50 ‘Buzziest Blog Posts’ - LGF is #3
I think it’s supposed to be an honor to be on this list of the 50 Buzziest Blog Posts of All Time, but Nerve.com’s description of the Rathergate affair amounts to a really dumb conspiracy theory.
3. “Bush Guard Documents: Forged” 9/9/04
Sure, this post helped give us four more years of George W. Bush, but can you blame the blogger? As he points out here, CBS fell for an obvious trap — an attempt by the right-wing to change the topic from Bush’s actual military service to a debate about the alleged lies of the “liberal media.” Dan Rather went down in flames for somebody else’s mistake, and Kerry, who could’ve challenged Bush far more forcefully to clear up the mess, went on to lose the election. Thanks, Little Green Footballs.
An “attempt by the right wing to change the topic?” They’ve got to be joking. Every person involved was a fanatical leftist, from Mary Mapes all the way down to Bill Burkett. They tried to pull a tremendous scam on the voters with a last minute hit job based on fraudulent documents, and they got caught. Never attribute to convoluted conspiracies what can be easily explained by obsession and stupidity.
But you’re very welcome, Nerve.com.
Frank says: