explains why they wouldn't simply admit the obvious truth about these documents.

[Ancesthntr]

I'm just waiting for President Bush to answer the next question regarding his National Guard service with the following:

"That report on '60 Minutes II' was simply untrue; the documents used were obvious forgeries created with a modern word processing program. Instead of asking me questions about my service that have already been answered multiple times over the years, why don't you people investigate the reasons why CBS and Dan Rather won't admit the fraud, and find out who they are protecting?"

I'm not holding my breath, but an answer like that would create a firestorm (and likely end Dan Blather's career).

[vortigern]

Of course, you are 100% on the money. I'm a graphics professional myself and you are telling it like it is.

[searchandrecovery]

Another nail in the coffin.

Got a story you might appreciate as a word publishing person - So there I was at a unix expo in nyc (maybe 97), standing in a line (probably food), shooting the breeze with a stranger in a suit. Turns out he was there from a law firm, checking out text systems. He said they still stored heavy lead frames full of cold type in huge warehouses to preserve their legal documents. I couldn't believe it. Good story though.

[counterpunch]

The only rationale I can come up with for their behavior is to protect the original source, the Kerry campaign.

While the rest of the piece was both informative and obvious, this is the only sentence neccessary.

[Lancey Howard]

By the way, isn't it incredible that NOBODY at CBS News or '60 Minutes' has stepped forward to denounce the unethical tactics of the once-proud network? Not a single person at that place has a shred of integrity. Not one.

[supercat]

One of the most difficult things I ever had to do was to duplicate type with an electronic system.

Actually, there are some ways it can be done fairly easily, but not without an implausible amount of work. What is damning about these documents is not that they can be matched electronically, but that default settings will do so without having to "tweak" anything.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Brilliant. Thanks for pointing this out.

[YaYa123]

TC, did you see

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1214078/posts

Sounds as if you might understand what this incredible expert has to say.

[konaice]

"The only rationale I can come up with for their behavior is to protect the original source, the Kerry campaign."

This has already been hinted at by several press stories echoed here on FR. Names have been mentioned.

Its only a matter of time till this breaks in the mainstream press, and when it does GWB is going to pick up 10 States no matter how much flipping and flopping Kerry does.

Document-Gate is going to be Kerry's swan song, and will reveal the DNC for what it is.

[js1138]

Try this experiment, grab a random book off the shelf...

Most modern books are set with Adobe fonts. Professional fonts can cost several hundred dollars for a single face. When I buy a book I usually look to see if it specifies the font. Many well designed books are proud of their typesetting and have a page devoted to it.

Books set electronically should be easy to match with a program like Quark or InDesign.

[hford02]

Occam's Razor states that, of equally good explanations for a phenomenon, the best one is the simplest explanation which accounts for all the facts.
Imagine that these documents were created either by an experienced typesetter or linotype operator using the most advanced and expensive specialty equipment available in the early seventies or they were created recently using MS Word as many right-wing lunatics have repeatedly demonstrated.
You know from experience what the rest of us understand intuitively. The 10,000LB elephant in this room is where did they originate and who has the originals?

[Lancey Howard]