I'd Rather Be Blogging. CBS stonewalls as "guys in pajamas" uncover a fraud. (FR mentioned)

Wall Street Journal Opinion ^ | Sept. 13, 2004 | John Fund

[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.

[p. henry]

Post of the Day.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

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.

I've always suspected that Dan Rather ain't wearing any pants as he sits behind that anchor desk at CBS.

[wrbones]

If ya can't give someone a good straight line once in awhile, what good are ya? ;o)

I'm smart enough to know I'm not always the smartest person inna room. Some of those left wingers don't seem to be that smart.

When ya stop learnin' and growin', someone best be throwin' dirt in yer face, 'cause yer already dead.

[Political Junkie Too]

Remember when the Boston Globe suspended Jeff Jacoby for four months in 2000 over a column about the signers of the Declaration of Independence? The Globe said he plagiarized a column that was floating around the internet; Jacoby said that the Globe wanted to silence him during the 2000 election.

Is this incident with Rather any different? Shouldn't CBS, at the very least, suspend Dan Rather until after the election? And then, while he's on suspension, they can float rumors about him not coming back.

-PJ

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

He said that Mary Mapes, the producer of the story, was "a crack journalist" who had broken the Abu Ghraib prison abuse story.

I sure wish the WSJ would spellcheck better. It's "crank journalist" not "crack journalist". "Crack" doesn't even make any sense in this context. Sheesh!

[FairOpinion]

How is this for gals?

[nsc68]

"The goal should be to to complete your OODA loop process at a faster tempo than the enemy’s, and to take action to lengthen the enemy’s loop. One tries to conduct many more loops “inside” the enemies OODA loop, causing the enemy to be unable to react to anything that is happening to him."
http://www.valuebasedmanagement.net/methods_boyd_ooda_loop.html

[tophat9000]

Hell first we become known as "the RED states people"...then the guys in (black) pajamas... and our claim to fame is we really question authority (in this case CBS)...Im geting confused!

[Ichneumon]

[a guy sitting in his living room in his pajamas writing]
This just demonstrates the contempt the Left has for average Americans. Unfortunately for them, we're not really so average after all.

Besides, I don't wear pajamas. I usually Freep in my bathrobe.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

I prefer short(boxers) and a t-shirt. ;^)

[Ichneumon]

I've always suspected that Dan Rather ain't wearing any pants as he sits behind that anchor desk at CBS.

Truly, the emperor has no clothes.

[Ichneumon]

I sure wish the WSJ would spellcheck better. It's "crank journalist" not "crack journalist". "Crack" doesn't even make any sense in this context. Sheesh!

Depends on the context:

[FairOpinion]

The MSM is being totally discredited.

They ignored the big story of the SwiftVets, with 60 eyewitnesses disputing Kerry's version and now they rush to air a bunch of ridiculous accusations based on forged memos.

This is the beginning of the end for the MSM as we know them.

[risk]

Hey, I think I've heard of this. I should think more about it: http://www.google.com/search?q=Boyd+OODA+loop+theory

[Cincinatus' Wife]

FR mentioned here.

[Jeff Chandler]

ping

[risk]

Observation, Orientation, Decision, Action

[Choose Ye This Day]

Free Republic, a Web bulletin board, raised early warning signals about the memos within hours of last Wednesday's "60 Minutes" broadcast.

Uh...didn't this come up before 60 Minutes was even off the air?

[AmericanMade1776]

Buckhead said he was not wearing pajamas at the time he uncovered the memos were fraud.

[AmericanMade1776]

I forgot to add, Buckhead said he was fully dressed. ;-)