Posted on 06/19/2005 6:53:54 AM PDT by mabelkitty
I did not say the memos were not fake. I said that an accurate copy of a real original memo is just as "real" as the original, although much more difficult to validate. Burden of proof should be on the one presenting the copied documents.
Which makes me think he/she will not have a very long stay at DU! lol
thxs!
Important companion thread - David Horowitz is highlighting people that we need to know as our enemies in this fight for the future of America.
The man behind the attack on Guantanamo (traitorous b*st*rd Michael Ratner)
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That DUer just lost his posting priviledges...LOL
Originals destroyed, oh how convenient...the credibility of the reporter and the memos are about gone.
Violations of Civil Liberties are an American Tradition
Paging Mr. Rather..
In the first place, you can't "retype" a memo and guarantee its accuracy. I've edited essay collections for publication, and in my experience even the most experienced scholars constantly misquote original material when you check the sources.
In the second place, the assertion that these memos are accurate, plus the assertion that these memos even existed in the first place, rests on the word of one man. After all we've been through with the press, anyone who trusts the word of a news reporter is an idiot.
So, we have only his word that these documents were accurately transcribed and only his word that they existed in the first place. You can even add a third possibility: that the sources leaked to him by someone in the agency with a political agenda were fakes. How can anyone prove anything, given these facts?
A perfect example that DU cannot stand the truth, honest analysis, or reality.
Geee, that's exactly what Dan rather and SEE?BS said. What the heck are you, a democrat?
"Makin' copies!"
The memos have just been discredited...
...oh, that's different...the memos authenticity maybe in question, but the contents are accurate...where have I heard this before...
What now? Its time to fight, who is going to argue this in the public forum? We know what is going on but daily soundbites from the MSM sounds pretty damaging. Who gets the word out. Call Rush, Call Sean, just make calls to all stations, newspapers, congressmen, ghostbusters (for heavens sake) I beg you people not to sit around and wait for someone else to do it. It is now the time to stand up and be heard. We have to work harder than them. Now lets go do it.
If this continues, we are going to need a "Fake, But Accurate (FBA) Alert!
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