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9. BEWARE of the Dan Rather pitfall. True story delivered on FAKE DOCUMENTS.
Wed Jan 15, 2020, 10:38 AM
Jan 2020

For those that did not live through the story here is one source to help.
https://theintercept.com/2015/10/27/george-w-bush-was-awol-but-whats-truth-got-to-do-with-it/

BUT don't just look at my source Google "Dan Rather Bush AWOL"

My short version
1. George W. Bush went AWOL during the Vietnam war.
2. Dan Rather (Investigative reporter) received documents the were "official" looking the proved Bush did go AWOL.
3. A Bush connect operative fake the looks of an actual military document then filled it with real data.
4. Within days the web was abuzz with the suggestion that something was wrong with the document.
5. The chief complaint was the type font was wrong the military never used that font.
6. It was clear to some (including me) that the Bush operative generated the document "slightly off" then called attention to it.
7. The "false form" KILLED the story and Dan Rather's career. EVEN though the data was correct.

THOSE SAME TYPE POLITICAL OPERATIVES ARE ACTIVE TODAY. Today they are working to protect Trump.

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