Unresolved : Did Gannon break CBS-Rathergate to Hannity???
cthrumatrix
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 05:56 PM
Original message
Unresolved : Did Gannon break CBS-Rathergate to Hannity???
We saw hannity's quote that Jeff "broke" the story to "him". So ...who broke it to Gannon...who gave him the "spin"?
Goldmund
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 05:58 PM
Response to Original message
1. Wasn't it right-wing bloggers who figured out the inconsistencies...
MadAsHellNewYorker
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 05:59 PM
Response to Reply #1
Edited on Wed Feb-16-05 06:00 PM by MadAsHellNewYorker
it turned out the White House was withholding 1970's documents with similar font till after "rathergate" blew over
Goldmund
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:00 PM
Response to Reply #3
-- I am to this day not convinced they were faked by anyone. But still, those right-wing blogger claims were eventually accepted by the MSM, which then turned into a scandal.
MadAsHellNewYorker
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:05 PM
Response to Reply #7
14. ahh, the great and powerful "Liberal" media
Goldmund
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:08 PM
Response to Reply #14
15. Oh don't even get me started on the whole "liberal media"
garbage... That whole thing is so Orwellian and so fascist that it makes my head spin.
MadAsHellNewYorker
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:19 PM
Response to Reply #15
20. trust me, i know....my head has spun off several times
Lone_Star_Dem
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:00 PM
Response to Reply #1
4. I think it came from FreeRepublic, actually.
It was said to be a "crooked lawyer" who had no actual training in fonts and he picked it off in minutes. Check kos for the information. I think that's where I read it. It may even be in their compiled info on Gannon.
Hugin
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:14 PM
Response to Reply #4
18. Gannon *is* a Freeper... BTW. ;) n/t
Lone_Star_Dem
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:18 PM
Response to Reply #18
I think the man who "saw through the fraud" is one, too. There might be some threads worth reading on it over there. There is always a chance JJ/GG is involved in it.
Hugin
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:19 PM
Response to Reply #19
21. Would be interesting to know... Wouldn't it?
That place makes my brain hurt tho... Can we send a robot?
Lone_Star_Dem
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:21 PM
Response to Reply #21
22. Where's Grovelbot when you need him.
cthrumatrix
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:00 PM
Response to Reply #1
6. hannity said that "Talon & Jeff" had the story.... the trail could be
Rove plants.... RW Blog sees CBS story and Talon covers RW Blog
ClintonTyree
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:01 PM
Response to Reply #1
8. It may have been someone on FR...................
on which Gannon/Guckert posted often. I know there were a few threads mentioned here that had him bragging about something to do with it. Maybe "deep throat" is "deep throat"?
DenverDem
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:01 PM
Response to Reply #1
9. The "right wing blogger" was the guy who sent the documents to CBS.
publican activist lawyer from Atlanta, "buckethead", set the whole thing up. How do you think he was on the web with the information within minutes of it being broadcast on CBS?
cthrumatrix
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:02 PM
Response to Reply #9
12. right --- but who spun the blogger news ? Talon
and how did Talon break it too Hannity It's all waaaay to connected.
Canuckistanian
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:01 PM
Response to Reply #1
10. Yes, it was well researched
Even before it happened! The first reports of something wrong with the fonts happened in a mere FEW HOURS after CBS released the documents. I smelled a rat from the beginning.
Goldmund
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:03 PM
Response to Reply #10
13. I agree with y'all --
-- all I was asking was that I remember right-wing blogs being credited with the "discovery", not Jeff Gannon or any such "reporter". I agree that it was most likely a setup.
tridim
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 05:59 PM
Response to Original message
2. The fringe and childish Free Republic?
These guys are all in bed (ahem) with each other. It's like a giant virtual orgy of BS.
Hugin
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:00 PM
Response to Original message
5. I brought this up a couple of times.
seabeyond
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:01 PM
Response to Original message
11. they didnt break a story they created a story of confusion
they suggested papers werent authentic. that is all. the story was true. the papers were true, cbs just cant verify they are authentic. they created a story to put doubt out, not that they broke any story
Canuckistanian
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:11 PM
Response to Reply #11
17. And as a result, the story is now radioactive
The MSM won't go NEAR this one for fear of being 'Rathered'.
sadiesworld
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Wed Feb-16-05 06:10 PM
Response to Original message
16. Rathergate was pure Rove,
If the pugs didn't have anything to do with it, they would be screaming for Burkett's head. Instead, we get silence.
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts)
Wed May 01st 2024, 10:25 PM
Response to Original message
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion
board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules
page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the
opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent
the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.