The major news network anchors had two choices following
the revelations that CBS and Dan Rather used forged documents to assist John
Kerry in the presidential election.They
could have taken the high road, acknowledged the deception and called on Dan
Rather to do the right thing and resign; or they could have closed ranks and
attempted to perpetuate the liberal domination of television news for a little bit
longer.
We now know their decision.They are circling the wagons in defense of Rather.But worse than that – they are labeling as the villains the very people
who exposed the fraud in the first place.Because
if you believe NBC’s Tom Brokaw, it is the “Internet” that is to blame.
According
to the Associated Press:
The
NBC anchor blasted what he called an attempt to "demonize" CBS and
Rather on the Internet, where complaints about the report first surfaced.
Brokaw said the criticism "goes well beyond any factual
information."
"What I think is highly inappropriate is what is going on across the
Internet, a kind of political jihad ... that is quite outrageous,"
he said at a panel on which all three men spoke. (Emphasis
added)
“Political
jihad”?Just exactly who is doing the demonizing here?Someone who spends as much time following the news as Tom Brokow
presumably does should probably have a clue how inflammatory such a statement
is.But no bother to Brokow.
What's next? Saying the Jews were responsible for the Holocaust?
Not that it really needs to be said again, but just for the
sake of argument:There is no
conceivable way that CBS did not know those memos were forgeries.They were exposed as such within hours of their public release.The only logical conclusion, therefore, is that CBS and Dan Rather knew
exactly what they were doing – attempting to defeat President Bush.
Brokaw
is right about one thing.There is
something outrageous going on but it has nothing to do with exposing Dan Rather
as a crass partisan.And all this
time we thought it was Rather who reported a story that went “well beyond any
factual information.”
But I guess from their point
of view the exposure was a sort of holy war against their bias and prejudices.The very people who exposed Rather's faked documents are now the bad
guys. But not just bad guys; apparently they are something akin to Muslin
fanatics.
But that’s all in a days work for the folks down at CBS and NBC.
Opinions
expressed do not necessarily reflect those of PoliticalUSA.com.
Copyright
Political USA, Inc., 1999-2005. Unauthorized use of materials is prohibited. If
you want something, just
ask us!
