Posted on 09/10/2004 10:23:26 AM PDT by watsonfellow
A half hour ago, Dan Rather went on CNN and said that he knows the Jerry Killian documents to be authentic, and knows that they are not forgeries. Therefore, he said, there will be no retraction, no correction, and -- apparently -- no investigation. The text of the interview is not yet available on CNN's site, but we'll link to it when it becomes available.
What does this mean? Last night, it was reported that senior executives at CBS News were promising an investigation. Today, Dan Rather is personally vouching for the documents' authenticity. This can only mean that Rather himself is the source of the documents. This makes sense; if a staffer on the 60 Minutes payroll had come up with the purported records, the story never would have run without the documents being authenticated. Who has the power to drive this story on to the air without an investigation that would include, for example, contacting Killian's widow, or his son? Dan Rather does.
This would appear to signal the end of Rather's career. If the documents are ultimately accepted as forgeries, which seems inevitable to us, he can't survive. My guess: Rather knows that he will be retiring soon in any event, so as his last public contribution, he is doing whatever he can to elect John Kerry.
An informant, meanwhile, has a theory about how Rather got the forged documents: keep an eye on Ben Barnes.
Rather has become the Bagdad Bob of the partisan U.S. media. Should we refer to him as Denial Dan?
BTTT... this is getting good!!
WOW... this just keeps getting better and better!!!
Excellent article. Many very good points made here.
Dan Rather: How dare you attack my journalism!!!
Nah, "Dan Blather" or "Dan Rather-Not" seem to work quite nicely.
Finally, who else would know, KNOW the insides of CBS news, know that a "document" she passed on would be unverified....none other than Robin Rathers..........what dad would question his own daughter? This is juicey stuff people! We're through the looking glass here!
bump
CBS may not investigate it , but I dont think it will stop there. In a real world other News sources would be jumping on this ABC abd NBC should be digging at this hard as it has to help their ratings, Only problem is they are all a part of the same "Get Bush" Conspiracy.
Finally, who else would know, KNOW the insides of CBS news, know that a "document" she passed on would be unverified....none other than Robin Rathers..........what dad would question his own daughter? This is juicey stuff people! We're through the looking glass here!
Maybe Dan can be the new Iraqi information minister. He tells the truth just as much as the 1st one did.
John Podhoretz column in the NYPost said something about Barnes referring to pressure from a particular general who had actually retired the year before. I don't know. I'll go look it up.
The hypocracy is beyond comprehension. The Times (Left,and other left coast), CBS, NBC. We are approaching crisis proportions here guys.
Ping!
toast.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.