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TankerKC pointed out that the memo looked bogus at 8:19pm Eastern Time -- while the broadcast was running! If it was obvious to him, why did it take CBS so long to figure it out? Someone needs to put a monacle on the CBS Eye, because they are seriesly myopic!


42 posted on 01/10/2005 9:16:11 AM PST by You Dirty Rats
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To: You Dirty Rats
If it was obvious to him...

I was pretty active on those threads during the first 24 hours. What is obvious to one person isn't obvious to another person who lacks direct experience with the kind of document involved.

I argued with Buckhead and others during that 24 hours and advised caution. That was because I edited a small magazine in the early 1970s that was typeset with an IBM Composer. I had direct knowledge that proportional fonts were available. It was pretty clear to everyone that a Composer was not an office typewriter, but it still required font experts to nail the coffin.

59 posted on 01/10/2005 9:23:05 AM PST by js1138 (D*mn, I Missed!)
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Lots of folks who had seen military docs in their time just knew the entire doc was a crock.

Lots of little errors, but the funniest of all was the Box # on the letterhead.

214 posted on 01/10/2005 1:22:16 PM PST by OldFriend (PRAY FOR MAJ. TAMMY DUCKWORTH)
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To: You Dirty Rats
If it was obvious to him, why did it take CBS so long to figure it out?

Because they wanted to believe there were authentic.

233 posted on 01/10/2005 3:33:28 PM PST by TankerKC (The Media turn each tactical victory for insurgents into a strategic victory for terrorists.)
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