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Rob Perkins wrote:
> I think that at the time there was a lot of willful belief going on at
> CBS. Mapes and her coworkers believed, all along, that Bush had gone
> AWOL. Then, a source called offering the written proof.
>
> Without verifying what "everybody knows", they ran the
story, which then
> became another example of why groupthink shouldn't ever be allowed to
> trump the two verified sources rule in journalism. And in intelligence
> gathering efforts in pretty much any context...
>

Who needs willful belief and forged documents when the real thing
actually exists and can be accessed at will. Somebody already did at
http://www.realchange.org/bushjr.htm#vietnam . I saw this site and its
documentation before the first election. CBS didn't need to commit
suicide over Bush's AWOL status. 

Bill
                                                                           
                                   
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