[L.N. Smithee]

They had four writers on this story, and still didn't learn that we aren't "bloggers" at FR. FR is a bulletin board. Bulletin boards not only predated web logs, they predated the web browser, and thus the Internet as we now know it.

The MSM is still playing catch-up. But that's OK, we have no problem with them trailing us.

[sevry]

1970s-era typewriters couldn't have produced the superscript th that appears in the memos (this was later disproved)

It may have been disproved in the fantasyland of the leftwing 'mainstream' where BOOOSH is still the real criminal. But I'm sure people would pay money to see a CBS memo superscript available in a 1970s era typewriter.

[DouglasKC]

Now identified, MacDougald shuns media attention; as one of his postings claimed, perhaps disingenously: "It wasn't me, it was the swarm."

The MSM is so lame. Buckhead is right. It could have been anyone of us that posted that first. The memo was so badly forged that it was only a matter of time until somebody figured out why it looked horrible. It was bugging me but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. From the point that it became suspect it became obvoius to anyone with a computer and a copy of Microsoft Word that these were forged documents.

[LS]

Excellent comments. They have always been behind us.

What is remarkable---I just finished writing a history of journalism and media bias---is that FreeRepublic has returned us to a forum almost exactly like that which existed in early Federalist/Jeffersonian times. "Broadsides" would be distributed to inns, taverns, cafes, and a literate person would read aloud, often during or after dinner. People would immediately comment and, since the news was usually local, would clarify, edit, or challenge stuff in the news. It was an instant editing/vetting process.

"Ozark Caligula." Pretty good.

[NonValueAdded]

Interesting. As L.N. Smithee points out, they had 4 writers and still couldn't get it straight. Perhaps if they did the same as Howlin and pulled out the pertinent posts from the live thread (Howlin did all this work for them in a separate ppst that I can't put my finger on at the moment), they would have an accurate story. As well, there are factual errors in the Time piece including the misinformation about the "th" key (yes, a few typewriters had the key but with an underline and it was not raised above the other letters).

[harrycarey]

Among the assertions: 1970s-era typewriters couldn't have produced the superscript th that appears in the memos (this was later disproved)

Later disproved?

We have all seen the difference between the two th's.

Why doesn't the story state the the only typewriter in 1972 that had purportional fonts and a th cost $3000!

Keep in mind that this is 1972.

$3000 could buy a brand new Oldsmobile sedan! How many National Guard Units bought a typewriter that cost more than a car?

[NetSurfer]

Buckhead bump!

I guess they can't figure out what to call us...BBS'ers instead of bloggers? Course, they are still probably thinking AOL is the internet...LOL!

(Insert 14.4 kbps dial-up noise)

[Savage Beast]

How was Buckhead identified and by whom?

[vessel]

Among the assertions: 1970s-era typewriters couldn't have produced the superscript th that appears in the memos (this was later disproved).

Let's say "Hi. TIME" We know your watching.

Its high time that TIME stop reporting so "disingenously", and present complete forgery as such, and not as a partially possibly genuine forgery "proved" less than absolutely implausible.

"To the trWth...with a Capitol W."

[Ken H]

The comments were penned by someone known online as Buckhead. And they might have languished had it not been for powerlineblog.com, a well-trafficked right-wing website that linked to Buckhead's claims. The rumblings filtered up to Matt Drudge, who linked to Power Line, setting off a surge of publicity.

So Time is saying the old media, which includes Time, would not have picked up on it?

It's a revealing comment.

[formercalifornian]

Good. I didn't think I was a blogger.

[Travis McGee]

When the MSM catches up to us, THEN I'll worry.

[bt_dooftlook]

Having caught the scent of a juicy story from the MSM (mainstream media) to bite into," Is this what Kerry meant when he said "My juices are startin' to flow..."?

[Publius6961]

I just can't help myself...

TIME MAG: 'THE BLOGGERS-HOW TO EXPOSE KNOCK DOWN A STORY FELONY' (Print Version Includes Buckhead Pic)

[sphinx]

They had four writers on this story, and still didn't learn that we aren't "bloggers" at FR.

I'm starting to get the impression that a lot of the MSM still don't know their way around the web. Either that, or they're the kind of folks we see at DU, who are afraid to come to places like FR because they find it unbearably uncomfortable to have their assumptions challenged.

Sooner or later, MSM entities are going to have to figure out that a DNC phone directory and contacts at three liberal think tanks won't cut it any more as a "research department."

[Henry Krinkle]

[Libertina]

Buckhead is Harry MacDougald, 46, a conservative, big-firm lawyer from Atlanta with a history of pugnacious activism.
LOLOL This just makes us like you more, Buckhead!

[GVnana]

It's still MSM trash, but I'll give them credit for providing the FR link.

[Fixit]

<TootingMyOwnHorn>

The story also used one of my graphics as an illustration.

(As seen on my pitiful blog.)

</TootingMyOwnHorn>

[backinthefold]

For anyone clicking on the link over to Time, dont forget to Freep the poll over there...

 

 

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[CyberCowboy777]

Among the assertions: 1970s-era typewriters couldn't have produced the superscript th that appears in the memos (this was later disproved).

Are they asserting that the docs are authentic?