SCHAUDANFRAUDE UPDATE

Newest CBS authenticator: former LAPD Detective Mark Fuhrman!

Seriously.

Think about it.

Fuhrman "knows" OJ did it (because, in Fuhrman's mind he's black, so of course he did it), so he "improves" the evidence by making sure the bloody glove is back at OJ's. It's not actual evidence, but symbolic of the larger truth, right?

Rather "knows" Bush did it (because, in Rather's mind he's conservative, so of course he did it), so he "improves" the evidence by making sure the faked memos are in the report. They are not actual evidence, but symbolic of the larger truth, right?

What's the difference between Dan Rather using memos he knows are fake to support a story he earnestly believes to be true, and Fuhrman planting evidence to frame a man he earnestly believes to be guilty?

Absolutely nothing.

The statement of CBS news is nothing less than a defense of journalistic planting of evidence to frame the president of the United States six weeks before the election.

UPDATE: Of course this leads to the horrendous argument "If the typeface don't kernel, they didn't come from the colonel!" defense....