And here is the important accurate fax of how this came to be:
Posted on 06/07/2006 6:56:46 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
June 7, 2006
There comes a point at which denial drifts into delusion, and Mary Mapes has crossed it. Incredibly, she is out with a Huffington Post piece calling the assertion of the irrefutable fact that the Rathergate documents were blatant forgeries a 'lie.'
Excerpts:
"[Critics] claimed that CBS used forged documents and they repeated that lie so often that it stuck. The mainstream media picked it up, repeating bloggers' criticisms without making any serious effort to investigate the story."
"As for document analysis, it is a mind-numbing and arcane discipline, an imperfect undertaking reserved for courtroom use, not for headlines or Internet political battles. Document analysis is certainly not meant to be done at 11 o'clock at night by someone with no training or experience sitting in front of a glowing computer nursing a grudge and spoiling for a fight. But that's precisely how the right's attack against Dan Rather and CBS News was launched."
"That first anonymous analyst (who turned out to be a Republican activist lawyer) raised questions about the memo using only a single shot of a faxed document digitally transmitted to his computer screen. Those kinds of transmissions radically change the way a document looks. His analysis was worthless.
"The laundry list of problems that critics claimed they saw in the memos has turned out to be bunk. There never has been any definitive proof that they were forged or falsified in any way, despite a multi-million dollar investigation into the story by Viacom. The reasons we put them on the air remain valid: the content of the memos was corroborated by people familiar with Bush, his unit and his commander; the dates, times and details intricately matched what we know of the record; and two experienced and respected document analysts, who examined copies that had not been faxed or digitally recreated, concluded that the papers showed every indication of being real.
"I don't believe we will know the truth about the memos until after the Bush team is out of office and people with information are no longer afraid to come forward."
To summarize: the allegations of forged documents are a 'lie', ginned up by pajamadeen in the green light of their TVs. Their analyses are 'worthless' and there is no definitive proof the documents were forged.
What can I say? Mary Mapes is deeply disconnected from reality.
Huffington Post/NewsBusters detached-from-reality ping to Today show list.
:-)
Paging Lucy Ramirez!
"What can I say? Mary Mapes is deeply disconnected from reality."
Yes but she is entertaining. So Dan said they were fake but accurate. She said they were accurate.
Since neither of them really has a career anymore I'm guessing that not even the libs believe em.
Mapes is a petulant child sitting in a corner for an hour swearing she wasn't caught with her hands in the cookie jar, and even if they were, she didn't eat any of them....
Mary Mapes is just an uglier version of Katie Couric.
She still can't believe she was done-in by a newsgroup poster whose login name is an Atlanta neighborhood.
Oh, Mary, go shut up and get an abortion.
You see, it isn't enough to defeat President Bush (which they couldln't do). They plan to try to destroy him both professionally and personally.
I despise these people. They are evil.
CBS never raised questions about the validity of the documents, despite the opinions of their own analysts. Her opinion and credibility on this is less than worthless. If she's so certain, get the originals from the source and put them to real scrutiny. We won't hold our breath.
I'm supposing that Mary doesn't ever want to have a career again. The longer she goes on about this, the more damage she does to herself. She and Dan went "around the bend" together. Dan can claim senile dementia. What's Mary's excuse?
it was the strawberries i tellya! the strawberries!
Are we going to be reading all about this soon in the DUmmie FUnnies?
My gawd, the evidence is overwhelming, beyond any reasonable doubt.
So Mapes is simply being unreasonable. Has anyone checked to see if she was one of the O.J. jurors?
Yeah, The Huff 'n Puff ington Toast, that's were I want to get my reliable news and opinions or at least my grilled onions.
Arianna Screech-ington Staph o' Nopolus is like the sound of nails on a blackboard. If fruitcake could make noise.
Arianna is all ego and no brains. Dumb enough to marry a gay guy. Treasonous turncoat. But at least she's a good "environmentalist" because "the jet was already going there" and wouldn't use up any extra fuel because of her. She's so considerate.
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