It just keeps getting better and better. I'm almost sorry I have to leave on vacation now.
In my mind, each time they report on Iraq and carp on the negative side of the news, intentionally omitting the positive news, they commit a fraud. The same thing applies when they interview Iraqi "civilians" after an American bombing. They print what these "civilians" say as though they are somehow highly credible sources, and they may well be insurgents, terrorists or militant sympathizers.
If we take out 23 terrorists in a bombing and wound a child, they focus the "news" on the wounded child. It's all fraud, and it's all an attempt to influence the outcome of a Presidential race.
Defrauding American's what?
Courage Dan...
It appears that CBS may have given each consultant only one of the memos - a different one to each consultant - with the intention of using only those where they had a positive or non-committal response from the authenticator.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1216338/posts
The memo given to Emily Will appears not to have been one of the four memos relied on by Rather on his broadcast. Maybe becasue Will questioned that document.
If this is so, it is very strong evidence that CBS was not merely duped, it was actively complicit.
You've all got to read Beldar's whole piece on this. As usual, he nails it. This is scathing. It also provides inks to complain to CBS and to Congress.
Just read all of beldar's, umm, recommendations. Yikes! Yet another reminder why it's a bad idea to piss off a lawyer. I can certainly see Redstone and the rest of the suits at Viacom doing something very much like this.
CBS has fallen over backwards to defend the indefensible in this issue. They don't have a single "expert" that will stand by them and the content, format, and origin of these memos have been blown out of the water.
Still they resolutely stand by their claims.
Contrast that with the other aspect of the same story.
GW Bush's Official Military record contains documentation showing he completed all the hours necessary to meet his obligations, he has an Honorable Discharge, and there are multiple eye witnesses to his service in Alabama.
But CBS questions the documents......
How hypocrytical is that?
If that doesn't expose CBS' agenda then what does?
Can you say "Media Bias"?
Whoever that "executive puke" from CBS was, that smirked and belittled the folks in pajamas in their living room making thing up --- I'll bet he's sorry he ever made that statment...
Because -- if the folks in pajamas can kick CBS's ass, what the hell does that make of CBS corporate image?
CBS MUST go the way of Authur Andersen --- down the tubes for their OPEN contempt of the public and their corrupt behavior to further THEIR agenda and cover Blather's ass.
Semper Fi
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The most damning evidence that CBS is culpable is that they did not disclose OTHER memorandums by Killian which WERE in Bush's OFFICIAL military file that were COMPLIMENTARY to him. Instead they cherry picked fakes.
The unnecessary apostrophe in "American's" proves that this post was written after the schools went to pot.