Posted on 09/09/2004 6:42:06 AM PDT by Sue Bob
The Globe story is itself based on last night's 60 Minutes report: "New questions on Bush Guard duty." The online version of the 60 Minutes story has links to the memos. Killian died in 1984; CBS states that it "consulted a handwriting analyst and document expert who believes the material is authentic." Reader Tom Mortensen writes:
Every single one of the memos to file regarding Bush's failure to attend a physical and meet other requirements is in a proportionally spaced font, probably Palatino or Times New Roman. In 1972 people used typewriters for this sort of thing (especially in the military), and typewriters used mono-spaced fonts.
The use of proportionally spaced fonts did not come into common use for office memos until the introduction high-end word processing systems from Xerox and Wang, and later of laser printers, word processing software, and personal computers. They were not widespread until the mid to late 90's.
Before then, you needed typesetting equipment, and that wasn't used for personal memos to file. Even the Wang and other systems that were dominant in the mid 80's used mono-spaced fonts. I doubt the TANG had typesetting or high-end 1st generation word processing systems.
I am saying these documents are forgeries, run through a copier for 15 generations to make them look old. This should be pursued aggressively.
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This is the best! Thanks!
You ARE right - but succeeding in punishing CBS is extremely difficult if not impossible. What we need is a Justice Department case file against CBS for creating or aiding and abetting in the creation and/or use of falsified federal documents. Unfortunately, CBS is so full of attorneys who spend all their time defining what the meaning of "is" is, they are busy right now figuring out how to deflect any charges and responsibility for these crimes. VIACOM needs to fire Dan Rather because he has the power to say yea or nay on any story that he does and he full well knows how to make sure his stories will hold up to scrutiny. Next VIACOM needs to shake-up the leadership of CBSNews and put out a full page NYT ad apologizing for this incident and promising to present a more balanced coverage of politics in the future.
Not that they will - the attorneys will keep this tied up and locked down for ever. That's what they were hired to do.
I bring this point up because I think there might be a better use of time---actually addressing what the memos say."
Hmmmm. And now it's been over 24 hours since you've posted. Things are a bit different now, eh?
Bump!
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