September 30, 2004

TRANSCRIPT -- "The truth doesn't matter" -- an interview with CBS News. Well, actually no one said exactly that but "news reporter" Richard Schlesinger did say this:
Whether or not there’s any reality to there being a draft, is almost besides the point.
Adn producer Linda Karas said this:
The truth of the e-mails were absolutely irrelevant to the piece.
Sorry, Richard, sorry Linda, when you have a war on and an election in process, it's not beside the point. It's really the thing that matters most -- because the truth always matters -- and you've got fear based on falsehoods spreading like wildfire out there. But the both of you chose to throw gasoline on the fire rather dowse bogus email rumors with a cold bucket of factual news reporting. This isn't journalism, it's an utter disgrace.

Compare how CBS News reported on these bogus fears being spread to influence the outcome of the election -- this time CBS didn't report the fear, they reported the truth. How do the stories differ? In prior case the false rumor target Bush, the later instance the false rumors target Kerry. By coincidence both stories are told -- not in a way to maximize truth -- but in a way as maximze damage to President Bush, the truth be damned.

UPDATE: Another TRANSCRIPT -- "An Interview with Mr. Enobakhare" -- Dan Rather pursues another email lead:

Rather: Mr. Enobakhare, where are you from?

Enobakhare: From Sierra, Leone, which is right next to the Kingdom of Zamunda.

Rather: And your family has fallen on some hard times?

Enobakhare: Yes, Before the death of my father, he deposited the sum of Twelve Million United States Dollars in a Finance and Security Company.

AND YET ANOTHER breaking CBC News story.

But don't expect CBS to cover this "Democrat Moms Worry That John Kerry Will Raise Taxes and Outlaw Christianity."

MORE -- this is simply unbelievable. CBS News is doctoring their own broadcast transcripts. Posted by Greg Ransom