Good evening again, Dave! Dave Laird wrote to Frank Reichert...
> Frank Reichert wrote: > > Some of that certainly may be true, however, apparently this time > > around it appears that 'some of his bosses' may have disagreed > > strongly with Dan Rather's content or take on the Shrub's > > National Guard documents. I believe perhaps the story may have > > been poorly researched, but it should have been something > > certainly important enough to air as national news. To which, you replied: > On the other hand, it was a VITAL story because it nearly cost George W. > Bush the Presidency. With a stronger selection of the gene pool from ANY > political party it might have turned the trick and George would be headed > back for Texas, wouldn't he? I guess that we'll never know, that is, what took place in the back room of the CBS news moguls, but I can at least speculate that Dan Rather was somehow deemed dispensable. In retrospect, I believe the story was viable, and probably a good one, although not properly researched by CBS News. I'm not so sure, and we'll probably never really know, if Rather orchistrated any known forgery, or document to unseat George. The neo-conservatives here will certainly suggest that this was, in Dan Rather's machivellian ways, a done deal to discredit George. I'm not entirely convinced that this scenario is an accurate representation of the truth. Probably closer to home was the damn ratings! Yes! The damn ratings! It seems at least that even CBS News moguls understood that Bush somehow managed to pull off an even higher poll rating than he did four years earlier, and, since CBS lagged terribly behind in televised news ratings, sacrificed Dan in an effort to strengthen their own lagging ratings. That's my take. But again, none of us will probably ever know. Kindest regards, Frank _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
