It's a Shame
[posted by Callimachus]
Neo-Neocon reads Mary Mapes (Dan Rather's partner in journalistic crime) so you don't have to. Mary:
That "most obscure, most difficult to decipher element of the story"? The plain evidence that the documents in question were recent forgeries.
"You keep complaining that this deed I've sold you to the Brooklyn Bridge is a fraud, and you're just not paying attention to the fantastic deal I gave you on the property. You're not being fair to me. I'm a victim."
Neo-Neocon reads Mary Mapes (Dan Rather's partner in journalistic crime) so you don't have to. Mary:
These critics blathered on about everything but the content. They knew they would lose that argument, so they didn’t raise it. They focused on the most obscure, most difficult to decipher element of the story and dove in, attacking CBS, Dan Rather, me, the story and the horse we rode in on—without respite, relentlessly, for days.
That "most obscure, most difficult to decipher element of the story"? The plain evidence that the documents in question were recent forgeries.
"You keep complaining that this deed I've sold you to the Brooklyn Bridge is a fraud, and you're just not paying attention to the fantastic deal I gave you on the property. You're not being fair to me. I'm a victim."
