October 15, 2004

VIETNAMESE TOWNS PEOPLE tell their side of the incident were in John Kerry shot a Viet Cong soldier in the back and was later awarded the Silver Star. ABC News couldn't be happier in repeating again and again their claim that the stories remembered by these villiagers contradict some of the statements of Swift Vet John O'Neill. Note well, ABC News went to the other side of the globe to find witnesses with stories different from John O'Neill, but they haven't picked up a phone or taken a cab across town to talk to witnesses right here in America who tell stories contradicting John Kerry and supporting John O'Neill. What more needs be said.

UPDATE: Tom Maguire:

The producers of ABC's Nightline have an interesting idea - go to Vietnam to research some of the questions about Kerry's medals .. Of course, we have our own questions. First, if ABC is so interested in Kerry's war record, maybe they could send a crew to Kerry's campaign headquarters and ask him to sign a Form 180 authorizing the release of his military records. And they wouldn't even have to hire a translator. But I doubt they are really that interested. Secondly, and I ask this without having read the story, what are the odds that ABC will run a Kerry-basher three weeks before the election? .. Third, what has ABC left on the cutting room floor? When CBS perpetrated the Killian forged documents debacle, they actually interviewed the son of the purported author of the forged documents. Killian's son told CBS he doubted the authenticity of the documents, and SNIP! - he was gone. Do we have confidence that ABC will hold themselves to a higher standard? We do not.
That's just a teaser. He's got lots more.

UPDATE: Tom is now ripping Andrew Sullivan's laughable take on the story. My respect for Sullivan continues to decline.

And this is worth looking at -- Captain Ed takes on Ted Koppel. Quotable:

ABC News makes one thing abundantly clear: despite taking the lead on covering Rathergate, they've apparently learned absolutely nothing from it. Their badly-misfired attack piece should embarass everyone who works in their news division.
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