Friday, September 17, 2004

Accurate Forgeries?

The latest saga in the 60 Minutes documents drama is that Marian Knox, Lt. Col. Jerry B. Killian secretary tells CBS that the documents appear to be forgeries but they accurately reflect the views of Kilian.

So, like NBC who in 1993 rigged explosives to make a truck explosion story on Dateline look better, CBS may have used fake documents to solidify a story. However how many people are going to remember that the story is accurate, that George Bush used connections to get out of service and that he didn't fulfill his commitments, that he went AWOL?

Knox's claim is backed up by a report in USA Today that said "Another former Texas National Guard officer, Richard Via, also said that the documents were fakes but that their content reflected questions about Bush that were discussed at the time in the hangar at Ellington Air Force Base, where he had a desk next to Killian's."

Conservatives will point to Knox's statements that the documents are fake but will they also include her statement that the information is accurate? One can only assume they will credit her with the fake claim but call her misinformed on the accuracy claim.


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