CBS' 60 Minutes, aka, the Death Rattle of the Old Media.
Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, get down on your knees right now and thank God for TALK RADIO and the INTERNET.
Trust me; CBS was the perp here, not the vic.
CUT THE VICTIM OF A HOAX, CRAP, WEEKLY STANDARD AND YOU'D HAVE IT ABOUT RIGHT!
"Several irregularities in the Killian memos suggest that CBS may have been the victim of a hoax."
The willing are not victims.
But wait! Reader Amar Sarwal points out that General Staudt, who thought very highly of Lt. Bush, retired in 1972.
This is from NRO's Kerry Corner.
Could this have been a Karl Rove trick to get Democrats and Dan Rather/CBS off Bush's back? Pre-emptive strike? Probably not, but some food for thought.
Oh, I wanna see a public apology by "60 Minutes" and a very personal apology from Tan Blather. Oh, I wanna see that very much.
/fixed
Don't faint!
The 'victims' or the perpetrators?
After this, Blather will be lucky if he can get a job on the Sponge Bob Square Pants show.
kerry must be having a bad day as he watches his "New and Improved" gang........... go down the toilet!!
SCRAPPLEFACE:
1972 Email Casts Doubt on Bush Guard Service
(2004-09-09) -- CBS reporter Dan Rather today released the text of a recently discovered email from then-Lt. George W. Bush's Air National Guard commanding officer which casts more doubt upon the military service of the man who would become the 43rd President of the United States.
The revelation of the email comes just hours after questions were raised about the authenticity of typewritten memos from the same officer, shown yesterday by Mr. Rather on 60 Minutes.
According to the previously unseen email message sent in May 1972 by squadron commander Jerry Killian, Lt. Bush phoned Col. Killian because "his internet connection was on the fritz and he couldn't IM me."
Lt. Bush apparently wanted to talk about "how he can get out of coming to drill from now through November."
According to Col. Killian's email, the young Bush wanted to go to Alabama to work as webmaster for a Republican candidate's website.
Mr. Rather said the authenticity of the 32-year-old email has been confirmed by several Nigerian officials who specialize in electronic funds transfer by email.
Dear Editors:
This morning you posted a story about some memos which cast the President's service in the National Guard in a very negative light.
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2004/09/09/nation/10054841.txt
It now appears that these memos are hoaxes. While I understand you were simply using a wire service story, nonetheless you have some responsibility to your readers for what you print. BTW, the AP story was inaccurate also in saying the memos were released by the White House. AP's own copies of the documents on their website show they were faxed by CBS News, who appear to have bought into a very amateurish hoax, hook, line, and sinker.
Please correct this in tomorrow's issue. An apology to the President you libeled would also be a nice touch. I've long ago given up on CBS, but it would be nice to think my hometown paper has some integrity.
The best current source on the hoax, BTW, is this:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/596astgo.asp
but numerous other experts have expressed the opinion that the memos are hoaxes.
From DU:
skypilot (1000+ posts) Thu Sep-09-04 10:46 AM
Response to Original message
4. If they were forgeries...
...someone other than a dumbass freeper would have figured that out by now. Jesus, we are in the 21st century we don't need some goofy ass freeper to figure out if something is real or not. There are professionals out there that are very good at these things.
Can't trust any documents anymore. War forgeries, military record forgeries, etc.. There is something wrong when "facts" are reported without authenticity.