<font size=4>Ms Knox told the Houston paper last week she didn't remember how Bush was treated!
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<font color=red>"Weak," "one-sided," "misleading"<font color=black>
UPDATE: Allah watched 60 Minutes II so you don't have to. Did you know that the interview was conducted this very afternoon? Flew her in from Houston, they did. While you and I were sitting at our computers refreshing the Drudge Report, hoping against hope that CBS would finally recant and apologize, they were busy trying to coax a get-out-of-jail-free card out of Killian's typist.
As for what was said, I won't belabor it with a long play by play. All you need to know is that she thinks the memos are fake, that some of the terminology used in them is wrong, and yet somehow every last bit of information in them accurately reflects the facts as they were. Rather actually had the nuts to end the segment by noting that whatever quibbles there might be about the hard evidence, no one has yet challenged <font color=blue>"the major thrust"<font color=black> of the story.
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If Edward R. Murrow wasn't already dead, he'd kill himself.
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A few things that weren't mentioned: Mrs. Knox's opinion that Bush is <font color=blue>"unfit for office"<font color=black> and that he was <font color=blue>"selected, not elected"<font color=black>; Killian's son's assertion that Mrs. Knox was a pool typist, not his father's personal secretary and thus not privy to the <font color=purple>"facts"<font color=black> in this case; or the fact that Killian's son and wife were allegedly both interviewed by 60 Minutes before the original report aired last week and yet somehow their clips didn't make it into the segment.
Rather did ask Knox what she thought of Killian's son saying that the memos don't reflect his father's opinion. Her response: <font color=blue>"He has no way of knowing if it's true or not."<font color=black> Good enough for Document Dan!
Rathergate has more, and says Knox looked coached.
UPDATE: Several readers have e-mailed me an article from today's Houston Chronicle with a very interesting tidbit of information about Knox. This didn't come up either during the interview; think it might be relevant?
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Last week, Knox said she had no firsthand knowledge of
Bush's time with the Texas Air National Guard, although
she did recall a culture of special treatment for the sons
of prominent people, such as Bush and others.
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Tonight she said she remembered Bush well and described him as <font color=blue>"nice" and "gentlemanly"<font color=black>, and prone to forgetting her name. A truly spectacular feat of memory recovery for an 86-year-old, don't you think? Kudos, Mrs. Knox.
UPDATE: Reader "insomni" reminds me that in response to the question of whether Bush received preferential treatment in the TANG, Knox said she <font color=blue>"feels"<font color=black> that he did. Much the way Allah <font color=red>"feels"<font color=black> that this CBS story is one big (edit)farking set-up.
UPDATE: Hey, Dan's not the one on trial here!
If Knox is right, Rather said, the public <font color=blue>"won't hear about it from a spokesman. They'll learn it from me."<font color=black> But he also delivered a message to <font color=blue>"our journalistic competitors,"<font color=black> including The Washington Post and rival networks: <font color=blue>"Instead of asking President Bush and his staff questions about what is true and not true about the president's military service, they ask me questions: 'How do you know this and that about the documents?'"<font color=black>
Because Bush is a draft dodger, the rest of the media should give Rather a pass on his shitty journalism.
Unbelievable.
UPDATE: All right, the press release. People have already moved on to the Burkett/Kinko's story so I won't wade too deeply into this one either. Here's the most important part:<font color=green>
The 60 Minutes Wednesday broadcast reported that it obtained six documents from the personal files of Lt. Col. Killian, four of which were used in the broadcast.
Score one for Allah and the Freepers. Now, as to the matter of why only four documents were used in the broadcast -- the press release doesn't say. Let's hope the newspapers turn their attention to that question in the days ahead. <font size=3>
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