A “Lost” Fact in the “Rathergate” Mess


	A “Lost” Fact in the “Rathergate” Mess

n2sooners

8-27-2009 7:30 PM

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bias, bush, cbs, mapes, media, msm, politics, rather, rathergate

n2sooners says:

Now the question is, did she share what she knew with her correspondent, Dan Rather. Or to put it another way: What did Rather know " and when did he know it?

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8-27-2009 8:40 PM

BartendingBear

Reads like a whitewash to me.

8-27-2009 8:45 PM

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