Posted on 09/13/2004 2:40:35 PM PDT by geneboy
In case it's has escaped your attention, Dan Rather and the MSM, at least based on my review of it, has marched on. The forged documents have become yesterday's news.
What sould have been a defining moment in this year's presidential election is being ignored by the MSM, and by default, the general population.
We know, beyond a reasonable doubt, that CBS news used forged documents in its politically driven attempt to discredit President Bush's Air National Guard service. And we know that, to their credit, bloggers not only identified those documents as forgeries, but exposed them as forgeries. Initially it seemed as the the MSM would sieze upon this as a story. But, as of today, 13SEP94, the story has all but dissappeared from the mainstream media.
Dan Rather, after having given a pathetic defence of the documents, marches on, while the bloggers continue to preach to the choir.
The forged documents represented an opportunity to attack the MSM, DNC and Kerry/Edwards ticket on a number of levels. Specifically, their general incompetence and fundemental dishonesty. How can you trust the Kerry/Edwards ticket to succeed in the War on Terror when they can't even orchestrate the distribution of forged documents that fail to eclispe the abilities of most 7th graders. And how can we trust you someone who sinks to such desperate and dishonest measures in an effort to save a philosophically failed campaign.
Yet, the issues surrounding the memos have gone largely unreported. Why? Because the few media outlets conservatives have dropped the ball on this one.
Matt Drudge has decided to focus his attentions on Ivan. Hey Matt, I can get all the weather information I need from my second rate, network affiliate weatherman. Why don't you play to your strengths, emphasize politically charged charged stories that the MSM avoid.
And then there is Fox News, grade F. As a network news organization you never, EVER, miss an opportunity to increase your ratings at the expense of your competitiors. Fox should have put together an hour special on CBS's report for broadcast of Sunday night. For god's sake, the bloggers had done 90% of your research for you. And, you should have advertised it during the Sunday football games. Instead, Fox News seemed to content itself having dimwits like Shepard Smith, et al, repeat the AP wire story that, "CBS stands behind its sources."
So, my friends, Dan Rather will continue espouse his view of the world despite all your efforts.
Well, I gotta go. I have a BioChem exam this afternoon. And BioChem is a lot harder than politics.
Regards, and keep up the struggle.
Geneboy
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---In case it's has escaped your attention, Dan Rather and the MSM, at least based on my review of it, has marched on. The forged documents have become yesterday's news.---
Just like those Watergate burglars...
"13SEP94"? Typical liberal troll: living in the past.
LOL! That is exactly what we want Dan Rather to continue to do. It's not hurting Bush an sure ain't helping Kerry.
Sorry, you lose. You will not win Troll of the Month. Nice try.
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Idiot. Get into chemistry because politics are not for you.
The lesson to be learned from the CBS fiasco, in case it has escaped your attention, is that the Mainstream Media have become irrelevant, making your post also irrelevant.
The liberal left knows that The Sheep will eat at least part of what they're fed. So their MO will be to inundate us with garbage from now until Nov 2, knowing that some of it will stick, regardless of its validity.
Apparently, I'm not very bright, because I'm not sure what's so zot-worthy in this post. I certainly can sympathize with the cynical view that Rathergate won't get the attention it should get. Rather should pay with his career for this gaffe but will likely skate, which is pitiful.
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However newspapers from the Toronto Sun, LA Times, and NY Times has said that CBS was duped! ABC News and NBC News have reported the same. It was in the Wall Street Journal where the shareholders and owners of CBS News read it. It was all over talk radio. It was all over the web and Drudge.
To add insult to injury CBS News and the CBS Network have to deal with the fact that this whole thing has pissed off a bunch of TV viewers and that CBS News hasn't been doing well to begin with on TV viewers as documented by the following facts (facts that will determine advertising revenues).
Fox News was the winner in the TV ratings battle during the Republican National Convention.
On Wednesday, for the second straight night, Fox beat out not only its cable rivals but also broadcast networks.
In the 10 p.m. hour Wednesday, when all the networks were airing convention coverage, Fox averaged a whopping 5.9 million viewers. NBC had 4.5 million, ABC claimed 3.3 million and CBS got 2.6 million.
In another upset, MSNBC, usually the third-rated cable news network, was beating CNN. CNN averaged 1.202 million viewers on Wednesday between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m., compared to MSNBC's 1.214 million. It was the second straight night that MSNBC beat CNN.
ZOT, CBS looses additional public good will
In the long run in a customer service industry, reputation and treating the customer with honest respectful service is what separates winners from loosers. CBS is on the loosing path and everyone (including Dan Rather knows this).
Biochem. You? Ha!
You got to "it" first!
For the record, my daughter is an ER nurse. Friday night, she said the forged memos was the biggest topic of conversation among the employees (and many of the patients). That evidently didn't change Saturday or Sunday night. It seems that people who don't normally follow politics like we do noticed this!
That was quick! At least this one could spell fairly well and used correct punctuation in most of his post.
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