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Live Thread: CBS Defense of Fraud Memos, 5pm EST
Free Republic ^ | 15 Sept 2004 | gobucks

Posted on 09/15/2004 1:59:55 PM PDT by 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 ....


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cbs; hoax
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To: MEG33
Houston radio station took off CBS news today and put on Fox today!..Said if they don't fire Rather, they will try to break contract.

Houston, we have a PROBLEM!

YES YES YES! GO! GO! GO!

Anyone want to play with Viacom stock.. have at it

741 posted on 09/15/2004 4:53:48 PM PDT by DaveMSmith (Providence Has Favored Our Undertakings)
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To: Peach

***He said he will find a way to cancel the CBS contract if they do not resolve this in a manner that retains their credibility as a news source. ***

Oh my gosh! Peach, that's revolutionary news. I sure hope it's the start of many more problems for CBS and Rather.


742 posted on 09/15/2004 4:55:50 PM PDT by kitkat (George W. Bush, a PROVEN leader)
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To: Grampa Dave; MEG33; Mo1
See B** S**!

ROFL!!!

I have to get out and do something, my Ribs are hurting from all of this!

Been trying to find the thread where someone was going to award Rather the First Annual Golden Urinal Award for the best job of peeing on the truth the whole year!

743 posted on 09/15/2004 4:57:19 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: gobucks
We established to our satisfaction that the memos were accurate or we would not have put them on television.
[“Accurate” as to the supposed content]

There was a great deal of coroborating [sic] evidence from people in a position to know.
[that the memos were “accurate”]

Having said that, given all the questions about them, we believe we should redouble our efforts to answer those questions, so that's what we are doing.
[Do you think that they might be trying a rope-a-dope (by tying this up in “investigations” to further delay?]

744 posted on 09/15/2004 4:58:05 PM PDT by Diddley (Hey Kerry: The swiftees are comin' for ya')
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To: MEG33

Thanks for that link, I did go over and get thru the first 50 comments.


745 posted on 09/15/2004 4:58:36 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: Diddley
[Do you think that they might be trying a rope-a-dope (by tying this up in “investigations” to further delay?]

Don't know , they might be waiting for the Hurricane to get all the way to NY City!!!

But some folks in Congress are wanting to help them with the investigation.

This is getting real good!

746 posted on 09/15/2004 5:01:25 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: MEG33

Do you have the call letters or website for the radio station.. we need to THANK THEM! This is HUGE - it's like the Berlin Wall!


747 posted on 09/15/2004 5:03:03 PM PDT by DaveMSmith (Providence Has Favored Our Undertakings)
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To: DaveMSmith

FULL CBS statement here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1217224/posts

Much longer than what we've been commenting on.

Bailing out of this thread.


748 posted on 09/15/2004 5:03:08 PM PDT by Mike Fieschko ("Daddy, are there bad men on your planes?")
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To: MeekOneGOP

CyaBS is run by a bunch of fools!!!


749 posted on 09/15/2004 5:05:18 PM PDT by califamily4W (to all FR Vietnam Vets...thank you then, thank you again.)
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To: shezza

***. This just screams agenda.***

It also screams HEARSAY, and wouldn't be admissable in court. Especially since the conversations the elderly secretary says she heard were over thirty years ago. MY GOD! CBS surely thinks it's above the law, doesn't it?


750 posted on 09/15/2004 5:05:34 PM PDT by kitkat (George W. Bush, a PROVEN leader)
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To: DaveMSmith

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1217153/posts


751 posted on 09/15/2004 5:07:48 PM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry has been AWOL on issues of national security for two decades)
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To: arasina

***(except no one is going to get me to wear a pair of jammies)***

How about hostess pajaaamas? You can serve the champagne.


752 posted on 09/15/2004 5:08:40 PM PDT by kitkat (George W. Bush, a PROVEN leader)
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To: kitkat

The first interview of the secretary said the President was Unfit for Office and was selected not elected. Let's see if she maintains her loyalty to country working for The United States Air Force. Secretaries are special people.. They keep powerful people honest.


753 posted on 09/15/2004 5:08:56 PM PDT by DaveMSmith (Providence Has Favored Our Undertakings)
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To: MEG33
AWESOME! Thanks!

Put this in Times Square! PJ Day!


754 posted on 09/15/2004 5:10:19 PM PDT by DaveMSmith (Providence Has Favored Our Undertakings)
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To: Steve_Seattle
As some wags have noted, if it's Burkett, and he is not in elected or appointed office, he can't very well be impeached!

Does this Burkett fellow meet the criteria for the source? And is he capable of creating these forgeries?

755 posted on 09/15/2004 5:53:51 PM PDT by capitan_refugio
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To: gobucks


VIDEO (source - Mother Jones, once-home to Michael Moore): Bloggers meet Dan Rather

Now... you know what you want to do...





Don't forget to visit CBS LIES

cbs fake but accurate

Are they real or are they Mammorex?
756 posted on 09/15/2004 5:56:45 PM PDT by rantblogger (Rantblogger can be seen http://la4israel.org/wordpress)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
[744] This is getting real good!

Yes it is.

Their statement was casual and off-hand.
CBS asserts that the contents were (are?) “accurate” (the information is true).
Thus – to them – the fact that the memos are fake is irrelevant (but they’ll check them – Ha!). (Ms. Knox will state that the information is “accurate”)

This is my take: (Others may have said the same.):
The battle of the memos being fake has essentially been won by us.
CBS will still “argue” about their authenticity (to stall and muddy the water), but they can afford to “give” on that point.

The strategy is to pound that the contents are “accurate”, so even if the memos are fake, it is unimportant because the information is true. No harm, no foul.
Thus, there was no attempt to influence a president election.

757 posted on 09/15/2004 6:03:41 PM PDT by Diddley (Hey Kerry: The swiftees are comin' for ya')
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To: gov_bean_ counter
If I have to wear bunny slippers, I ain't reporting for duty.

What about Cookie-Monster slippers? Or Incredible Hulk slippers? How about Ho Chi Minh sandals? Oops, that would be for Hanoi John.

758 posted on 09/15/2004 6:03:47 PM PDT by El Gato (Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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To: Diddley

Oh, indeed.


760 posted on 09/15/2004 6:29:57 PM PDT by gobucks (http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/classics/students/Ribeiro/laocoon.htm)
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