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2004-09-11 Home Front: Politix
Steyn the Merciless: CBS falls for Kerry campaign's fake memo
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Posted by Frank G 2004-09-11 12:26:36 PM|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 ..This just in: Rather replaced at CBS...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1212338/posts

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-09-11 12:38:46 PM||   2004-09-11 12:38:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Should be, "What's the font, Kenneth?"
Posted by Raj 2004-09-11 12:50:36 PM||   2004-09-11 12:50:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Dan Rather and his CBS cohorts were NOT duped. Rather and friends are willing participants in a massive fraud being perpetrated on a majority of the American people. I would have said on "all" American people, except that the LLL will still accept Rather's story even though it has been debunked beyond a reasonable doubt.

Recently someone else ( I forget who) wrote that the "real story" of the 2004 election will be the utter collapse of MSM. I concur most heartily with those sentitments. The blogosphere (sp ?) will crush CBS in this matter. Bank on it. Quite remarkable, don't you think?
Posted by Mark Z.  2004-09-11 1:03:11 PM||   2004-09-11 1:03:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, I guess this sinks any possibility of Kenneth working for The National Enquirer, America's Newspaper of Record. Maybe the NYT will pick him up as a stringer.
Posted by Anonymoose 2004-09-11 1:14:58 PM||   2004-09-11 1:14:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I wouldn't expect the other alphabets to hesitate to rip an tear on CBS's carcass, either. ABC's on it
Posted by Frank G  2004-09-11 1:52:03 PM||   2004-09-11 1:52:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 MZ: Dan Rather and his CBS cohorts were NOT duped. Rather and friends are willing participants in a massive fraud being perpetrated on a majority of the American people.

I have to agree. The media are now little more than liberalism's propaganda wing.
Posted by Zhang Fei  2004-09-11 2:02:37 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com]  2004-09-11 2:02:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Everybody is focusing on Dan Rather.

But as much of a "journalistic icon" as Dan Rather is, I have my doubts whether he himself has the pull needed to get CBS to stake its entire reputation-- and maybe even its operating license?-- on this story.

What about Les Moonves, the head honcho at CBS? Common sense would suggest he oughtta be ripping Dan Rather a brand-new asshole right about now-- but apparently he is not. Is he the one behind this? What are his politics? What are his ethics?
Posted by Dave D. 2004-09-11 2:15:05 PM||   2004-09-11 2:15:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 What are his ethics?

I'm not sure what you mean by this question. The guy works in network news -- it's obvious he has no ethics.
Posted by Robert Crawford  2004-09-11 2:50:43 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/]  2004-09-11 2:50:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 His ethics? He wouldn't steal a red hot stove. (Hat Tip: A. Lincoln.)
Posted by Matt 2004-09-11 3:01:12 PM||   2004-09-11 3:01:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Les Moonves campaign contributions to 2000
Posted by ed 2004-09-11 3:01:30 PM||   2004-09-11 3:01:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Steyn lays the smack down. I would dearly love to "A Clockwork Orange" Dan Rather and force him to hear these words over and over again until he understands who he has become and what his ilk has done to journalism as a whole.
Posted by Chris W.  2004-09-11 3:10:03 PM||   2004-09-11 3:10:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Holy cow, ed; he's donated to practically every scumbag the Donks have got!
Posted by Dave D. 2004-09-11 3:15:48 PM||   2004-09-11 3:15:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 We of the holy council of CBS News declare all those charging fraud are part of the vast right-wing conspiracy. It is our feduciary duty to our stockholders to present forged documents as damaging evidence to try and unseat an un-elected president.

For justice must be achieved at any price. And, those who say that Dan Rather is "breathtakingly close" to forced retirement are nothing but a bunch of evil facists.
Posted by CBS News 2004-09-11 4:01:08 PM||   2004-09-11 4:01:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 We have the babes.
Posted by Fox News 2004-09-11 4:19:33 PM||   2004-09-11 4:19:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Oh my, he's in rare form:

George W. Bush ought to wake up every morning and thank the Lord the media aren't on his side.

Remember the Hitler Diaries? They turned up in the '80s. Only problem is they weren't by Hitler. But by then various prestige publications had paid a fortune to serialize them. Among them was the Sunday Times of London, owned by Murdoch, who wasn't happy. He called the editor, Frank Giles, into his office, and said, ''Frank, I'm promoting you to editor emeritus.''

''I've always wondered,'' murmured Frank, ''what 'editor emeritus' means.''

''The 'e-' means you've been given the elbow and the '-meritus' means you bloody deserve it,'' said Murdoch.

I have a feeling after November CBS News will be promoting Dan Rather to editor emeritus.
Posted by mojo  2004-09-11 4:21:10 PM||   2004-09-11 4:21:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Ran Rather - Editor emeritus, or editor rigermortus?
Posted by BigEd 2004-09-11 6:26:50 PM||   2004-09-11 6:26:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 #10 Moonves looks pretty unbaised to me. He didn't donate to Dhimmicrats at the county level.

Ted Kennedy's middle name is Moore? Is he related to that other obese Moore-- Mikey?
Posted by GK 2004-09-11 7:34:40 PM||   2004-09-11 7:34:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 GK - Intersting question. Has anyone seen Ted and Mike together at the same time (and not on video)?
Posted by CrazyFool  2004-09-11 8:38:39 PM||   2004-09-11 8:38:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Can't happen. They're too big to fit on the same stage (or on the same screen from any reasonable distance).
Posted by Tom 2004-09-11 8:52:21 PM||   2004-09-11 8:52:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 Arrogance goes before the fall - Dan et al will fall a pretty good ways.

Posted by JP 2004-09-11 10:10:53 PM||   2004-09-11 10:10:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 I'll erply to lal hist tomooorrow, or whenevver I stpo drimking hevilay whutevr cums fisrt.
Posted by anD Rathre 2004-09-11 10:28:06 PM||   2004-09-11 10:28:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 The blogosphere (sp ?) will crush CBS in this matter

They are banking you are wrong. It's called "going for broke." I used to be pretty good at that myself, if I don't mind saying so.

Most people are sheep and they control the majority of the information flow. Don't be so sure they can't pull it off.
Posted by B 2004-09-12 4:17:19 AM||   2004-09-12 4:17:19 AM|| Front Page Top

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