Live Thread: CBS Defense of Fraud Memos, 5pm EST

Free Republic ^ | 15 Sept 2004 | gobucks

[gobucks]

Howlin set a great example last sept 8th when he started a live thread for the 60 minutes II story.

Let's see how much squirmin we here ....

[handy]

Does anyone know who Marty Heldt is? Does he have a connection with the Kerry campaign?

Wizbang thinks maybe Marty Heldt gave the memos to CBS.

Here is a Tom Paine.com article about him.

[Howlin]

The people that taught me are all DEAD.

[normy]

We alreadyt know the secretary doesn't like Bush and has said the memo could have been true but probably wasn't. She said the memo represented how Killian felt about Bush.

Now the proper way to run a real unbiased story would be to put Killians son and wife on to rebut, which they have done already too.

Lets sum up... CBS runs story based on forged documents supposedly written by a man who is dead and cannot be questioned. The mans son and wife claim he really liked Bush and had respect for him. They claim he would never have written such a thing about Bush. CBS finds his 86 year old secretary to confirm their story and DOESN'T EVEN REPORT KILLIANS FAMILIES STATEMENTS.

Its awesome to know we have a front row seat for the end of the MSM and the Dem party. History is being made.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Marty Heldt is a resident of Clinton Iowa, has his own website, google coldfeet, is in this up to his neck and has been in this since 1999!

[Americanwolf]

Are we saying that Dan "Kenneth" Rathers is going to get a primetime zotting?

Will this be the first Zot outside of Free Republic?

[Willie Green]

Huh??

Hey sweetie, I'm getting lost in the flurry of posts.
Is this the right thread?
What did they say?

[ColoCdn]

You don't think they're using beeber stune therapy on the little old lady, now, do you?

Could they stoop that low?
Oh, yeah, it's CBS.

Never mind.

The moosen head is in the tent.

[DrDavid]

CBS must be trying to beat the FOX News ratings for the day.

With all the damage they have done to the Kerry campaign, maybe they will start supporting Bush.

[lepton]

also here.

MEG33, what do you mean? That doesn't say anything about whether she's a she.

[Twinkie]

"IT IS NOT THE VALIDITY OF THE EVIDENCE, IT IS THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE CHARGES!" - Baghdad Dan, 9/15/04

[usmcobra]

When does CBS News come on in Eastern Time Zone??


As Soon as the hands on my Dan Rather watch stop spinning.

[pepperdog]

"Kurtz says right now, CBS is interviewing Killian's secretary." This nearly dead, but sweet old lady is going to save CBS?"

I think they will stick with their story that what was said in the documents was factual and it doesn't matter the docs were fake. They they'll do a sensitive and sweet interview with the 86 year old woman, who will verify the intent. Then they'll close with "we stand by these verified documents and hope the VRWC shows respect by shutting up and not attacking a helpless little old lady (or us either for that matter). Mrs PD

[shawngf]

Ugh...lemme guess...a two hour full of hot air slam against Bush and anyone who would doubt the intregrity and honesty of CBS and to prove it they have an old lady with three stories...now which one works best for you?

[girlscout]

BTTT

[small voice in the wilderness]

damn, they may have Buckhead in a back room, a pair of helen thomas' panties on his head, and Barry Manilow music playing in surround sound. Damn.

FREE BUCKHEAD!

[capitan_refugio]

Nice idea, but notes made in his role as an officer in the military are not private property. They may either be "classified," "proprietary," or "public domain." As they seem to be related to personnel issues, I think they may not be available under FOIA, so they are probably military proprietary. All this assumes they are not forgeries - which they are most certainly - but from a perspective of a lawsuit, there are probably grounds to go after CBS.

[Krodg]

Are you saying that is an acutal photo of Kerry?

I've seen other photos of him on Kennedy's yacht, so it's possible that it is him... now respond to the content!

[Darksheare]

I'd love it if he did!

[CatoRenasci]

Since it would be a firing for cause, I would think they'd whack Rather and disclose virtually simultaneously. I doubt SOX would require a delay in firing to notify if you caught the CEO stealing: he'd be out the door (with a disclosure release) within a few hours of the board getting the evidence.

I think this thing got away from Rather and CBS as the Viacom corporate and securities lawyers had to sign-off, and when they saw the proposed strategy, they said "not with my law license".

[lepton]

I was laboring under the belief that Howlin was a chick...

Apparently gobucks has proof on the subject.