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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rick who wrote (49448)	5/30/2005 12:03:05 AM
From: Rick	Respond to of 59480

High noon for high news By Victor Davis Hanson "...Three now-common themes appeared in each controversy: (1) The misinformation erred predictably against the current American government. In CBS' case, anchorman Dan Rather impugned the president's past military service. The Newsweek article questioned the ethics and sense of the U.S. military. (2) These were not minor slips. The counterfeit documents Mr. Rather circulated undercut a sitting commander-in-chief in the midst of a national election. The fraud had the potential to alter the very governance of the United States. Newsweek's wrong information incited the Middle East's lunatic elements. Rioting and death followed, complicating the U.S. military effort. (3) Neither organization was markedly contrite when exposed...." washtimes.com