Posted on 09/12/2004 6:36:03 AM PDT by finnman69
Los Angeles Times reporter Peter Wallsten meticulously reconstructs the events of this past Thursday following the CBS 60 Minutes broadcast that have led to the exposure of the "new" documents featured in the Air National Guard story as forgeries: "No disputing it: Blogs are major players."
Wallsten's article does not raise any question that we might have erred in doubting the authenticity of the documents or offer any support for their authenticity. Rather, it gives voice to desperate Democratic operatives who claim the fraudulence of the documents is a Republican conspiracy:
"It was amazing Thursday to watch the documents story go from FreeRepublic.com, a bastion of right-wing lunacy, to Drudge to the mainstream media in less than 12 hours," said Jim Jordan, a strategist for independent Democratic groups opposed to Bush.
"That's not to say the documents didn't deserve examination. But apparently the entire thing was cooked up by a couple of amateurs on Free Republic. The speed with which it moved was breathtaking." Wallsten then notes that "Rather opened his evening news broadcast Friday with a defense of his report, producing an analyst who vouched for the memos." Wallsten omits to mention that the analyst was a purported handwriting expert who could not authenticate the documents. Wallsten quotes a professor articulating the dark fears of the MSM:
Media experts said the role of the bloggers illustrated a significant development in the relationship between mainstream news and the still-nascent phenomenon of blogging.
FYI
Maybe I'm too laser-focused, but I'm already seeing WAY too many other stories about other topics bumped on FR this morning.
WE CAN'T LET THIS THING DIE. We just can't.
They say this like it's not a compliment.
"FreeRepublic.com, a bastion of right-wing lunacy
They say this like it's not a compliment."
Got to keep us loonies on the path.
"Bastion of Right-Wing Lunacy." It has a nice ring to it sort of like "Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy." Fellow Bastioneers, consider the source and look upon this designation as a badge of honor.
Note to liberal Dems:
Blaming Republicans for your idiotic blunders is getting old.
I for one would buy a T-Shirt with "Proud Member of FreeRepublic, America's Bastion of Right-WIng Lunacy" on it.
You are absolutely 100% correct. This FRAUD can NOT be allowed to perpetuate!!
It definately fine to have all the news, but the CBS fraud caper should be #1 topic.
Side note: When I say "caper" that is a direct correlation as to how the "original" docs were attained from a dead mans PERSONAL file!?
Does this mean the VRWC had been replaced by BRWL? Lunacy? omg!
I didn't know I am a lunatic...
OTH, the idiots in NY looked like out of an asylum... :-)
Yup, we were the ones who got Dan Rather to run the hoax, and we didn't even use our first team.
(And they call US loonies? Hahahahahaha!)
Jeeze .I hope not....Just got out of the shower......
Freeper can get more done, faster, than the MSM without their clothes on.......;^)
Lol, PJ's with the FR logo? They'd have to made in the USA though.
Of course, they still overlook the fact that CBS was dumb enough to air documents that are obvious fakes.Why would they do that, especially if the source for the docs is a bunch of oright wing nutbars? Wouldn't they have ALREADY revealed the source of the fraud, instead of continuing it and ripping themselves down even further?
Or can they somehow make the case (despite his well-documented track record) that Rather is in the pocket of the Pubbies?
Lib conspiracies don't need logic-- they need an excuse.
Well, that's what I want on my headstone........."Here Lies Dawgreg,Proud Member of FreeRepublic...A Bastion of RightWing Lunacy". *~*
Loonies? Us?
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