Jesse Jackson hits the nail on the head, again

[Radical Activist]

For days I've been wondering why the media throws a fit over potentially forged documents at CBS, but George Bush gets a pass for referring to forged documents in the State of the Union. Finally, someone in the media makes that point. This is a great editorial. It's no wonder the right spends to much time demonizing Jackson.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/jesse/cst-edt-jesse28.html


A Rather unfair burden

September 28, 2004

BY JESSE JACKSON
CBS anchor Dan Rather apologized this week. He admitted that CBS had been snookered by a source that lied and provided documents that were fake about George W. Bush's service in the National Guard during the Vietnam years. Ironically, although the documents were fake, the story was true: Bush did use family connections to avoid the draft, ducked the war in the National Guard, and then shirked his responsibilities while serving in the Guard. Rather had the right facts, but the wrong source.

The right-wing chorus started baying immediately. Bill Bennett accused CBS of being guilty of ''corruption.'' Others called for Rather to resign. No liberals came to the defense of Rather or CBS.

What a contrast with President Bush. We now know that everything he told us about the war in Iraq was false. There were no weapons of mass destruction. Saddam Hussein had no connections with al-Qaida and no involvement in Sept. 11. His regime was crumbling under sanctions and inspections. The war on Iraq wasn't part of the war on terror, it was a distraction from it...

[jean]

1. a minor point - but why does Bill Bennett get to comment on anything

after his exposure as a lying fraud?

[NewJeffCT]

5. maybe his dominatrix likes seeing him on TV?

But, I see him every time on those rare occasions when I can stomach Fox.

[tom_paine]

9. Because there is no shame nor conscience on the Bushevik side

Because their Bushevik Sub-Media can make almost ANYTHING disappear down the Memory Hole.

Maybe if Bennett had sodomised a child. (God Forbid)

But now that I think about it, NAAH. He'd be back moralizing in a year, two years tops.

[xchrom]

2. No liberals came to the defense of Rather or CBS.

isn't that telling?
and sad?

[slojim240]

3. I asked this same question weeks ago.

But no one in the media will touch it.

[Radical Activist]

8. That would embarrass them too much

I wonder if the media outside CBS criticizes Rather so much because maybe it increases their own sense of credibility after all the lies they passed on without question since Bush took office. Kind of like, sure we all lied to you but at least we aren't passing on forged documents like CBS over there!

[H2O Man]

4. Jesse Jackson is a great man

who is willing to tell the truth even when it is not necessarily popular.

[RubyDuby in GA]

6. Jesse is on a roll

He should have mentioned that we're all still sovereized. hehe :bounce:

[mazzarro]

7. So true - Jesse!

The media has shown that majority of Americans are either fools or hypocrites.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Wow! Good One Jesse!

And in the Sun-Times, no less. I mean, come on! Home of Novak and Betsy Hart?

Rather damning, i must say.
The Professor