CBS is apparently using forged documents to smear President Bush, and they aren’t even forged all that well. The 1972-73 memos Dan Rather cites to were not written in the period from 1972-1973. How can you tell? The font they are typed in did not exist back then!
A commenter from the Powerline blog explains:
Every single one of the memos to file regarding Bush's failure to attend a physical and meet other requirements is in a proportionally spaced font, probably Palatino or Times New Roman. In 1972 people used typewriters for this sort of thing (especially in the military), and typewriters used mono-spaced fonts.
The use of proportionally spaced fonts did not come into common use for office memos until the introduction high-end word processing systems from Xerox and Wang, and later of laser printers, word processing software, and personal computers. They were not widespread until the mid to late 90's.
Before then, you needed typesetting equipment, and that wasn't used for personal memos to file. Even the Wang and other systems that were dominant in the mid 80's used mono-spaced fonts. I doubt the TANG had typesetting or high-end 1st generation word processing systems.
I am saying these documents are forgeries, run through a copier for 15 generations to make them look old. This should be pursued aggressively.
Do the experiment for yourself! Look at the memos that CBS cites to:
Memo 1- 1972
Memo 2- 1972
Memo 3- 1972
Memo 4-1973
Now, open Microsoft Word and start a new document. Select the "MS Mincho" 12 pt font (MS=monospace), and type "I’ll backdate, but won’t rate. Harris agrees." Now type the same phrase directly below it in "Times New Roman" 12 pt. font. Compare these two to the memo dated May 4, 1972 that CBS is using as support for its allegations. It's obvious to even a non-expert that the memos were typed in proportionately spaced font that did not exist at the time they are alleged to have been written.
CBS is using blatant forgeries to smear the President, and they are quite confident that you will do nothing about it.
A commenter from the Powerline blog explains:
Every single one of the memos to file regarding Bush's failure to attend a physical and meet other requirements is in a proportionally spaced font, probably Palatino or Times New Roman. In 1972 people used typewriters for this sort of thing (especially in the military), and typewriters used mono-spaced fonts.
The use of proportionally spaced fonts did not come into common use for office memos until the introduction high-end word processing systems from Xerox and Wang, and later of laser printers, word processing software, and personal computers. They were not widespread until the mid to late 90's.
Before then, you needed typesetting equipment, and that wasn't used for personal memos to file. Even the Wang and other systems that were dominant in the mid 80's used mono-spaced fonts. I doubt the TANG had typesetting or high-end 1st generation word processing systems.
I am saying these documents are forgeries, run through a copier for 15 generations to make them look old. This should be pursued aggressively.
Do the experiment for yourself! Look at the memos that CBS cites to:
Memo 1- 1972
Memo 2- 1972
Memo 3- 1972
Memo 4-1973
Now, open Microsoft Word and start a new document. Select the "MS Mincho" 12 pt font (MS=monospace), and type "I’ll backdate, but won’t rate. Harris agrees." Now type the same phrase directly below it in "Times New Roman" 12 pt. font. Compare these two to the memo dated May 4, 1972 that CBS is using as support for its allegations. It's obvious to even a non-expert that the memos were typed in proportionately spaced font that did not exist at the time they are alleged to have been written.
CBS is using blatant forgeries to smear the President, and they are quite confident that you will do nothing about it.
