NIGHTLINE to do show on forgeries.

Instapundit ^ | 09/09/04 | Glenn Reynolds

[Virginia]

Who among us does not love this story?

I don't know who the heroes here are, but I wish I could shake your hands. Excellent work! I'm sure glad you're on the President's side.

[oceanview]

if this plays out to a logical conclusion - I predict Dan Rather will "retire" right after the election.

[KeyLargo]

Dan Rather is sweating bullets.

Nah. More like needing to get some more "Depends."

[Tempest]

Expect to see ABC's satelite link up capabilities lost tonight during the time in which Nightline usually broadcast.

[NeoCaveman]

ABC smells blood in the water. It's all about picking up CBS's market share. We could be seeing the triumph of the profit motive and competitiveness over the false religion of liberalism

[oceanview]

ABC radio at the 10PM hour covered them as "possible" forgeries.

[gilliam]

Nightline Daily E-Mail
September 9, 2004



TONIGHT'S FOCUS: New allegations about President Bush's service in the National Guard. Vice-President Cheney makes a statement that many in his own party consider over-the-top. Looking for the truth, but in politics these days, does the truth really matter?

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Negative attacks work. No matter how much voters say they only want to hear about the issues and all, the reason that campaigns put so much effort into defining their opponents in negative terms is that it works. You have only to look at the impact of the attacks on John Kerry's record in Vietnam. A rebuttal, even when it has the advantage of being accurate, never seems to have the same power as the original attack. And if you repeat something often enough, it takes on a life of its own.

Tonight we're going to look at two issues, separate but related. The first centers on new questions about whether or not President Bush really did complete his service in the National Guard. Our friends over at CBS News were the first to report on new documents that raise new questions about President's service. One of his former superiors, who is now deceased, wrote a memo to his file saying that then-Lt.Bush apparently disobeyed a direct order in not undergoing a required physical. The White House fired back of course. Chris Bury will report on the new documents, coming out at the same time as a new ad campaign by a group calling itself Texans for Truth. Sound familiar? Of course. Does this issue resonate with the voters?

Also tonight, Dave Marash will report on a statement made by Vice-President Cheney earlier this week. In essence, the Vice-President said that the election of John Kerry could make it more likely that terrorists would attack the U.S. This is, as many Republicans were quick to point out along with Democrats, over the top. The campaign, as campaigns are designed to do, immediately began explaining what he really meant. But does that matter, does anyone really pay attention to what comes after a charge like that? The Democrats are, of course, guilty of similar attacks. And these will certainly not be the last ones we see in the next two months or so.

Ted will anchor tonight, we'll look at the truth, or lack thereof behind these two stories. There is a football game tonight, so we'll be delayed on the East Coast. I hope you'll join us.

Leroy Sievers and the Nightline Staff
Nightline Offices
ABC News Washington Bureau

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[mlbford2]

SHE'S DEAD JIM.

[BunnySlippers]

Any forgeries? Or THE forgeries?

[ApesForEvolution]

Kerricelli is going to lose worse than McGovern did...He'll make Mondale look like a good candidate.

DemocRATs should be proud.../s

[July 4th]

Isn't this freaking great? It's actually REAL competition in the mainstream news business. CBS screws up, ABC calls them out!

[Paul Atreides]

Remember, this is the old fart who thought that Bubba was an honest man.

Courage, Dan.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

PAGING TED KOPPEL! PAGING MR. TED KOPPEL! PLEASE ASK WHO PULLED ONE OVER ON CBS BY PROVIDING THESE FORGED DOCUMENTS. OR DID CBS COOK THESE UP ON THEIR OWN?

[Tempest]

Ahem. . . What did CBS know and when did they know it!!! :)

[TexasNative2000]

SWEET, but I am suspicious.

Are they just doing this to kick Bush in the balls later?

I don't think so. It's one thing for the media to be biased - that is a subjective arguement. It is quite another for them to be duped and to report obviously false information - that is an objective error which they will not tolerate.

[ApesForEvolution]

Communist Broadcasting System

[smonk]

the DNC was the leading purveyor of this crap. Not some shadowy third party or 527 group, but leaders within the democrat party and the kerry campaign. if these are forgeries, and it appears likely, then the earthquake that follows will consume more than just kerry, mcAuliffe, harkin, and associates.

[YankeeMagic]

Very true

[Bahbah]

"I don't know who the heroes here are, but I wish I could shake your hands."

Well it sure isn't me. Please see the others in the "to" line.

[libstripper]

More like a pack of hyenas. If one gets shot with his guts hanging out, the others go for him. This is going to be great to watch.

The problem is the MSM marxists at CBS are so consumed with unspeakable hate for Reagan, Bush, and Republicans in general that they'll believe anything and publish it. That's not what to do. If you really want to get somebody and obtain what looks like truly damaging informationo abut him, you check and verify that information every possible way before you release it. Otherwise, if you get caught in a falsehood the whole thing's likely to blows up in your face.