Posted on 09/17/2004 3:55:38 PM PDT by Redcoat LI
WASHINGTON It was the first public allegation that CBS News used forged memos in its report questioning President Bush's National Guard service a highly technical explanation posted within hours of airtime citing proportional spacing and font styles.
But it did not come from an expert in typography or typewriter history as some first thought. Instead, it was the work of Harry W. MacDougald, an Atlanta lawyer with strong ties to conservative Republican causes who helped draft the petition urging the Arkansas Supreme Court to disbar President Clinton after the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the Times has found.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Our identities are secure unless we post personal information about ourselves.
As an example, if someone were really serious about finding me they could. My profile shows the small town I live in. My posting history reveals bits and pieces of my personal experiences. Someone with lots of time on their hands could eventually figure out who I am if they really were motivated to do so.
With Buckhead the the Times was extremely motivated to find out who he was. They put 2 + 2 together and then more than likely called the person they suspected to be him and asked him if it was him.
The documents were forged regardless of who outed CBS.
I'll get the next round.
Gee. . . maybe you should be his PR manager. . .
Anyways, do you think that the media would have been satisfied with that they're rabid dogs and if you give them an inch they'll want a mile. I'm sure Buckhead didn't start coming to FR to become a star and to place himself in the national spotlight.
His statement was entirely appropriate.
Ummmm......Just a wild @ss guess but......
Could it possibly be that the documents were posted on the CBS web site as PDF files for all the Internet to see and that anybody over 40 that remembers having to use a typewriter can remember what monospaced typing looked like?
oh, nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
anything but a conservative activist !!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey, Jim. An off the subject question:
We are seeing a HUGH amount of new posters here lately. Could ya please offer an estimate of our number again?
Thanks a lot. I'm up all night again, so I got time. No rush.
Take care!
Who is this Mr. Wallsten, by the way? What are his politics? Who are his friends? Where does he live? What is his phone number? What are his hobbies? What is his dog's name?
Get the drift?
"And who could have guessed that with the screen name 'buckhead' he would be from Atlanta?"
Apparently not Me!!!!(Hitting forehead with heel of hand) I was thinking deerhead instead of Buckhead. I really feel dumb.
Y'know, they could have "outed" him as a conservative activist without releasing his identity.
Make no mistake - this article was written for the express purpose of making sure Buckhead gets obscene phone calls at 3 AM (at the least). This is intimidation. Period.
The question is, can he make them pay. Considering he's a lawyer, maybe things are going to get interesting :)
Perhaps, but the main point of is seems to be to have a chilling effect: "Don't cross the MSM and/or the Democrats, or we will get you." Hopefully Buckhead just doesn't care, but what if someone else on FR had mentioned it a few minutes before Buckhead, someone who could lose their job over being "outed" as a conservative?
I seriously doubt the koolaid drinkers were going to make sure the documents were real. Give me a break. Cant the LA Times report real news?
Read the article, they explain it. They combed through 2 years of his postings to piece it together. All and all a better job of investigative reporting than CBS.
Go farther... Matt Drudge presenting the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism to Buckhead in front of the National Press Club!
What they don't understand is there are hundreds of thousands of experts and professionals watching over them now to keep them straight.
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