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To: LindyBill who started this subject9/20/2004 9:08:14 PM
From: LindyBill   of 793964
 
Mudville Gazette - Lester Holt, host of MSNBC's Lester Holt live, reported on air today (online version not available at this time) that retired Texas Air National Guard Major General Bobby Hodges, is calling for an apology from CBS for himself, the family of the late Lt Col Jerry Killian, and National Guard members across the America, all of whom had their reputations tarnished in the developing Rathergate scandal. General Hodges, who was originally quoted by CBS as verifying the accuracy of the content of the Rather forgeries, later stated he had been misled by the network, adding that their only contact was a brief phone conversation in which he was led to believe they had hand written documents from Lt Col Killian.

This development underscores an overlooked aspect of the Rather forgeries - fabricated claims falsely attributed to a deceased military officer. As noted here previously, this was certainly not the first incident of Rather or CBS attacking military members (or using lower ranking military members in their attacks on their leaders) - a trend perhaps explained in part by the fact that Rather's journalism career began only after he was booted out of the Marine Corps as unfit after a 4-month "military career".
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