Army Times:Rather says memo flap doesn’t change his story

http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-357972.php
September 16, 2004

By Peter Johnson and Jim Drinkard
USA Today


CBS News anchor Dan Rather on Wednesday strongly defended his “60 Minutes” story critical of President Bush’s military service, saying that his report is true but that legitimate questions have been raised about the authenticity of documents he used to support it.
No one, Rather said repeatedly in an interview, has yet disputed “the heart” of his report. But, he said, a “thick partisan fogging machine seeks to cloud the core truth of our story by raising questions about the messenger, methods and techniques.”
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He said he expected to take heat on the story from Bush supporters and the right wing, which has long accused him of being liberal and pro-Democrat. Those camps “can’t deny the message so they have to discredit and destroy the messenger,” he said. “Anybody who has been around for a while understands that’s going to happen. It goes with the territory.”

Since the buildup to the war in Iraq, Rather said, the nation’s news media have turned timid. “An awful lot of people in journalism have laid down and said: “I’m not going to ask the tough questions. I’m not going to tell any tough truths’ because when you do that, you’re going to pay too heavy a price, and so a lot of people just walk away.”

Rather said he won’t walk away from this story, and the veteran hurricane reporter said he is “happily” in the eye of this storm. “What kind of journalist would I be, what kind of man would I be, if at the first sign of pressure I backed down?”

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My comments: well balanced presentation of the salient facts as they are known today or as Ms. Knox says in the article “It’s plain and simple. Bush didn’t think he had to go by the rules that others did,” Knox said.


Nice to see this coverage in Army Times

At least one journalist is doing his job.

Along with Paul Krugman.

When people get angry, they stop thinking. Some Corporate heads will give the green light, the stuff will hit the fan and it will be on
(Just my wishfull hopes, but could you imagine what kind of information outlet Blockbuster is)


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I don't see him as doing anyother other than that. His job is to look good on camera and not make any mistakes. At this point, he's not doing his job.

makes you look foolish. Even more dishonest, tarnsparently bias than you claim Rather looks.

Bad effort. Try again, maybe when you know more facts.

He's demonstrated his courage for years, and the right-wing won't easily stop him. They've tried it before. I, who not watched evening news in years, have started watching CBS Evening News, and I've also written a letter of praise to CBS. The right-wing has its disingenuous allies on Faux, who don't investigate, simply rely on right-wing blogs and Republican press releases, but moderates and progressives still have CBS. CBS news and 60 Minutes are by far the best shows of their type, and any fair-minded American should show their support for those shows.

is the CONTENT of the memos.

The STORY

is the CONTENT of *dimwit's CHARACTER.

Lemme tell y'all sumphin', he CHARACTER be some nassy, off-the-wall, DSM described, SERIOUSLY. JENKY. SHIT. WHO cannot see, in his own environs, the HAVOC the *dauphins "policies" have wreaked? They are SHOWING NOW at a mall near YOU! When you see a kid who's had his fuckin' limbs blown off, do you thank him/her for his sacrifice in making the world "safe" for *corp interests to do what *dubya has done his whole life?

(Psssst... Joe 6-pack, Like he'd condescend to drink a beer with YOU, spend a day with your family and attend YOUR son's FUNERAL... I'm not gonna tell you to get a clue as I realize how immovably your very IDENTITY is tied to a LIE.)

I SUPPORT DAN RATHER IN HIS INVESTIGATION OF CONTENT!!!!

If you do PLEASE do communicate that to him.

evening@cbsnews.com

Add here if you find more. We may send a wake-up to Mistah Kurtz who seems to have seen another show

especially on this issue. i think they also helped ted koppel gather names for his memorial special where he read the names of those killed in iraq.

Produce a full and complete copy of your service record. And don't forget to explain why you never took your flight physical or reported for duty when you were required to. Until then the CBS documents and the smattering of service records you have produced are all we have to go on.

I haven't seen the reports on "60 Minutes," and I keep hearing on the one hand that Rather relied on sources (possibly Bill Burkett) and on the other hand that these were documents released by the White House.

Which is it?

You can view all of the documents and watch the associated videos at this site
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/06/politics/main641481.shtml

of what integrity and honor are like. Another American Hero stands up for the truth. The networks that are claiming forgery are digging a very deep hole for themselves, the documents are authentic!

It's hot enough to have stirred up some of the bottom feeders we don't usually see around here unless the right side is taking some hard hits.

They must fear for their hoped-for fascist heaven-on-earth.

Good enough!