I see your point...but that wasn't my thought. I think that Rather truly believed these phony document were real. If were look at Rather's situation can we now say that Rather Lied. That is what they are saying about our Pres.
I dont believe for one minute that Rather thought the documents real I think he believed he could get away with perpetrating a fraud on the American public and forgot the power of the internet. Rather is old and he tends to feel he can still get away with the same crap he has pulled for years, when the fact is we now have a new news source. The Internet.