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To: LindyBill who wrote (68910)	9/10/2004 2:45:03 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793551

This is "inside media." This is fun! Kind of like watching piranhas feast on each other. Rather and Barnes no doubt go a long, long ways. Management at CBS is going to have to step in. Rather and the newsies are making a mess out of it. Stonewalling on Rather's part suggests that he either (1) is not connected to this Earth anymore or (2) is talking to his lawyers who've told him to admit nothing because, as I've said and continue to say, there could very well be serious criminal consequences to this episode, though they haven't yet come forth.

To: LindyBill who wrote (68910)	9/10/2004 3:30:01 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793551

Rather is taking the position that it doesn't matter that the documents are faked, the content is what matters. It doesn't matter that the documents were generated 30 years after the events, twenty years after the alleged author died. The person who generated the documents recalled the alleged author's intentions with such unimpeachable clarity that there is no reason to question their veracity. Who is giving Rather these talking points? I have a hard time believing that Rather is this foolish. He's been told to stick to the Big Lie for as long as he can because the allegations will only become more widely disseminated as long as the story has legs.