Monday, September 13, 2004

More journalistic malfeasance

USA Today unhappily concludes in an article on the CBS phoney documents, titled "Memos debate eclipses content"
No matter how it turns out, for now the controversy over the documents has blunted criticism of Bush's Guard record, which has been a persistent irritant for Bush since he first campaigned for the White House. It has sapped the power from an issue that had appeared to be a weapon for the Democrats against Bush.

"Two retired FBI forensic document examiners who studied the memos at USA TODAY's request said Sunday that they probably are forgeries."

If the documents are fraudulent, how can anyone except the most partisan press think the content important? I am pretty sure Al Gore is nuts, but I am not going to publish obviously fake billing to try to persuade others of my convictions.

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