Posted on 11/04/2005 1:33:17 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Edited on 11/04/2005 1:51:15 AM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
"The scandal at CBS involved the use of phony documents to make charges against President Bush regarding his Air National Guard service that were not only unsubstantiated, but contradicted by evidence and information known to CBS at the time."
In memory of Reed Irvine, founder of Accuracy in Media, AIM is awarding its first annual Reed Irvine Investigative Journalism award to two of the bloggers responsible for exposing Rathergate—Dan Rather's use of forged documents to smear President Bush. This episode was a milestone in the history of journalism.
Former CBS and current CNN executive Jonathan Klein derided the bloggers as people "sitting in his living room in his pajamas writing." No matter what they wore, however, they did the research that Rather didn't. They made Rather, the "veteran" journalist, look like a fool.
One is an Atlanta lawyer, Harry MacDougald, who writes under the name "Buckhead" on FreeRepublic.com. He was the first to raise questions about the authenticity of the documents that CBS posted on its website the night of Dan Rather's report on 60 Minutes Wednesday two months before the presidential election last year. From having read a manual explaining the computer program Microsoft Word shortly after it came out and was acquired by his law firm, he knew that the CBS documents couldn't have been typed back in 1972, the year they were purported to have been written, because typewriters from that time weren't capable of proportional spacing the way Microsoft Word does it automatically.
The other award winner is Paul Boley, an active Air Force officer from Montgomery, Alabama, who went by the handle "TankerKC." He had the very first web-post attacking the memos while the 60 Minutes II program was still going on.
Heavenly Father, we return to thank You for all who gather here under the banner of FreeRepublic ... You truly have blessed this site with talents committed to upholding all that is noble and good in our beloved country. Thank You for the hearts of patriots ... the sacrifices of our defenders ... the skills of our worldwide citizens ... the prayers of Your children ... the vision of one and the contributions of many. May Your hand ever be upon those who seek the truth and who speak the truth, that we might continue to breathe free. In the Name of Jesus we pray, Amen ...
Great job spotting those peripheral fonts! ; > )
I have good peripheral vision.
Very cool!
BUMP and a Ping
Congratulations to Buckhead and Tanker KC.
What happened here made my little $/day donation to Free Republic look like one of the best investments I have ever made for my wife's, sons's and grandchildren's future.
As the Plame/Wilson bs starts to get hot, we need a strong Free Republic to counter the lies and spins from the MSM and the rats in congress.
Thanks for this important ping.
I am proud of you, Buckhead and TankerKC, and proud to be a Freeper!
Congratulations Buckhead and TankerKC - you saved the day...
"Just think about it. If it weren't for Buckhead and TankerC, John Kerry might be President of the United States now. ((((shudders))))"
I have no doubt that Moi Kerri and his anti American Rats would be in charge of America if Buckhead Tanker KC and others hadn't done their duty.
If Jim Rob hadn't founded Free Republic and those who donate to Free Republic hadn't kept the lights on here, America would be in a very horrible situation today.
If there was no Free Republic, there would be no Buckhead and Tanker KC to derail this electronic coup attempt against our president.
OUTSTANDING... BRAVO ZULU!!!
McGinnis is a 35-year veteran at CBS and winner of multiple Emmy awards for news coverage... The St. Clair County Journal and the Belleville News Democrat are the only papers that covered McGinnis's speech, and the St. Louis Post Dispatch carried the Journal's story on its website. But it deserves much wider attention. McGinnis...said that "Journalists must follow three traits: Be fair—be even handed to all parties; be accurate—hit the mark every time—and lastly, be objective—they must report from an unbiased viewpoint. If we as journalists keep these three ideals in mind when reporting, we can deliver unbiased news."
Well, MSM? We're waiting...
Congratulations is an inadequate expression for what you have accomplished. Your actions are an inspiration to the "Davids" out there who find that the giant they are facing is an appallingly self-destructive fifth column. Thank you for your courage.
YeeHaw!
Way to go guys.
I imagine you are being pinged to death again ;)
That's FR love!
Snort! Keeping-'em-honest bump.
The Dinosaur Media is curling up into the fetal position at the realization that they don't have a monopoly on "facts" (manipulated, distorted at will) any longer. Thank God for FreeRepublic!
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