SOURCE: CBS GETTING DESPERATE

National Review Online ^ | 9/14/04 | Jim Geraghty

[trentk]

So. What is the most absolutely desperate move CBS could make in an attempt to defend its now widely-discredited memos?

How about accusing the forensic document examiners that doubt the veracity of the memos of being agents of the Republican Party?

Just heard from a very reliable source that CBS is looking into the political donations of document examiner Sandra Ramsey Lines, fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, who assessed the memos for CNN and for the Associated Press.

Did some digging myself, and found in a database maintained by the Center for Public Integrity, a campaign finance watchdog group, Lines has donated a little under $600 to the WISH List, a fundraising organization for Republican women candidates.

Ah. Well, she must be lying, then. (eye roll)

(Keep in mind that Ben Barnes, the central figure in Rather’s report, has raised more than a half million dollars for Kerry’s campaign.)

All of the document examiners consulted by the mainstream media who say the documents look like fakes are putting their partisan allegiance to the GOP over their professionalism? Every last one of them?

I had heard, from some folks claiming to be in the know, that some producers at CBS had gone... a little over the edge as a result of this story, quoting Michael Moore at length and putting tremendous faith in the most far-fetched of conspiracy theories. I had dismissed these reports as exaggerations. I mean, network news producers don't just go nuts.

In light of this... maybe they do.

[Fresh Wind]

Yes, I saw that. The seller is obviously having a lot of fun at Mr. Blather's expense. If he isn't a FReeper, he should be!

[atomicpossum]

Not to mention Danny's appeared as the main attraction at Democratic fundraisers.....

[kcar]

Call the President a liar and a protected brat using documents that are clearly fraudulent from sources probably connected to the opposition party just as that Party is preparing to launch a FortunateSon campaign that basically says exactly what the enemy would love to say to our soldiers to demoralize and deflate them if they only had a microphone (and now they do), cleave to the veracity of that hoax just when our military is preparing to vote, and trust that none dare call it treason because just about nothing is called that anymore, not after decades of erosion from the likes of John Kerry who clearly aided and abetted the enemy. Kerry and CBS have both made a career of providing comfort to the enemy.