As the Screw Slowly Turns ......

[cegerer]

Looks like this Burkett/Kinko's guy is a real wack job! Is Burkett and Dan Rather's "unimpeachable source" one in the same?

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2799919

[Overpaid Slacker]

The thing that kills me is, whoever the perpetrator is had to weigh his options as to which mass media outlet was the most anti-W; the most likely to run with this b/c it fit what they really really wanted to be true; the most likely to ignore any contrary evidence in order to smear W.

Lo and behold, it was CBS and Dan Rather. And he was right. He must have a low opinion of CBS, or a very very profound understanding of how they work and how they decide what is "news".

JP

[ubiquity0]

I think that USA Today (OK, OK I was staying in a Marriot- thats all they gave me to read) claimed they also received the fax independently of CBS.

[mikester]

it's likely he sent it to everyone - especially if he's a wackjob.

[Icemaster]

Originally posted by ubiquity0
I think that USA Today (OK, OK I was staying in a Marriot- thats all they gave me to read) claimed they also received the fax independently of CBS.

Don't make that mistake again...they'll usually have a WSJ available. At least that can be trusted.

[928ram]

If Burkett is the source I doubt it was he alone, granted CBS has flubbed in the past but I think he might have been "delivered" or given "cred" from another source trusted by CBS.
His hiding out and lawyering-up sure looks suspicious though.

[cegerer]

Looks now like the Kerry campaign and Burkett had been in contact with each other to discuss "down and dirty" tactics against Bush ........ unbelievable.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A30043-2004Sep17?language=printer

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/daily/graphics/guard_091404.html

[fintstone]

Washington, DC--Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie issued the following statement on CBS’s admission today that memos regarding the President’s National Guard service are not real.

“We accept CBS's apology for a breach of the journalistic standards that provide the American people confidence in news organizations, but some disturbing questions remain unanswered.

“CBS has now answered questions about the authenticity of the documents but questions remain surrounding who created the documents, who provided them to CBS and if Senator Kerry's supporters, Party committee, or campaign played any role.

“Did Bill Burkett, Democrat activist and Kerry campaign supporter, who passed information to the DNC, work with Kerry campaign surrogate Max Cleland? Did Bill Burkett's talks with ‘senior’ Kerry campaign officials include discussions of the now discredited documents? Was the launch of the Democrat National Committee's Operation Fortunate Son designed with knowledge of the faked forged memos? Terry McAuliffe said yesterday that no one at the DNC or Kerry campaign, ‘had anything to do with the preparations of the documents,’ but what about the distribution or dissemination?

“In an effort to regain the trust of the American people CBS should not only investigate the process that led to the use of these documents but they should identify immediately those engaged in possible criminal activity who attempted to use a news organization to affect the outcome of a Presidential election in its closing days.”