Campanha de Kerry em desespero de causa? (2)

Mais um artigo interessante sobre a possível utilização pela CBS de documentos forjados para atacar Bush:

Rather Biased?

According to the memos, Bush didn't want to take a physical, and Killian was urged to "sugarcoat" Bush's military evaluations.

Killian died in 1984. His widow, Marjorie, says the memos don't sound at all like her late husband. In fact, she says, he didn't keep much in the way of files. What he did keep tended to be handwritten, she says.

Besides, she adds, her husband thought the young Bush was "an excellent aviator." Why, then, would he write such a memo?

OK, maybe you don't think a widow is a credible witness. How about a half-dozen document experts? Are they credible?

That's how many experts ABC News assembled to inspect CBS' memos. The experts concluded the memos look like forgeries.

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It now appears CBS made a grievous mistake or knowingly relayed false information. If so, what credibility does it have left? Even an on-air correction won't undo the damage.

CBS would go a lot further in restoring its credibility if it at least checked into the source and authenticity of the memos.

If it's shown that Democrats or the Kerry campaign are the source ? as suggested by comments to the American Spectator by an unnamed Kerry staffer ? CBS better say so.

If the documents prove to be forgeries, resignations from Rather and CBS News President Andrew Heyward would be in order - along with a sweeping review of ethical practices at a once-proud news organization.