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FORGERY CHARGES COULD DAMAGE CBS-Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal ^ | Joe Flint/Brooks Barnes

Posted on 09/15/2004 6:18:15 PM PDT by IndianPrincessOK

Edited on 09/27/2004 4:02:16 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Critics say 'th' symbol was rare in 1970s typewriters.

But for anchor Dan Rather, CBS News's valuable "60 Minutes" franchise and the news divisions of the broadcast networks, the supposedly 30-year-old photocopies are a big story that isn't showing signs of going away.


(Excerpt) Read more at TheWallStreetJournal.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cbsnews; forgery; killian; rather
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1 posted on 09/15/2004 6:18:16 PM PDT by IndianPrincessOK
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2 posted on 09/15/2004 6:20:50 PM PDT by Mo1 (Why is the MSM calling the Vietnam Vets and POW's a suspected group??)
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To: IndianPrincessOK

Let's see, 60 Minutes is blacked-out tonight in Augusta, GA; Corpus Christi & Lubbock, TX; Monroe, LA; Duluth, MN; Kansas City, MO; and we ain't through counting yet.
Yeah....I'd say the damage is done.


3 posted on 09/15/2004 6:21:10 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (Miss Free Republic High School-1986)
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To: IndianPrincessOK
IMHO, the suits at CBS are thrilled that this story is still out there. They love getting a chance to discuss the fraudulent charges.
4 posted on 09/15/2004 6:21:49 PM PDT by OldFriend (It's the soldier, not the reporter who has given US freedom of the press)
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To: Mo1

Who gave the forged memos to CBS?

This appears that a very serious crime was perpetrated in an effort to skew an election.

CBS should cooperate fully with law enforcement.


5 posted on 09/15/2004 6:24:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin (We have low inflation and and low unemployment.)
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To: IndianPrincessOK

Read this at lunch. Thanks for posting it!


6 posted on 09/15/2004 6:26:08 PM PDT by sionnsar (Iran Azadi ||| Resource for Traditional Anglicans: trad-anglican.faithweb.com)
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To: IndianPrincessOK
"FORGERY CHARGES COULD DAMAGE CBS-Wall Street Journal"

You got that right! CBS had better face reality but quick and come clean. SOMEONE will be doing some quality time for this. These documents are OBVIOUS forgeries. The only questions are who did it and is Rather/CBS in on it. The longer they stonewall, the worse it's going to be for them. Martha Stewart, meet Dan Rather.

7 posted on 09/15/2004 6:26:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: IndianPrincessOK
FORGERY CHARGES COULD DAMAGE CBS-Wall Street Journal

Ya think??

CBS's credibility is D-E-A-D.

8 posted on 09/15/2004 6:28:08 PM PDT by F16Fighter
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To: IndianPrincessOK
Loss of revenue is more important than loss of credibility. If someone sues or advertisers bolt, heads will roll. Is there a lawyer in the house? The American people and the whole political process has been harmed.
9 posted on 09/15/2004 6:29:44 PM PDT by BallyBill (John Kerry the Emir of Schmowland)
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To: IndianPrincessOK

Does anyone think for a minute that WSJ wouldn't jump at the chance to move to FOX?


10 posted on 09/15/2004 6:29:50 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: F16Fighter
And so is John Effin Kerry. LMAO.

CBS has sucked all the air out of the Presidential Campaign. Kerryakis is doomed.

11 posted on 09/15/2004 6:30:29 PM PDT by jwalsh07 (Rather Lied, MSM Died! Long live FreeRepublic and the Blogs!)
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To: hispanarepublicana
Let's see, 60 Minutes is blacked-out tonight in Augusta, GA; Corpus Christi & Lubbock, TX; Monroe, LA; Duluth, MN; Kansas City, MO; and we ain't through counting yet. Yeah....I'd say the damage is done.

Here is tonight's schedule for KZTV Channel 10 in Corpus Christi. Billy Grahm Crusade is replacing 60 Minutes II. I think I'll write them a letter commending them for action.

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Wednesday,
September 15, 2004

8 PM
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10 PM
10:30 PM
Wed: 9/15/04
Billy Grahm Crusade
(PG)
King of Queens
Altar Ego (TVPG)
CSI: Miami
MIA/NYC-Nonstop (TV14)
News The Late Show with David Letterman
(TVPG)
Thu: 9/16/04
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Bloodlines (TV14)
Without a Trace
Bait (TVPG)
News The Late Show with David Letterman
(TVPG)
Fri: 9/17/04
Joan of Arcadia
Silence (TVPG)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
All for Our Country (TV14)
News The Late Show with David Letterman
(TVPG)
Sat: 9/18/04
College Football
Florida at Tennessee
News Ultimate Poker Challenge
Sun: 9/19/04
CSI: Miami
Slow Burn (TV14)
Without a Trace
(TVPG)
News Ultimate Poker Challenge
Mon: 9/20/04
Everybody Loves Raymond
The Home (TVPG)
Two and a Half Men
Back Off, Mary Poppins (TVPG)
CSI: Miami
Lost Son (TV14)
News The Late Show with David Letterman
(TVPG)
Tue: 9/21/04
Amazing Race 5
You've Just Made Me a Millionaire!
News The Late Show with David Letterman
(TVPG)
8 PM
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10 PM
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Wed: 9/22/04
Dr. Phil: A Primetime Special: Family First CSI: NY
Blink (TV14)
News The Late Show with David Letterman
(TVPG)
Thu: 9/23/04
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Viva Las Vegas (TV14)
Without a Trace
In the Dark (TVPG)
News The Late Show with David Letterman
(TVPG)
Fri: 9/24/04
JAG
Going After Webb (TVPG)
Dr. Vegas
Pilot Episode
News The Late Show with David Letterman
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Sat: 9/25/04
Crime Time Saturday
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48 Hours News Ultimate Poker Challenge
Sun: 9/26/04
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
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Mon: 9/27/04
Everybody Loves Raymond
Not so Fast (TVPG)
Two and a Half Men
Enjoy Those Garlic Balls
CSI: Miami
Pro Per (TV14)
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Tue: 9/28/04
Clubhouse Judging Amy
Accountability
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12 posted on 09/15/2004 6:30:54 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (What's the frequency Kenneth?)
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To: IndianPrincessOK
CBS disregarded the first rule of journalism:


"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please." - Mark Twain

13 posted on 09/15/2004 6:31:07 PM PDT by mrsmith ("Oyez, oyez! All rise for the Honorable Chief Justice... Hillary Rodham Clinton ")
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To: hispanarepublicana

"...60 Minutes is blacked-out tonight in..."

What is your reference to this, please?


14 posted on 09/15/2004 6:32:06 PM PDT by Socratic (Kerry/Edwards - Forging a New Reality)
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To: IndianPrincessOK

"Still, "60 Minutes" is in transition. Its longtime producer, Don Hewitt, 81, has retired unenthusiastically, and its correspondents are aging. Mike Wallace is 86; Morley Safer is 72. Mr. Rather, who himself is 72, is lead correspondent for the "60 Minutes""

SENILE BS NETWORK!!!


15 posted on 09/15/2004 6:34:44 PM PDT by antceecee (MSM...time after time after time after time they tell lie after lie after lie after lie.)
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To: Socratic

This thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1217235/posts
Source is real-time FReepers tuning in and NOT SEEING 60 Minutes. TELL THE WORLD! The worm has turned.


16 posted on 09/15/2004 6:35:20 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (Miss Free Republic High School-1986)
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To: IndianPrincessOK
The network's Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett was reprimanded; he later resigned.

Arnett never actually appeared on the air on CNN again after that. It was fitting, as Arnett (like John Kerry), built his entire career on phony atrocity stories.

Rather, also, has a long history of attacking the military based on the claims of phonies, and he himself has made phony claims about his military service. (He dropped out of boot camp but calls himself a Marine). I wonder if there's a connexion there.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

17 posted on 09/15/2004 6:35:27 PM PDT by Criminal Number 18F (The Original Documents? Look on The Dan's C:> drive.)
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"CBS has sucked all the air out of the Presidential Campaign. Kerryakis is doomed."

Heh -- Not exactly how it was planned by Rather & Co., eh?

These days every morning's FR news reports is like checking the presents under the Christmas Tree.

18 posted on 09/15/2004 6:35:52 PM PDT by F16Fighter
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19 posted on 09/15/2004 6:37:11 PM PDT by happydogdesign
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To: IndianPrincessOK
FORGERY CHARGES COULD DAMAGE CBS

Could?

I would expect that the Justice Department is in the process of an investigation into this matter? What is the difference in a media network bringing down a sitting president, especially in a time of war, with a pen or microphone OR an assassin with an AK-47? IMHO, both are illegal and unlawful???

20 posted on 09/15/2004 6:37:16 PM PDT by eeriegeno
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