I continue to be absolutely bewildered by Dan Rather's intransigence on this matter.
Most of the news coverage is saying that CBS has admitted they were deceived about the memos. That's not what I saw.
What I saw was Dan Rather digging in and trying to salvage the story. He asked Bill Burkett (while knowing what his answer would be), "Did you forge the memos." Burkett answered "No."
What I saw was Dan Rather trying to send the message that the memos are indeed real, but they just can't prove it.
CBS News has turned this case into a farce!
They ignored these people and this evidence -
1:Killian's son
2:Killian's wife
3:Every document examiner they hired that told them the docs had problems.
4:The obvious differences in appearence from other real docs.
Dan Rather nor the producer was duped, they INTENTIONALLY ran with a story they KNEW was bogus!
Why are they continuing down this avenue because NOW there is more questions about why Dan Rather IGNORED the people who provided evidence the docs were fake?
'What I saw was Dan Rather trying to send the message that the memos are indeed real, but they just can't prove it. '
maybe Damned Rather is just so befuddled and out of it by now, that the very simple technology that proves the forgery beyond the shadow of a doubt is simply beyond his comprehension.
He is like Uncle Billy,(Thomas Mitchell), in "It's a Wonderful Life" after he lost the bank's money, bumbling around, useless, spent.