Posted on 09/07/2019 7:20:05 PM PDT by Mr.Unique
In the interest of the historical importance of things that happened on this forum last week and, most importantly, to try to provide and document an accurate record of exactly what happened here on the evening of September 8, 2004, and the following morning, I have compiled a listing of ALL of the postings that occurred on Free Republic concerning CBS and Dan Rather 60 Minutes show from 8:00 PM EDT on Thurdsay, September 8, 2004, up until about 9:00 AM EDT on the morning of Friday, September 9, 2004, when the rest of the internet "caught up."
I am posting this thread for two reason.
First, to document the facts as we all know them to be -- and to try to put to rest the dubious claims that have been made concerning exactly how this all came about and exactly who "brought" it about.
Perhaps I am doing this to try to set the record straight, so as no one else will believe we are anything other than who we are: a bunch of really cool people (in Freeperware) from all across this country and from all walks of life with a passion for this country and for the truth who are lucky enough to know a man like Jim Robinson who decided to make this his life's work and give us all a place to rant/vent/question/opine/whine/relish the events that go on about us.
And, secondly, to remind everybody that even though Buckhead, TankerKC, and myself are the names mentioned in the blogs and articles concerning that night, it was, as it always is here on Free Republic, many, many posters; numerous questions were raised BEFORE the famous post #47.
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That was the last time I watched “the Daily Show” with John Stewart.
It was pretty Obvious Viacom told all their lackeys to change the subject. Here was pure comedy that was off limits to the only political comedy show on TV.
You could make the EXACT memo your self... type a few sentences into Word 97 with default margins, convert it to pdf, print out the “official” memo from the CBS website.. hold your forgery up to the “official” 1972 version and EVERY FRICKEN LETTER LINED UP.
It would have cost the Daily Show 8 cents to duplicate what we all did, but they didn’t. Hacks.
Buckhead’s last post here:
HARRY MACDOUGALD: “TRUTH” AND OTHER LIES (2)
10/16/2015, 5:20:43 AM · 15 of 32
Buckhead to FredZarguna
Thank you.
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I was but a NOOB back then.
I have always respected “Buckhead’s” posts and opinions. I’ve often wondered what his assessments of Trump would have been had he stayed on FR.
Here are the other GGG topics introduced the past week.
Her posts therein really do capture the essence of her fighting spirit. She was one of a kind.
Regards ....
Buckhead point out it wasn’t done on a typewriter. Fun night!
(Different screen name back then.)
“any ideas on why the press deteriorated so quickly?”
I moved to the DC area in 88. Subscribed to the Wash Post and the Wash Times. That difference was glaring!! One of my neighbors asked me why did I subscribed to Pravda on the Potomac. LOL.
cgbg wrote: The DU crowd is not that hard to understand (or imitate if you wish to do so).
They are cargo cultists at heart.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult
Obama gave you the key to their belief system when he said "You didn't build that."
In the cargo cult stuff just mysteriously appears--nobody actually created it with labor or capital.
Now if you lived in such a magical kingdom then of course sharing and caring is the only reasonable response--no-one created it so no-one should benefit more than anyone else.
Only the "selfish" and "bad people" would take more for themselves.
This cargo cult mentality is a byproduct of the prosperity of western societies.
Electricity is like magic.
The grocery stores full of an amazing variety of food is like magic.
Shopping on-line for an almost infinite variety of goods is like magic.
etc., etc., etc.
The "cargo" appears miraculously on the "island"!
All you have to do to get your share of the stuff is say the correct incantations (political correctness) so you can keep your job or remain in your social group.
Bkmrk4l8r
Truly one of the most momentous examples of internet debunking of a major network news story ever done! Congrats and thanks to all who made it happen. Reading back on it again after all these years, it brings immense pride to me that a bunch of amateurs could take down a group of professional liars.
The old media is dead, long live the new media.
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