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Re-Writing History - National Public Radio and the Rathergate scandal

Looks like NPR is trying to ignore some basic facts about the Rathergate scandal. Since Charles at Little Green Footballs was the one to break it, he is the best person to remind people just what happened and to offer this stunning proof: What you are seeing is the copy of the memo alternating with the text of the memo typed into Microsoft Word (for a MAC) using the default settings. From Charles:

NPR Rewrites Rathergate History to Cover Up Fraud
National Public Radio does their best to rewrite history in this shockingly disingenuous piece on the Rathergate affair, told from Dan Rather’s perspective as he openly states (and NPR doesn’t challenge) that the memos in his infamous 60 Minutes II piece were never proven to be fakes: Dan Rather Hopes To Tell His Bush Story In Court.

Yeah right... Posted by DaveH at December 24, 2008 12:14 PM | TrackBack