This is an exerpt of an article about Burkett back when he was complaining about the "Bush records in the trash can," a story that has since been totally debunked.
In order to have been hospitalized, Burkett must have been certified by physicians as fitting into two categories:
1. Significantly mentallly ill and 2. A danger to himself or others.
A person is not hospitalized for mental illness unless they meet BOTH criteria.
This article was first published in the NY Times on Feb 12, 2004.
Rather's researchers had more than 7 months to check on their story source. They knew or should have known that had been certified as both severely mentally ill and a danger to himself or others.
.... and they still went with the story....
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To: MindBender26
Sounds like the dam in about to break. bttt
2 posted on
09/18/2004 6:41:54 AM PDT by
truthkeeper
(Yeah, I have a 1998 signup date. So?)
To: MindBender26
Rather says unimpeachable
3 posted on
09/18/2004 6:42:01 AM PDT by
Vinomori
To: MindBender26
4 posted on
09/18/2004 6:44:03 AM PDT by
MrConfettiMan
(I hate the word blog. The MSM is not MS.)
To: MindBender26
Gee, what a comparison in characters!!
Bush said he would never take the word of a madman.
And Rather prefers to take the word of a madman.
To him experts don't matter.
5 posted on
09/18/2004 6:44:32 AM PDT by
CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
(3 Purple Hearts? No blood? No Way!!)
To: MindBender26
Dam Blather is the one who is mentally ill and should be hospitalized.
6 posted on
09/18/2004 6:45:53 AM PDT by
Piquaboy
To: MindBender26
"Dan Rather is a Liar"
Oliver North repeated this many times on Sean Hannity, I have been looking for the transcript, I was driving and didn't get everything but in Rathers Biography he claims to have been a Marine, Dan Rather quit in Basic Training after 44 days, he was NEVER a Marine, he was only a Recruit AKA "Worm".
If any Freeper finds this transcript it is a good one, I think it was Thursdays (16th) show about half way in.
TT
9 posted on
09/18/2004 6:51:42 AM PDT by
TexasTransplant
(I made my Fortune selling Sugar Coated Cat Turds on a Stick at the DNC Convention)
To: MindBender26
Dan Rather's Main "Memogate" Source Admits He Has Been Certified As Mentally Ill Doesn't that qualify him for a job at CBS News?
10 posted on
09/18/2004 6:52:09 AM PDT by
B Knotts
("John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security.")
To: MindBender26
Rather and team always knew that all their sources were weak, either hacks, incompetant or both.
They trotted out Barnes, a certified liar, who they knew was on the Kerry payroll, but said essentially, don't worry about this man's credentials because we have documentation, now proven false.
(Barnes had previously testified under oath that he had not helped Bush get in the Guard)
11 posted on
09/18/2004 6:54:01 AM PDT by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: MindBender26
"Dan Rather's Main "Memogate" Source Admits He Has Been Certified As Mentally Ill and Hospitalized!" Bill Clinton?
13 posted on
09/18/2004 7:00:50 AM PDT by
Enterprise
(The left hates the Constitution. Islamic Fascism hates America. Natural allies.)
To: MindBender26
IMO .. Burkett was just the fall guy
14 posted on
09/18/2004 7:09:06 AM PDT by
Mo1
(Why is the MSM calling the Vietnam Vets and POW's a suspected group??)
To: MindBender26
The National Enquirer has higher standards than CBS.
My stepdaughter is a Hollywood semi-celebrity.
A negative story was being written about her that was prompted by a person that was once close to her who called the Enquirer. The person wanted to get back at her for imagined insults and wanted the payment.
The reporter called ALL family members, checked out our responses and when he was informed that the person was once in a mental hospital and was still on Prozac, the story was dropped.
Too bad CBS couldn't adhere to the same standards as a "scandal sheet"!
To: MindBender26
Personally, I think this is unfair. People do recover from illnesses.
Many other reasons to doubt this whole affair, but this would cast aspersions on millions of people who suffer from such ailments.
Don't forget all the recent flap about Prozac aggravating such conditions - might have been some bad meds.
17 posted on
09/18/2004 7:18:40 AM PDT by
P.O.E.
To: MindBender26
Burkett has not been named as the source except in a "whispering" campaign,
and not even that by Dan Rather. He may be the fall guy.
Not exactly an "unimpeachable" source.
To: MindBender26
Dear MindBender26,
A person cannot be hospitalized against his own will if he doesn't meet the two criteria you mention.
But a person can check himself into a mental hospital of his own accord.
I didn't see that the committal you mention was involuntary. If I missed it, I apologize - I'm still only on my second cup of coffee. But if it was voluntary, then it is possible that he wasn't sufficiently disturbed to be categorized as "mentally ill," or a danger to himself or others.
sitetest
19 posted on
09/18/2004 7:21:44 AM PDT by
sitetest
(Spitball Kerry for Collaborator-in-Chief!)
To: MindBender26
Well then, that explains perfectly why Dan Rather has complete confidence in his source.
23 posted on
09/18/2004 7:42:34 AM PDT by
OldFriend
(It's the soldier, not the reporter who has given US freedom of the press)
To: MindBender26
the producer Mapes had 5 years into making this story
25 posted on
09/18/2004 7:47:44 AM PDT by
sure_fine
(*not one to over kill the thought process*)
To: MindBender26
I'm not clear here. Who's insane, Burkett, Rather, or Mapes or all three? They all tell insane stories. If a sane person listens to an insane person, he knows the nut is a nut. If a supposedly sane person QUOTES the nutcake being nutty, is that a sane act? No, it's just as nutty as the nutcake. Rather and Mapes flunk this test. They are obviously psychotic too.
26 posted on
09/18/2004 7:55:43 AM PDT by
T'wit
(Genuine, personally autographed photographs of Genghis Khan for sale. Contact D. Rather at CBS News.)
To: MindBender26
I watch this guy on some show for about 5 minutes, he is on a mission. Some might even call it a "crusade", after all his father is a preacher.
To: MindBender26
Uh, if Burkett admits that he's "certifiably mentally ill", shouldn't someone be checking to see if he owns any guns? Especially considering his overt hatred for the POTUS and the Bush family. Hello Secret Service.. anyone home?
29 posted on
09/18/2004 8:20:52 AM PDT by
Condor51
(May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. -- Gen G. Patton Jr)
To: MindBender26
Dan Rather's Main "Memogate" Source Admits He Has Been Certified As Mentally Ill and Hospitalized!D'OH!
Of course, you can pretty much say that about your average drooling knuckle-dragging DU denizen...
30 posted on
09/18/2004 8:23:21 AM PDT by
Publius6961
(I don't do diplomacy either)
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