Instapundit reader Janet Tague writes: This is my train of logic:
1. Once CBS admits that these were forgeries, then there is no journalistic ethic preventing them from naming the source of the documents -- actually the source should be exposed.
2. As long as CBS is "investigating" the documents, then they haven't admitted to the forgery and they can protect their source's identity.
3. Therefore, the source is so politically explosive that it's worth the permanent damage to their brand and their news credibility. Who or what could possibly be worth that?
Janet Tague, Stamford CT. Not a political operative. Actually a registered Democrat (although I voted for Bush last time and most certainly will again now). I've idly speculated that the DNC or the Kerry-Edwards campaign could be involved in this fascinating and entertaining episode. Ms. Tague reinforces that thought. It raises this image of Dan with a tiger by the tail that he can't let go. Gee, don't you just feel for the guy.
It may be the Hillary '08 theory. When the Kerry campaign recently appeared to be going adrift they called in the Clintonistas to come aboard to right the ship. Instead they sunk it, clearing the way for Hillary's bid in four years. Unfortunately the landscape has changed, and the damage that these forgeries will have done to the credibility of CBS, Mainstream Media, and the Democrats is positively unpredictable. The Democrats may be so badly damaged by this that Hillary will have no chance even in '08.
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