Dan Rather: "We reported a true story—that’s why I’m no longer with CBS News"

[TiminMishawaka]

I heard this report this morning with that 372 year old radio personality on NPR, can't remember her name at the moment. Dan, you were busted. Deal with it. I'm imagining poor old Dan gone senile and sitting in his front yard, wearing a suit and behind a desk and constantly repeating to himself, "I'm Dan Rather. I'm Dan Rather. I'm Dan Rather."

 

[CarmelHP]

It was the print that proved the scam. I'm not knowledgeable about computer printing, but it was proven that the type, script, or whatever you call it was not available at the time Bush was supposedly AWOL.

The letter kerning (proportional spacing) was impossible for a typewriter and could only have been done on a word processing program.

 

[rhino]

The letter kerning (proportional spacing) was impossible for a typewriter and could only have been done on a word processing program.

The news reports suggested it was Times New Roman (the default in MS Word) with a modern laser printer.

Apparently someone got Mr. Peabody & Sherman to take a PC and printer back to them in the Wayback Machine. Apparently. Otherwise, someone was . . . lyin'.

 

[Jack Burton]

this was the first major confrontation between the "old media" and the "new media (internet)". The old media lost badly and many have never gotten over it. They still think they can do things like edit Zimmerman's 911 call beyond reality and no one will notice because they are the NEWS.

 

[rhino]

this was the first major confrontation between the "old media" and the "new media (internet)". The old media lost badly and many have never gotten over it. They still think they can do things like edit Zimmerman's 911 call beyond reality and no one will notice because they are the NEWS.

That's a really good point.

They can still get away with almost anything, because even though the "new media" will expose them, people still won't listen. Yet. I sense the pendulum swinging the other way, though. Someday you won't be able to buy the New York Times or find so-called "news" on the broadcast networks. I hope.

 

[Kagnew]

Always thought Dan would have looked good with an ace of spades tacked to his forehead.

 

[UncleMike]

Always thought Dan would have looked good with an ace of spades tacked to his forehead.

That image goes back a bunch of years.

 

[level.eleven]

Meh. If people continue to think guys like Bush, Quayle and Cheney, etc. carried thier weight...more power to them. It doesn't change history. My family didn't have any fortunate sons.

 

[Bunnykid68]

That image goes back a bunch of years.

You guys must be old, I have no idea of what you are talking about

Really, I dont.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Meh. If people continue to think guys like Bush, Quayle and Cheney, etc. carried thier weight...more power to them. It doesn't change history. My family didn't have any fortunate sons.

My family does. My sons are fortunate enough to have a father like me to teach them to think for themselves and not take everything at face value.

 

[UncleMike]

You guys must be old, I have no idea of what you are talking about

Really, I dont.

Yup....
We're old..
That goes back to the 60's, and the Vietnam "Conflict", as that friggin idiot , LBJ called it.
(And you do to know what we're talking about)

My family does. My sons are fortunate enough to have a father like me to teach them to think for themselves and not take everything at face value.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Yup....
We're old..
That goes back to the 60's, and the Vietnam "Conflict", as that friggin idiot , LBJ called it.

Yep, back when Cronkite was saying we were losing the Tet Offensive and everyone involved in it was trying to figure out what the hell ole Walter was talking about.

 

[UncleMike]

Yep, back when Cronkite was saying we were losing the Tet Offensive and everyone involved in it was trying to figure out what the hell ole Walter was talking about.

Walter was reading the press releases from Nam written by the likes of Dan Rather.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Walter was reading the press releases from Nam written by the likes of Dan Rather.

Yep

 

[lionhunt64]

Let's see , Dan wants us to believe that CBS tossed him under the bus to WHAT.... Protect G. Bush or the Republicans . Dan, take a tip from Obama, create a fake girlfriend (False Documents optional) and find a motel 8. Just remember lying is a symptom of liberalism, The inability to tell the truth is the daignosis​

 

[dross]

What? Are you saying that MS-Word wasn't being used in the '60's???

So, you don't allow for the possibility that the documents were faked, but that everything else was completely true?

Sure, they falsified the evidence. Are you trying to say that Bush wasn't a bumbling idiot who also happened to be evil incarnate? You're so naive.

 

[dross]

The letter kerning (proportional spacing) was impossible for a typewriter and could only have been done on a word processing program.

The news reports suggested it was Times New Roman (the default in MS Word) with a modern laser printer.

Apparently someone got Mr. Peabody & Sherman to take a PC and printer back to them in the Wayback Machine. Apparently. Otherwise, someone was . . . lyin'.

You crazy right wingnuts and your conspiracy theories.

What you guys don't get is that there's the superficial, shallow, petty truth - like whether or not CBS faked those documents. Then there's the real important truth, which is that Bush was really really stupid and also really really bad.

What's a fake document or two in the face of such evil?

 

[spec4]

You crazy right wingnuts and your conspiracy theories.

What you guys don't get is that there's the superficial, shallow, petty truth - like whether or not CBS faked those documents. Then there's the real important truth, which is that Bush was really really stupid and also really really bad.

What's a fake document or two in the face of such evil?

Wasn't the document the basis for Rather's case against Bush?

 

[CarmelHP]

Wasn't the document the basis for Rather's case against Bush?

He just doesn't do purple.

 

[Kagnew]

You guys must be old, I have no idea of what you are talking about

Really, I dont.

SOG.