Re: [Thinkpad] OT: Dan Rather

GO RICHARD!
Yes, Dan's speech the other nite was bizzare - OK, the DOCS may be fake, but
I "heard" that he was a bad boy, 35 years ago, from people who were not
there from a guy who is dead and can not be questioned.
A lawyer would never even try to get that one into a court room, he would
probably be fined by the Judge.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Chalk" <richard@chalk.ws>
Cc: "'Thinkpad list'" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 7:30 PM
Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] OT: Dan Rather

> So, basically, If I create a memo stating that the planet Pluto is made up
> of Green Cheese, and there are no facts to refute that, it should be
> accepted as true??? Come on!!!!
>
> In the legal system, there are rules that disallow factual evidence, if
the
> method by which the information is obtained is illegal (Fruit of the
> Poisonous Tree, I think it's called..)
>
> Shouldn't we hold the news media to a similar standard?
>
> My 2c
>
> Richard
>
> (stuff deleted...)
>
> > If Dan Rather shows a possibly forged memo, even if the facts
> > underlying the memo are likely true, that's a national outrage. Hope
> > this helps.
> >
> >
>
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