CBSNEWS LAUNCHES INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AFTER SUSPICIOUS BUSH DOCS AIRED (drudge Siren)

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[Keith in Iowa]

CBSNEWS LAUNCHES INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AFTER SUSPICIOUS BUSH DOCS AIRED

Nothig more yet...

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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THU SEPT 09, 2004 22:45:32 ET XXXXX

CBSNEWS LAUNCHES INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AFTER SUSPICIOUS BUSH DOCS AIRED

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CBS NEWS executives have launched an internal investigation into whether its premiere news program 60 MINUTES aired fabricated documents relating to Bush's National Guard service, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

"The reputation and integrity of the entire news division is at stake, if we are in error, it will be corrected," a top CBS source explained late Thursday.

The source, who asked not to be named, described CBSNEWS anchor and 60 MINUTES correspondent Dan Rather as being privately "shell-shocked" by the increasingly likelihood that the documents in question were fraudulent.

Rather, who anchored the segment presenting new information on the president's military service, will personally correct the record on-air, if need be, the source explained from New York.

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[Casloy]

It's all just TOO perfect. After this no one will even want to discuss Bush and the National Guard.

[Timeout]

Does anyone have a picture of a "petard" for Dan to hoist himself upon???

[woofie]

dittos....do you ever sleep?

[HRoarke]

For crying out loud, I hadn't seen those remarks. Harkin is a freaking idiot. If you look at the Dean Scream, Harkin is actually in the background clapping and nodding his approval.

IDIOT.

It will be twice as sweet when W wins Iowa...

[mass55th]

"WHO GAVE YOU THE RECORDS!!!!"

Dan probably made them himself:

[P-Marlowe]

TankerKC

Nomination for the Freeper Hall of Fame!

How's that for a font size?

[zip]

Must have been a super secret unit testing 21st century communications systems.lol

[DaveMSmith]

DNC's Operation Fortunate Son:

Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
ooh, they're red, white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail To The Chief",
oh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,


It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no senator's son,
It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate one, no,


Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh.
But when the taxman come to the door,
Lord, the house look a like a rummage sale, yes,


It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no millionaire's son.
It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate one, no.


Yeh, some folks inherit star spangled eyes,
ooh, they send you down to war, Lord,
And when you ask them, how much should we give,
oh, they only answer, more, more, more, yoh,


It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no military son,
It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate one,


It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate one, no no no,
It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate son, no no no,

- John C, Fogerty

[NewsJunqui]

BTW, CNN Headline news still running the memos story with no mention of recent doubts to their authenticity. See also: http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/09/bush.guard.ap/index.html

[rolling_stone]

I wonder about Rather, considering the scrutiny Kerry's records went through on the internet, the different vesions, denial by SON Lehman etc common sense would tell someone to verify any documents that they would be subject to a microscope. How they ran that story without contacting the family other than cursory shows intent to run with it. And they reported they had a document examiner review them, and they better have someone to fall on their sword for that one or they should be sued for fraud. If I was the widow the second CBS retracts, I would sue and find out who provided them in discovery.

On the other hand there seems to be sufficient doubt of the documents veracity to start a criminal investigation and Rather should be in front of a grand jury by the end of the week...

[nyconse]

I don't suppose Pres. Bush can remember if he missed a physical 30+ years ago. That being said, I am sure Rove or someone suspected these documents were forged...and just let the Dems hang themselves. The White House had these documents before the interview...if a fuss had been made then, Rather probably wouldn't have used them. I think Barnes is the key...I wouldn't be surprised if he wrote them.

[Cosmo]

Thanks for the heads up.

[Agent Smith]

Hey Dan, put some ice on that!

[Prost1]

My hands are clean, as well. I wouldn't touch that with yours....

[HRoarke]

This was truly a Freeper ZOT! of Danny Boy and CBS.

[Blessed]

DU is in total denial.

[Yaelle]

"Deep Font"

ROFL!

[Keith in Iowa]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1211690/posts

Anatomy of a Forgery

Last paragraph: According to one ABC News employee, some reporters believe that the Kerry campaign as well as the DNC were parties in duping CBS, but a smaller segment believe that both the DNC and the Kerry campaign were duped by Karl Rove, who would have engineered the flap to embarrass the opposition.

Karl Rove did it!!!

ROTFLMAO!!!

[Socratic]

"...we all have a chance to get involved...."

Do cynical wisecrackers get to play a role? (I hope, I hope).

[Fishtalk]

but just maybe Danny boy got them from a high placed DNC source and didn't vet them at all.

I think this is EXACTLY what happened.

In fact, who is the expert on navy forgeries? Who has posted on their web site a document signed by John Lehman in which Mr. Lehman exudes exuberant praise for that someone even though John Lehman denies any knowledge of every seeing or signing that thing?

I think someone from the Kerry campaign managed to get that Killian document to ole Dan and he was so excited he went with it.

Everything that campaign has done has backfired and for no other reason than the words of Abraham Lincoln:

You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time. You can't fool all of the people all of the time.

The Dems are at the point that all of the people ain't getting fooled all of the time. Took a while as they've been doing it for years. But there's the Internet, Bloggers, forums such as Free Republic and hey....ALL of the people finally have some input.