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LA Times Displays Naked Authoritarianism, Demolishes Strawman
"Buckhead" was the Free Republic poster who apparently posted the first comprehensive debunking of the CBS/Bush hoax.Blogger Who Faulted CBS Documents Is Conservative Activist 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. At the risk of belaboring the obvious, Buckhead's case against the docs did not rest in any way on a claim of credentialed expertise. The concept that facts will stand or fall on their own merit seems utterly alien to Big Media and their slavish audience. 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. >*snipped for copyright(like other LLL outlets, LA Times is very aggressive in defending its property rights) Again, there was no claim of neutrality in Buckhead's analysis nor is this relevant to the validity of his claims, making this line of attack a complete strawman. This story is a classic and obvious example of the LLL's complete reliance on authority as a test of truth. LLL attacks on the blogosphere are based entirely on questioning the authority of the bloggers, unconciously revealing the real nature of the LLL and its adherents. Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-09-17 |
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