dan rather break down watch: day 5:
(CBS/AP) Acknowledging questions raised about documents suggesting lapses in President Bush's National Guard service, CBS News promised a full-court effort to determine their authenticity while standing by its story.
"We will keep an open mind and we will continue to report credible evidence and responsible points of view as we try to answer the questions raised about the authenticity of the documents," CBS News Anchor Dan Rather said on 60 Minutes on Wednesday.
rather wrong?
Thursday, September 16, 2004
rather wrong?
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
"expert" analysis
"Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes." ~ Miguel De Cervantes
"Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence." ~ Abigail Adams
CBS news' "expert" document analyst, marcel matley, acknowledged in 1995 in California court depositions that he had "no formal training in a document lab, in identification of papers, inks, or machines, typewriters, photocopies" "no training from the U.S. Secret Service, FBI, U.S. Army, California Department of Justice or any other law-enforcement body."
deoborah orin nypost washington bureau chief exclusive
some sites of interest, though not directly involved with the document controversy: