Posted on 09/12/2004 11:56:37 PM PDT by FairOpinion
Mr. Klein dismissed the bloggers who are raising questions about the authenticity of the memos: "You couldn't have a starker contrast between the multiple layers of check and balances [at '60 Minutes'] and a guy sitting in his living room in his pajamas writing."
He will regret that snide disparagement of the bloggers, many of whom are skilled lawyers or have backgrounds in military intelligence or typeface design. A growing number of design and document experts say they are certain or almost certain the memos on which CBS relied are forgeries.
"60 Minutes" may have a sterling reputation in journalism, but it has been burned before by forged documents. In 1997 it broadcast a report alleging that U.S. Customs Service inspectors looked the other way as drugs crossed the Mexican border at San Diego. For 18 months, internal affairs and the Secret Service had him under a cloud while they established that Horner had forged the document out of bitterness over how he'd been treated." In 2000, Mr. Horner admitted he forged the memo "for media exposure" and was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison.
If it turns out that the Killian memos are indeed forgeries, the Internet will have played an invaluable role in exposing the fraud much faster than the 18 months Mr. Camacho had to twist in the wind.
Free Republic, a Web bulletin board, raised early warning signals about the memos within hours of last Wednesday's "60 Minutes" broadcast. Powerlineblog.com, a site run by three lawyers, reposted those comments, which were amplified by indcjournal.com. Then design expert Charles Johnson, who blogs at littlegreenfootballs.com, retyped one of the memos using Microsoft Word and showed them to be a perfect typographic match.
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Uh...kinda... I mean...I wear clothes!
Just not the Emperor's new clothes...you know...the ones CBS and Rather like to wear...
Of that I have no doubt.
Kerry is still playing up Vietnam refering to us bad guys as "guys in pajamas"
"Someone needs to do some quality time in the bighouse."
Seriously. This is why people say: "If it were me or you..."{
Sorry, you set yourself up with that jammie comment, and it's late, LOL.
But it's not what people wear, it's what's in their heads, obviously Rather's head is way too big for the tiny brain it contains.
I think the average IQ and education of FReepers surpasses significantly those comprising the MSM, seriously.
You know, we're going to have to come out with official Free Republic freeping pajamas now.
Maybe in black, with little FR logos.
Black silk?
I thought that was ABC's Jessica Savitch and CNN's Susan Rook.
-PJ
Without question. Combined, we're the NSA of the internet. Thousands of linked minds using modern computers...CBS is so outgunned it's pathetic.
I watched that program, and listened to Klein, and I think he actually said bathrobes, not pajamas. Another important fact to research. ;)
As an information processing and analysis engine, the MSM cannot hope to match FR.
However, they still have access to sources of information -- namely personal contacts on the inside that they've cultivated over the years -- that we do not.
"Net Ninjas!"
I like it! :)
Regardless, "pajamas" is going to stick. Black ninja pajamas!
Good night, I'm outta here.
GUYS in pajamas??? What about us "GALS"??? And it's none of their business what I wear when I'm Freeping. Or don't wear. As the case may be. :o)
One thing I do believe is that this is the end of the road for Dan Blather. CBS execs know he was had, and he knows it too. His blind partisanship has been so obvious for so long that nobody will trust him anymore. Look for a retirement announcement in the next couple of months.
The official uniform of Free Republic?
Please, google up "Boyd OODA loop theory." That's where the "new media" is winning today.
Make mine the reply 30s: basic black, for freeping and creeping net ninjas!
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