Unresolved : Did Gannon break CBS-Rathergate to Hannity???

[cthrumatrix]

We saw hannity's quote that Jeff "broke" the story to "him".

So ...who broke it to Gannon...who gave him the "spin"?

[Goldmund]

1. Wasn't it right-wing bloggers who figured out the inconsistencies...

...in the font?

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

3. except,

it turned out the White House was withholding 1970's documents with similar font till after "rathergate" blew over

[Goldmund]

7. I know --

-- I am to this day not convinced they were faked by anyone. But still, those right-wing blogger claims were eventually accepted by the MSM, which then turned into a scandal.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

14. ahh, the great and powerful "Liberal" media

[Goldmund]

15. Oh don't even get me started on the whole "liberal media"

garbage... That whole thing is so Orwellian and so fascist that it makes my head spin.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

20. trust me, i know....my head has spun off several times

[Lone_Star_Dem]

4. I think it came from FreeRepublic, actually.

It was said to be a "crooked lawyer" who had no actual training in fonts and he picked it off in minutes. Check kos for the information. I think that's where I read it. It may even be in their compiled info on Gannon.

[Hugin]

18. Gannon *is* a Freeper... BTW. ;) n/t

[Lone_Star_Dem]

19. Yes

I think the man who "saw through the fraud" is one, too. There might be some threads worth reading on it over there. There is always a chance JJ/GG is involved in it.

[Hugin]

21. Would be interesting to know... Wouldn't it?

That place makes my brain hurt tho... Can we send a robot?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

22. Where's Grovelbot when you need him.

:P

[cthrumatrix]

6. hannity said that "Talon & Jeff" had the story.... the trail could be

Rove plants.... RW Blog sees CBS story and Talon covers RW Blog

[ClintonTyree]

8. It may have been someone on FR...................

on which Gannon/Guckert posted often. I know there were a few threads mentioned here that had him bragging about something to do with it.

Maybe "deep throat" is "deep throat"?

[DenverDem]

9. The "right wing blogger" was the guy who sent the documents to CBS.

publican activist lawyer from Atlanta, "buckethead", set the whole thing up. How do you think he was on the web with the information within minutes of it being broadcast on CBS?

[cthrumatrix]

12. right --- but who spun the blogger news ? Talon

and how did Talon break it too Hannity


It's all waaaay to connected.

[Canuckistanian]

10. Yes, it was well researched

Even before it happened! The first reports of something wrong with the fonts happened in a mere FEW HOURS after CBS released the documents.

I smelled a rat from the beginning.

[Goldmund]

13. I agree with y'all --

-- all I was asking was that I remember right-wing blogs being credited with the "discovery", not Jeff Gannon or any such "reporter".

I agree that it was most likely a setup.

[tridim]

2. The fringe and childish Free Republic?

These guys are all in bed (ahem) with each other. It's like a giant virtual orgy of BS.

[Hugin]

5. I brought this up a couple of times.

Keep it alive! :)

[seabeyond]

11. they didnt break a story they created a story of confusion

they suggested papers werent authentic. that is all. the story was true. the papers were true, cbs just cant verify they are authentic. they created a story to put doubt out, not that they broke any story

[Canuckistanian]

17. And as a result, the story is now radioactive

The MSM won't go NEAR this one for fear of being 'Rathered'.

[sadiesworld]

16. Rathergate was pure Rove,

If the pugs didn't have anything to do with it, they would be screaming for Burkett's head. Instead, we get silence.