Posted on 09/10/2004 7:14:41 AM PDT by renotse
After being largely confined to the internet and talk radio yesterday, coverage of CBS's apparent usage of forged documents has exploded into more traditional media outlets with several reports from the Associated Press, multiple stories by ABC News, The New York Times, The Lost Angeles Times, Fox News Channel, a front-page story in the Washington Post and more
CBS News hasn't been so pilloried in the press since Dan Rather's 2001 keynote speech at a fund-raiser for Texas Democrats. And it is justly being scrutinized today. Against the advice of many of his colleagues, Rather almost single-handedly put a story on the air that had relied on at least two forged documents
Typographical experts, legacy office equipment collectors, and even the family of the man who supposedly wrote the documents have all called into question CBS's "scoop." The fact that a bunch of people working independently on the internet could so readily debunk an obvious forgery tells a very disturbing story about the journalistic practices of a news organization that has allowed one man's grudge against the Bush family to set its remaining shreds of credibility aflame
(Excerpt) Read more at ratherbiased.com ...
There is one thing that deeply concerns me.
These documents are obviously done without a second's thought on a modern word proccessing program. Probably Microsoft Word, as so many have shown to be a perfect match.
It is truly frightening to think what CBS would have gotten away with if they'd been typed on a vintage typewriter. It raises the question of how many other stories have been falsified in the past with no questions asked.
It also is very, very strange that they would be such poor forgeries. I am so anxious for someone to get to the source of where these came from.
They never caught the guy who did it, and a few years later he shot and killed a NBC security guard while trying to storm into their building.
He apparently believed that the networks were sending him evil brain waves. Dan can't even control his own brain waves, so I doubt he was trying to mess with anybody else's.
Thanks for the info. I wonder how I managed to miss that one.
CBS News anchor Dan Rather, renowned for his unusual expressions and sayings, has led a colorful life. However, one bizarre event really takes the cake.
One night in October 1986, Rather was walking down a Manhattan street when he was punched from behind and thrown to the ground. His assailant kicked and beat him while repeating, "Kenneth, what is the frequency?"
No one could explain the event, and the rumors flew fast and wide. Some speculated the assailant was a KGB agent, while others claimed the attack was the work of a jealous husband. Rather himself couldn't shed any light on the subject. His explanation at the time?
I got mugged. Who understands these things? I didn't and I don't now. I didn't make a lot of it at the time and I don't now. I wish I knew who did it and why, but I have no idea.
Apparently the strange event moved R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe, who said of the incident:
It remains the premier unsolved American surrealist act of the 20th century. It's a misunderstanding that was scarily random, media hyped and just plain bizarre.
The attack inspired the 1994 R.E.M. hit "What's the Frequency, Kenneth." Being a good sport, Dan Rather even accompanied the band when they performed the song on a Late Show with David Letterman appearance.
In 1997, based on a tip from a psychiatrist, Rather's attacker was identified as William Tager. According to the psychiatrist, Tager, who was currently serving time for killing an NBC stagehand, blamed news media for beaming signals into his head, and thought if he could just find out the correct frequency, he could block those signals that were constantly assailing him. Hence the enigmatic inquiry.
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It fits perfectly!
Thanks. I have either forgotten or never knew anything about any of this.
I always RETURN the evil brain waves that are sent to me, as I never know what to do with them.
They've redeemed themselves with the photos:
CBS 60 Minutes Uncovers Incriminating PHOTOS of Bush in Alabama '73
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1211726/posts
Hysterical. I love that!
Dan
wow, first powerline picks up on the discourse here at FR and gets credit for "breaking" the forgery story, and now Howlin's tagline is ripped off.
All for the good of the country I guess.....:)
Everyt time I see this thread-title, I smile.
Dan
And that you have sent letters to the local broadcast affiliates requesting that their broadcast license be revoked for failing to act in the public interest.
And, this one goes out to the document forger:
Rather should resign....
Shouldn't Rather resign?
2 posted on 09/10/2004 7:17:16 AM PDT by M. Peach (eschew obfuscation)
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Robert Strong was a friend and colleague of Killian who ran the Texas Air National Guard administrative office in the Vietnam era. Strong, now a college professor, also believes the documents are genuine. "They are compatible with the way business was done at the time. They are compatible with the man that I remember Jerry Killian being," says Strong. "I don't see anything in the documents that is discordant with what were the times, what was the situation and what were the people involved."
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1211995/posts
LOL
Did anyone see Nightline. My gosh, what a bit of trash that show was last night. Here is my take. They were ready to run with the CBS fake documents and then had to redo the show in a hurry.
Kopple even said at the begining they would have run with it if they had gotten what CBS and Dan Rather had.
Talk of the docs being fake was burried beneath some rediculas garbage about the campaigns being negative. It was the most disjointed show I have ever seen.
The fake docs had to have blown a whole in what they were planning and they had to do a hurry up last minute edit job that did not work well.
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