Posted on 09/09/2004 3:47:33 PM PDT by GOPcapitalist
(scroll down to the bottom of the article for the update section):
UPDATE: NEW PROOF OF FORGERY
Following the Little Green Footballs blog lead, CB decided to test the pantograph replication technique on another of the CBS documents to see if it held true. Using Microsoft Word on its factory default settings with 12 point Times New Roman font we copied the address line of CBS memo #1 and overlapped the two for comparison.
As you can see the test worked and, in doing so, inadvertantly uncovered more proof that the document is a forgery. The new evidence revolves around the fact that Microsoft Word auto-formats its text using the centering function. When the text alignment for “center” is selected each subsequent line will be precisely centered underneath the previous one with each word of the text readjusting to meet this alignment as new letters are entered into the line. Since typewriters mechanically stamp letters onto a sheet of paper one at a time, it is physically impossible to create a mechanical typewriter document that perfectly aligns two or more centered rows of text on top of each other. The address bar on CBS Memo #1 is perfectly centered and perfectly aligned, thus it had to have come from a computer word processor and not a typewriter. The replication experiment in Microsoft Word with an identical match further validates this origin.
The Kerry/Edwards Campaign aka Portrait of a Train Wreck...
Well, I was reading this thread, listening to Mark Levin, and watching the Round Table all at once, so I'll give you what I can from memory, for what it's worth.
Britt pointed out that one of his producers did a test by producing the same text with Word and superimposed it, with the results being identical to the original.
Mort mentioned that while the superscript was in one or some of the documents, at least one had the regular sized "th," so he concluded that that one document might be authentic.
Fred immediately pointed out that while it's true that the "th" was not in superscript on that document, there was an unusual space inserted between the numbers and the "th," which would be the only way to prevent the "th" from automatically switching to superscript.
Britt jumped in to clarify, asking Fred if what he meant is that the software will autmoatically convert the "th" to superscript if it is typed in immediately following a number without a space, which Fred agreed with.
Fred seemed very forceful in his belief that the documents are not authentic.
Brit did mention that Killian's son stated that he thinks that there is a mixture of truth and fiction to what the documents state. I don't think Brit elaborated on that. Killian's son said he does not believe that his father would have had documents like those in his personal files.
Brit asked the panel if they think the National Guard issue is basically a non issue, which everyone on the panel, except for Jeff Birnbaum agreed with. Birnbaum said that he finds it interesting that the National Guard issue could blow back to hurt KERRY's campaign if it's proven that these documents are faked; otherwise he dosen't think the NG issue hurts Bush.
Tom Harkins rushed to the media.......and made a fool out of himself again. What is wrong with those people out there that they keep re-electing this embarrassment to the U.S. Senate!!!??
Actually "1st Lt" is the correct abbreviation. It is the Army that uses "1LT."
That doesn't mean the documents are genuine. The correct abbreviation for lieutenant colonel is "Lt Col" (no periods), not "Lt. Colonel." And the 147th Fighter Interceptor Group is "147 FIG."
The documents have serious, serious problems.
Oh, I meant to add it seems obvious to me that the panel on the Round Table were Freeping today. :oD
Great details work!!!
Furthermore, if you draw a line striaght down, the "o" would be dissected by the line.
Right you are. I was a technical editor and our typists did that routinely. Don't think anyone that skilled on mechanical typewriters is still on the job. Also, there were devices called Varitypers in which perforated tape was coded by the operator to accomplish centering and varied spacing (common until early '70s)). If these docs were forged it undoubtedly was through the anachronistic (to 1972) and unbiquitous MS Word or WordPerfect programs, whose inherent advances would be manifestly obvious in the forged documents. This must be investigated. But by whom? If forgery and a change of content did take place, would it have violated any law?
ABCCBSNBCCNNMSNBC ARE ALL LIARS....NOT JOURNALISTS
They are simply propaganda platforms for the 3rd Way-Marxists.....and their newest proxies
muslim terrorists....
imo
The reason the Th is not superscripted is because a space was plaaced after 111 and befor the Th was typed.
An odd number of 'picas' only needs one tiny pica to make it an even number. On a proportional typewriter, that one pica can be easily placed unnoticeably between two words. Old repro typists knew which letters were better at masking such practices. People don't even notice now, but the only way that any text is right-hand justified is by adding or subtracting spaces between words.
That's right, and one of the lines in the above example had an odd number of spaces. Also, it just occurred to me that with a proportional font, the little trick we used to use to center a line becomes much, much more complicated.
Right!
See what I wrote in nbr 69.
I agree that it's possible. But what is the point? This was military records, not a sales brochure. The appearance should not have been a paramount concern. As I understand it, there is plenty of other evidence that it wasn't (spaces missing after commas and parentheses). More basic typing rules were disregarded, but centering to the nearest pica was followed?
I doubt it.
Are there other documents from this same unit in the same time period?
Do they show the same attention to detail?
Yep. Count the letters, divide by two, find your center mark and backspace. Been there, done that. And damn the line with an odd number of letters...
>>>> It's just that the typist did the math rather than having the computer figure it out. :-)
That would be a heck of a lot of math for what purport to be personal memos!!!!
Great point, which escaped me when I made my initial comment about centering.
I know you did just that because Dan does answer his phone.
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