FNC'S Derliction of Duty

[rightazrain]

I like Kelly Wright. He used to be on a local channel out of Norfolk, VA. He's a good, decent man.

That said, he's a second tier reporter. The big stuff will come from top notch staff.

I have a feeling they're getting all their ducks in a row to come out firing, first on Sun. a.m. show, then Katy-bar-the-door beginning with Fox & Friends Mon. a.m. Much bigger audience than most of the weekend shows.

[singfreedom]

I saw the Mort/Fred/Juan exchange also. Good old Juan was pedaling all over the place trying to refute their arguments.....and failing miserably.

Dan Rather had better have a bunch of CYA memos in his own files!

[stboz]

So Fox news won't do it because the Leftist media-advertising empire would strike back?

No, I don't think that so much as I think Fox is stringing conservatives along....ultimately, we're going to have to ask Fox the same questions as the alphabets.

[Cboldt]

Greta wrote the rudest response I've ever gotten from a media person.

It's a wonder she knows how to write. She needs speech therapy for some of her patterns.

[airborne]

Just sent this off...

Dear Fox & Friends,

Now that it's pretty much agreed that the documents CBS produced are forgeries, I believe that the next logical step for a news organization such as yours is to find out who created them and why. CBS needs to be pressured to release all relevant information so that a thorough investigation can be conducted. It is the job of the media (FNC,CNN,ABC NBC,etc.) to inform the public as to who attempted to affect the US Presidential election by fraudulent means. Thank you for your attention in this matter.

Sincerely,
Cxxxx F*****
J#####, PA

[faithincowboys]

Will Russert hit CBS?

Somebody needs to.

Is it in NBC's interest, with Brokaw retiring, to possibly expedite Rather's demise? Or do they want him to stick around? He does look terrible and he is a discredited mess. Hmmm. Will have to se how this one goes...

[shezza]

What font did you use?

[rightazrain]

It will be interesting to see how NBC treats another MSM cohort ;)

[MondoQueen]

I wrote FNC too and told them I don't want "fair and balanced". I just want OUR SIDE! If I want their side, I can just turn to all the other stations.

[JustaCowgirl]

I have been thinking for a while that there needs to be a resource site where media people and others can go to get clearly understandable FACTS, not opinion, on issues like these. To that end, I bought the rights for the url www.itspaybacktime.com and basic web hosting from a provider. I am starting to put together a site, as time permits. I would be interested in talking to others who might have an interest in this.

[singfreedom]

That CYA memo is the most puzzling to me. Why would a man who did not type, type a memo to himself, sign this memo, and trust it to the keeping of another party when it is, obviously, supposed to be a personal document (with the potential to be damaging to the writer himself)?!! It makes no sense.

When you consider the fact that the Colonel had no home office and did not keep personal files (i.e., documents did not come from his heirs) it becomes perplexing indeed. What really needs to be investigated: Who would/could possibly have access to these personal documents, other than the colonel's family? Is there anyone who could legitimately determine this?

[Pebcak]

Aha! That's why they let Greta and the Ostrich prattle on after both the DNC and RNC. No bias there.

They ought to replace Greta with Oliver North every other night and see which pulls the ratings.

[airborne]

"What font did you use?"

Don't know. I'm not an expert. Whatever you're looking at now. ;^)

[AFPhys]

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[HitmanLV]

Juan looked very defensive and out of character. The Dem side must really be feeling the heat.

[shezza]

Who would/could possibly have access to these personal documents, other than the colonel's family?

If they were personal, they would have been in his papers at home (stored in the family basement/attic) or found when his office was cleaned out 20 years ago. Assuming of course, that they were genuine (ROFLOL). So they would have had to have been handed over by the family themselves, stolen from the family, or found 20 years ago and held in Al Capone's vault for safekeeping for just exactly this moment in time.

Is there anyone who could legitimately determine this?

No. They were "secret" documents "just" discovered. That's what makes them so mouth-wateringly tempting to the DemonRats. Killian is long dead, and since they were secret notes to himself, nobody else would have known about them -- thus requiring no other corroborating witnesses to attest to their legitimacy.

The 'Rats thought they had set up a hum-dinger of a trap (whom to rebut??), but it backfired in a matter of hours, thanks to (a) FReepers Buckhead, TankerKC, Howlin and others right here on FR who initially raised questions about the appearance of the documents even as the 60 Minutes show was on the air, (b) bloggers who linked to the FR posts and kept the issue buzzing, received numerous additional tips and professional input from real experts on their collective websites, and (c) AlGore, for inventing the internet.

To think, a few years ago this farce would have gone practically unchallenged, other than a few letters to the editor weeks later. The sheeple would have just raised eyebrows, accepted The Media's pronouncement as gospel truth, and that would have been the end of it.

Viva FR!

[shezza]

"What font did you use?"

It was a joke. Har har.

[alnick]

Most of the people in the media who aren't biased are lazy. It wouldn't take Wright but about an hour to bring himself up to speed on this case.

The media, as a whole, tends to focus in on one point of a story and present it as if it were the entire story. It's frustrating.

[faithincowboys]

What they should have focused on is Staudt's retirement, the deadline that makes one memo ridiculous, Matley only being a handwriting guy, the widow and the son, Barnes' daughter, the fact that CBS only started off with photocopies, the fact that
lots of experts think they are forged, the fact that Killian didn't keep private files, the fact that Dan raised money for Texas Democrats in a Barnes run County. More on Barnes ties to Kerry.

More on who provided CBS with the documents and why they aren't saying how they got them.

I mean there are so many storylines that lead to only one place-- Mapes and Rather spending more time with their families.

[airborne]

I knew that! (no, really, I did)