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CBS is putting a slew of document experts verifying the documents veracity.
They firmly stand by their assertion the documents are real. This has little, if anything, to do with Rather.
A little over two years ago, the administration pissed off the mainstream media and got a heap of bad commentary for it. It looks like the same thing will occur. This could be a fatal error for the Bush admin.
If nothing else, the mainstream media is extremely fucking powerful and don't like to be called a bunch of propagandists--regardless of the documents' truth value. They don't like the admin's actions and lack of responses to them (which are extremely lacking, btw) and it shows in the reporting style.
For me personally, I'm going to take the word of people on the screen over the word of someone who spoke to someone on a website. When experts are willing to come on screen for interviews, and I can hear their conversation in whole, not just snippets, I choose to believe them.
I also don't get this nitpicking about the documents in regards to really ridiculous assertions. For example, the issue of centering the letterhead. My understanding of letterheads is that they are pre-made forms. I don't know what they did in the 70's, but my guess is that a guy didn't type each on up. The lt. most likely had access to a stack of identical blank sheets of paper with the squad's splash across the top. Sounds like so much grasping at straws here that I cant even believe I posted--damn it, I was refraining for so long...
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