Defiant Dan Rather asserts TANG documents were “absolutely true” (AUDIO ADDED)

Just when you thought this issue was had been put to bed. Bob Owens has the details of an interview Rather did this morning Raleigh’s News-Talk 680 WPTF:

Just moments ago on North Carolina’s Morning News with Jack Boston on Raleigh-based News-Talk 680 WPTF, former CBS anchor Dan Rather defended the infamous 60 Minutes story using forged documents to attack President Bush’s service with the Texas Air National Guard as being, “absolutely true,” a charge a testy Rather reiterated at least four or five times.

Rather not only defended the report, but the validity of the forged documentation that the report relied on, saying it had never been proven false (despite copious evidence to the contrary).

Bob’s working on trying to obtain the audio from the interview.

PM Update I: Bob has updated his post to note that WPTF won’t be releasing the audio, but he did find this link to a story about the show from the Raleigh News and Observer.

PM Update II: Bob obtained audio of Rather’s interview from a reader. Scroll down to the end of his post to listen to it.

10 Responses to "Defiant Dan Rather asserts TANG documents were “absolutely true” (AUDIO ADDED)"

Severian says:

November 7, 2006 at 11:08 am

Unbelievable, except it’s all too believable. Rather and Kerry are cast in the same elitist, we’re better than you, being a liberal means never having to say you’re sorry (or even realize you’re wrong apparently). It’s the same BS, we can’t be wrong, facts don’t apply to us, blah blah blah. The surest sign of a narcissistic personality disorder is on display in spades with these two. Like children, no matter what they’re shown, it isn’t true! But you said I could stay up late. No I didn’t. But you did! More proof that liberals are like children, and that Pelosi’s promise that if the Dems win it’ll be putting children in the drivers seat.
Ryan says:

November 7, 2006 at 11:38 am

He just needs to go away. It’s unbelievable how badly he wants it to be true. Actually I’m with Sev, it is sadly believable.

Unbiased reporting my foot. Go away Danny boy.
Steve Skubinna says:

November 7, 2006 at 12:20 pm

Well, except for the lies, it’s all absolutely true. I really am unable to get a handle on Rather and Mapes – they can’t really be so self deluded that they believe the story, can they? It seems obvious to me that they are willfully lying, yet is it at all possible that they are sincere?

I have always thought Krauthammer’s coining of Bush Derangement Syndrome was a cute commentary but is there some psychological dysfunction at work here? Seriously? The leftist landscape is littered with wrecked personalities that can best be described as insane.
hdw says:

November 7, 2006 at 12:37 pm

Forged, they aren’t forged! They simply used a very early, top secret version of Microsoft Word to produce those documents… On a laptop computer, that hadn’t been invented yet… Using a font that hadn’t been designed yet. Yeh, that must be it!
Severian says:

November 7, 2006 at 12:51 pm

When this whole story hit the fan originally, I was working as a consultant at a NIJ forensics lab. The local forensic document specialist held forth one day in no uncertain terms just what he thought of both the documents and the “professionals” CBS claimed had validated them. Not language you can use in mixed company, he had less than no respect for the examiners and said that anyone should be able to tell they were forgeries by the naked eye, for the reasons that the bloggers documented so well. This document expert was one of the better and more respected ones in the country. If Rather is still saying this is true, he’s either lying thru his teeth or so senile and delusional he should be institutionalized.
Lorica says:

November 7, 2006 at 1:23 pm

This is a winning attitude??? Let’s grasp at straws with a 3 year old story that was faked!!! If this is what it takes for Dems to win an election, I am so happy they are going to lose this one. – Lorica
Big Bang Hunter says:

November 7, 2006 at 2:15 pm

– The shuffling discontent of a washed up Liberal hack, bereft of all the good he ever did by his own stubborn refusal to admit he jumped the shark, Rather talks every midnight with Edward R. Murrow, who cradles him in his lap, until the shaking stops. I’m sure Ed was right beside Rather during the interview, whispering words of support. Nothing like abdurantly insisting on proving you’re a partisan, biased, and anything but objective, old school mentality Liberal journalist whack-job, to the entire country over and over and over.

– Seems to me that is the generally accepted definition of lunacy, doing the same thing repeatidly, expecting a different outcome.

– Maybe we should set up a charity to build a home for VietNam reprobate Leftnutz. I’m sure Rather and Jhimmi would have a lot of fun sitting in rockers and reminising about the “good old activist” days.

– Bang
Big Bang Hunter says:

November 7, 2006 at 2:20 pm

– While we’re on the subject of contrived MSM hit jobs, whatever happened to “PlameGate”. Funny, all the moonbats seem to have totally forgotten that one. Even Leopold hasn’t issued anymore predictions on Roves imminent “indictment”. No news from the suit the Wilson’s brought either. Strange. It’s hard to believe, but maybe old Joe finally ran out of ways to lie.

– Bang
Steve Skubinna says:

November 7, 2006 at 3:14 pm

No BBH, it wasn’t the shade of Murrow at Gunga Dan’s elbow, whispering words of comfort. Walter Duranty was there.
Marshall Art says:

November 8, 2006 at 1:14 am

Senility is an awful thing.

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