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CBS'S BIG BLUNDER? (Credits Free Republic)
New York Post ^ | 9/10/04 | JOHN PODHORETZ

Posted on 09/09/2004 10:31:38 PM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 09/09/2004 10:55:58 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

September 10, 2004 -- THE populist revolu tion against the so- called mainstream media continues. Yesterday, the citizen journalists who produce blogs on the Internet — and their engaged readers — engaged in the wholesale exposure of what appears to be a presidential-year dirty trick against George W. Bush. What the bloggers and their audiences did was call into profound question the authenticity of four documents proudly trumpeted by CBS News in a much-heralded investigative report on Wednesday night's edition of "60 Minutes" about the president's National Guard service in the early 1970s.

These were "previously unseen documents . . . obtained by '60 Minutes,' " the network bragged Wednesday night on its Web site. Their author, supposedly, was Bush's squadron commander, Jerry Killian, who died 20 years ago.

They "include a memorandum from May 1972," CBS reports, "where Killian writes that Lt. Bush called him to talk about 'how he can get out of coming to drill from now through November.' " A document dated "18 August 1973" complains that Killian is being asked to "sugar coat" Bush's record. "I'm having trouble running interference and doing my job," the document says.

Liberals went wild with glee about the story, especially after the onslaught on John Kerry's Vietnam record by his fellow Swift-boat veterans.

Kevin Drum, the most talented of the left-wing bloggers, wrote: "This story is a perfect demonstration of the difference between the Swift-boat controversy and the National Guard controversy. Both are tales from long ago and both are related to Vietnam, but . . . in the National Guard case, practically every new piece of documentary evidence provides additional confirmation that the charges against Bush are true."

[snip]The Minneapolis lawyers who run powerlineblog.com were on the case early. Two of the blog's readers directed their attention to a note left on an Internet bulletin board on the freerepublic.com Web site, the 47th posting on the topic there. Post No. 47 pointed out that there was something off about these documents from the 1970s: The spacing between the letters and the words was proportional, and only a few IBM electric typewriters could achieve that effect back then.

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1 posted on 09/09/2004 10:31:38 PM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
Wow, whadda day... and now Drudge reports there's an internal investigation launched at CBS... Is it Christmas already??? :)))


3 posted on 09/09/2004 10:34:25 PM PDT by IPWGOP (I'm Linda Eddy, and I approved this message... 'tooning the truth!)
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To: kattracks

These were "previously unseen documents . . . obtained by '60 Minutes,' " the network bragged Wednesday night on its Web site. Their author, supposedly, was Bush's squadron commander, Jerry Killian, who died 20 years ago.


And this is the best they have! CBS is going down the drain.


4 posted on 09/09/2004 10:34:46 PM PDT by Just Lori (It's time for a national Liberalectomy!)
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To: kattracks

This is a must read article. It warmed the cockles of my uncompassionate conservative heart.


5 posted on 09/09/2004 10:36:17 PM PDT by Steel Wolf (Don't make me roll initiative...!)
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To: Spanaway Lori

I hope CBS can get sued. The amount of forensic evidence in the docs, suggesting forgery, is huge.


6 posted on 09/09/2004 10:36:37 PM PDT by Tax Government (Before there is faith, there must be hope.)
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To: Speartip
Freeper mentioned.

Who was post 47? Howlin?

The Minneapolis lawyers who run powerlineblog.com were on the case early. Two of the blog's readers directed their attention to a note left on an Internet bulletin board on the freerepublic.com Web site — the 47th posting on the topic there.

Post No. 47 pointed out that there was something off about these documents from the 1970s: The spacing between the letters and the words was proportional, and only a few IBM electric typewriters could achieve that effect back then.

7 posted on 09/09/2004 10:36:40 PM PDT by Carling (What happened to Sandy Burglar's Docs?)
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To: kattracks

Great article. And congrats to the poster of post 47. I belive it was Howlin', right?


8 posted on 09/09/2004 10:36:43 PM PDT by Cosmo (Hey Dems! Just where are those memoes of mass destruction!?)
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To: kattracks
Podhoretz nails with a ball-ping hammer.

This fiasco will haunt the DNC for the rest of this election cycle.

9 posted on 09/09/2004 10:37:21 PM PDT by sinkspur ("Can someone tell me where to find an ordained archpriest?"--Cardinal Fanfani)
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To: kattracks; All

Post # 47 will liver forever. How cool is that? It's exciting that an average citizen who has been taking it from Rather for decades got payback. Hoo-ah!!!


10 posted on 09/09/2004 10:37:28 PM PDT by faithincowboys
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To: Tax Government

"I hope CBS can get sued."

Where is The Great One (Mark Levin) when you need him??


11 posted on 09/09/2004 10:38:52 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite ( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: Carling

Can someone post the thread with post 47?


12 posted on 09/09/2004 10:38:53 PM PDT by The South Texan (The Democrat Party and the leftist (ABCCBSNBCCNN NYLATIMES)media are a criminal enterprise!)
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To: faithincowboys
Post # 47 will liver forever. How cool is that? It's exciting that an average citizen who has been taking it from Rather for decades got payback. Hoo-ah!!!

That is way, way cool!!! I am SO PROUD to be a part of FreeRepublic!!!

13 posted on 09/09/2004 10:38:54 PM PDT by IPWGOP (I'm Linda Eddy, and I approved this message... 'tooning the truth!)
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To: kattracks
I hate it when big, fast-moving stories happen at night.

I'm working eleven hours for the GOP tomorrow, and I have got to go to bed. But I'm afraid as soon as I turn the computer off, something big is going to break.

14 posted on 09/09/2004 10:39:06 PM PDT by ScottFromSpokane (Re-elect President Bush: http://spokanegop.org/bush.html)
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To: kattracks

> ... they have been unmasked by ordinary people who can see
> what they and their hired experts evidently could not.

Based on other reports, it appears that the only vetting
CBS did was to make a phone call to one of the senior
officers mentioned in the fake docs, who just happens
to also be a Dean supporter.

All the real hired experts interviewed by other reporters,
pundits and hosts today, all agree that these docs are at
the very least highly suspicious.


15 posted on 09/09/2004 10:39:17 PM PDT by Boundless
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To: kattracks

Which post did the #47 post reference in this article come from? That post should be a permanent golden link on the main page.


16 posted on 09/09/2004 10:39:19 PM PDT by microgood
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To: kattracks

Very nicely done.


17 posted on 09/09/2004 10:39:30 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
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To: Speartip
PLEASE ADD TO TITLE

FreeRepublic credited with starting Memogate!!!

The Minneapolis lawyers who run powerlineblog.com were on the case early. Two of the blog's readers directed their attention to a note left on an Internet bulletin board on the freerepublic.com Web site — the 47th posting on the topic there.

Post No. 47 pointed out that there was something off about these documents from the 1970s: The spacing between the letters and the words was proportional, and only a few IBM electric typewriters could achieve that effect back then.

From there it was off to the races.

18 posted on 09/09/2004 10:39:35 PM PDT by icwhatudo (The rino borg...is resistance futile?)
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To: kattracks; Poohbah; HairOfTheDog; Howlin
"Two of the blog's readers directed their attention to a note left on an Internet bulletin board on the freerepublic.com Web site — the 47th posting on the topic there.

Post No. 47 pointed out that there was something off about these documents from the 1970s: The spacing between the letters and the words was proportional, and only a few IBM electric typewriters could achieve that effect back then."

Hi Everyone over at DUh, hope you all are enjoying this as much as we are!

19 posted on 09/09/2004 10:39:38 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (French: old Europe word meaning surrender)
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To: IPWGOP; All

I know. Who's post was it that took down the Old Media empire?


20 posted on 09/09/2004 10:39:43 PM PDT by faithincowboys
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