> Asked about a Kerry connection to the forged memo, a
> senior CBS official told the New York Post,
> "I can't answer that question."
> The unnamed CBS executive then promptly hung up.
I'm sorry, but NewsMax is reaching here.
From this inquiry/response, exactly no conclusions can
be drawn about the chain of custody, except that CBS
doesn't want to talk about it.
Now we already have reports that the chain was
- some "ex military" buy, to
- DNC, to
- Kerry campaign, to
- CBS
For CBS to push blame back upstream, they would have to
be willing to hurt the Kerry campaign even more than
they already have. Dan faces a terrible choice:
- fall on the sword, or
- stab Kerry with it
Where we stand today:
* creation of sloppy fakes (not news, happens all the
time on the internet)
* fakes mistaken for real (amusing, but common)
* fakes fake out DNC/Kerry/CBS (quite revealing)
* fake finally explodes in Dan Rather's face (priceless)
read post 8 on this thread.
I agree with you about Newsmax. But 60 Minutes made an art form out of turning no comment into guilt by their editing and voice over techiniques of people slamming doors, turning their back and walking away, and hanging up phones with no comment. Turnabout is fair play, if CBS is tarred by the same unfair techniques which it profited from for so many years.