A post on the Free Republic weblog, which did much to interest mainstream news organisations about the possibility of the documents being fakes, read: "I am saying these documents are forgeries, run through a copier for 15 generations to make them look old."More free publicity for Free Republic.Like the revelations about racist remarks that forced Trent Lott, the leader of the Republican majority in the US senate, to resign earlier this year, the criticism of the CBS report has been a blog-driven affair. Little Green Footballs, Power Line and Free Republic - all of which could be described as rightwing - have been the main players.
But they made up for their appearance of interest in the truth by failing to note Barnes' trail of falsehood, particularly his behavior in the S&L mess.