CBS falls for Kerry campaign's fake memo [Mark Steyn]

Chicago Sun Times ^ | September 11, 2004 | Mark Steyn

[TomGuy]

Ellen 'ranting' Ratner was just on Fox and Friends and basically said that. She said the 'content' of the documents are true, even if the documents themselves are faked.

That must be the morning DNC talkingpoint for today.

[Lizavetta]

You have to love it....

Karl Rove tricked them with a fake memo, yet they're competent enough to deal with the Saddams of the world.

Right.

[Popman]

Must be interesting living in their bizarre world.

I think I"ll forge a bank statement with an account totaling $2,000,000 to secure a loan for $1,000,000 .

While I'm being arrested for fraud, I'll say

the 'content' of the documents are true, even if the documents themselves are faked.

[hershey]

Just when you think he can't possibly outdo himself, he does. God bless Steyn.

[billhilly]

It seems the only questions remaining are; Who forged the documents, and how CBS got them?

[hershey]

You said it. The late, great Michael Kelly was a treasure. Courageous, brilliant, and a writer we miss to this day.

[igoramus987]

CBS and Dan Rather's is using handwriting expert Marcel Matley to stall for time. c.f. link posted by Dog .

Marcel Matley has even written an article about stalling for the time. The second line of Matley's article is... "How to hold off your opponent until the cavalry arrives" and in the last paragraph... "At least with the above you will have hopefully survived the day..."

[sirchtruth]

George W. Bush failed to show up for his physical in the War of 1812.

ROTFLMAO! Steyn is just so naturaly witty.

[Dante3]

Interesting.

[Aeronaut]

Who forged the documents, and how CBS got them?

1. The DNC.
2. The DNC.

[sirchtruth]

the 'content' of the documents are true, even if the documents themselves are faked.

Ya know, I thought that might be the angle he was playing, but he couldn't be THAT stupid!

After hearing the son last night on H&C I am convienced this whole thing is a farce and CBS wasn't set up, they totally know they're lying.

[kb2614]

Nooooo!!! CBSNBCABCPBS are all impartial!!!! How dare you question there integrity!!! They are pure and holy!!!

(sarcasm notice!)


I just love watching the MSM implode! It's so much fun!!!

[samtheman]

It took the savvy chappies at the Powerline Web site and Charles Johnson of ''Little Green Footballs'' about 20 minutes to spot the eerily 2004 look of the 1972 memo, and various Internet wallahs spent the rest of the day tracking down the country's leading typewriter identification experts.

Great site: Little Green Footballs

[MinuteGal]

Just think, with a "th" instead of a "tn" Ratner would be Rather.

Leni

[twntaipan]

The media and the Democrats sustain each other's make-believe land.

Oh, so very true!

[shezza]

Brilliant, once again. Steyn, like FR, rocks!

[Quilla]

Actually, the smell emanating from this affair allows me to guess the following:

1. Chris Lehane's sister
2. Chris Lehane

We haven't seen the little weasel in months, and now he's back in the mainstream. Coincidence?

[shrinkermd]

Last time I read Steyn I said he was a "masterful" word smith. Someone corrected me correctly in that I should have said "masterly." "Masterful" implies a dominant, controlling approach.

I must say, today's editorial by Steyn is indeed "masterful" in respect to Rather and 60 minutes. Ouch! is all they can say.

[goldstategop]

At least there was a plausible case for the Hitler Diaries forgery. There is NONE for the Killian Memos. Its not even snappily put together. CBS bought a crummy job and now they have to suffer a PR meltdown cause they thought they finally had the goods on Bush. As Mark Steyn might well reply in jest, "life's unfair." Its not like any one in the prestige media pays him any attention. After all, when a Republican is the target, its never the evidence that matters, which is besides the point but rather the seriousness of the charge. You know what standard the media rather prefers. Sorry, I couldn't resist the puns but there's something rather refreshing about Dan Rather being submerged in a lather of lies.

[Two Thirds Vote Aye]

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