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“SHOCKINGLY DISINGENUOUS:” Charles Johnson charges Rathergate revisionism at NPR.
And a reminder…
Instapundit —
“SHOCKINGLY DISINGENUOUS:” Charles Johnson charges Rathergate revisionism at NPR.
And a reminder of what the fraud looked like, in this animated GIF of the Rathergate forgery vs. the same document created with Microsoft Word defaults.
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Dan Rather and NPR Pulling A Fast One
Dean's World —
... Historical revisionism at work. It makes you wonder just how much else the press has managed to rewrite history on. Before we had the web, what protection against it did we have at all? ...
Rather Continues Lying About Forged Documents; NPR Aids and Abets
Ace of Spades HQ —
Rather Continues Lying About Forged Documents; NPR Aids and Abets Charles Johnson makes a point here: Why is it that the MSM has never offered the visual proof he constructed of the famously alternating GIF? Seems to be two possibilities: 1. They didn't think of it and would prefer not to acknowledge the contribution of a non-guild member. 2. The GIF is damning and ends all debate. Incidentally, Rather continues clinging to the claim that the forgeries were never "officially" determined 100% to be fakes. This is... true, in a way. The CBS report by Boccardi and Thornburgh ...
RatherGate returns on NPR
TigerHawk —
... fired him. Now, and perhaps equally naturally, NPR is reporting the story as if there were some question about what Rather did. So, as anybody in my family would have predicted, I started yelling at the radio, and for a split-second wished that I were at my computer ramming the story down NPR's throat instead of on my way to day of fine skiing. Fortunately, that last impulse passed very quickly. Anyway, imagine my delight to return this evening and see that Little Green Footballs is back on the case , discharging both barrels at NPR's absurd story: There’s no polite way to put ...
