Bogus
posted in General |BOGUS
After 2 weeks, Dan Rather and CBS have finally fessed up to running a news article based on phony documentation. Rather is a long time experienced reporter and he knows very well that sources of “news” items need to be authenticated. And that should be especially true when the story itself is attackiing the President of the United States. Yet Rather and CBS squirmed and wiggles on a skewer for two weeks before concededing that they were wrong. Notice that they say that they can't confirm the authenticity of the documents – not that the documents were bogus.
The documents referred to are letters referring to Geo Bush's service in the national Guard many years ago. And it is clear that the letters are copies — bogus copies made specifically to discredit the President. It isn't difficult to break the code in Rather's reporting. Having the chance to run an exclusive story that bashes George Bush, Rather just couldn't resisit the temptation to rush ahead – shortcutting the process of investigation and authenticating. Rather believed the authenticity of the documents because he WANTED to believe that they were genuine. Rathrer's tilt to the left is well know, and his antipathy to the Bushes (#41 and 43) is likewise common knowledge. Having the chance to discredit George Bush was simply more than Rather could handle and and he probably salivated over the prospect of sticking a voodoo pin into George's hide.
Is the big media (Rather et al) biased? Is the Pope Catholic? Did Dan just make a “mistake”?
Sorry Dan, I just don.t buy this innocent “mistake” idea. You just tripped over your own bias !