Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Bloggers lead the way in CBS story

The heat continues for CBS over the Bush memos.

Bloggers were all over this thing as soon as it hit TV, and were discrediting the memos as inauthentic. Not because they're Bush-lovers or closet Republicans ... you'll find many of these guys are stalwart Democrats. They just love tweaking the media!

Here is an article about blogs and how they questioned the original 60 Minutes story so quickly.

Here is an in-depth article from the Washington Post about the inconsistencies in the memos that make it appear faked.

Dan Rather needs to stop defending and do some confessing about who the source is (AP says it's somebody with a long grudge against Bush and the National Guard) and needs to release the papers it has on hand. Any refusal to do so undermines the story.

-Zube.

1 comment:

Stephanie Matlock Allen said...

Isn't that fascinating all the little details they're able to find? One thing about bloggers... they've often got a lot of time on their hands ;-)