Oh sure, they want gays in the military, just not THEIR gay sons.

I think NBC is about to hatchet the fuck out of the CBS story.

Eh, it wasn't so much a hatchet, but a mild debunking.

Brit Hume carried the newest fake story. Unfortunately, he seemed to yawn - you know, so what's new.

The leftist group is actually called People Against the War.

CBS: Putting the ANAL in analysis. Must be true, cuz only bullshit passes thru their signal.

Here is what Unabrewer mentioned. On the one hand, they don't mention CBS at all. On the other hand, if you see the video, when they show the e-mail they stamp a giant red "BUNK" on it. The good news is that it is far more responsible journalism than at CBS. The bad news is no well-earned spanking for Rather.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6134043/

If anyone at CBS had a pulse, they would have immediately (after the Killian memo fiasco) hired a blogger -- or at least, someone who has read blogs and has been around the internet for a few years, and has a passing knowledge of the "hoaxes" and how to verify (or at least raise flags about) questionable email.

You know -- a college intern, or something.

These people are dinosaurs.

Terry Notus: thanks for the MSNBC link. That was a fairly decent article. I may actually try watching the news sometime, if this keeps up. It would've been kinda nice if they'd pointed to some of the obvious warning signs in the email (friend who works there! did the email end with 'send this to everyone you know'?) and referenced some of the hoax-watching sites, but all in all not too bad.

As for pointing more fingers at Dan Rather, I'm glad NBC did not. That sort of behavior is rarely wise on a news show. In fact, that's the behavior that has us all riled up, reaching conclusions instead of providing facts.