Roger:

I take a much more “nuanced” view of the NYT’s story about Rathergate. While reporting on the contradictory statements by Hodges they focused on how Hodges hasn’t discounted the message in the memos, – they are consistent with his conversations with Killian at the time – but feels the memos are forgeries based largely on the opinions of others. So, basically he is being swayed by “experts” according to the Times. But they go in (by implication) that there is no reason to discount his overall opinion of the message. They also quote Hodges as saying he believed the memos were handwritten, not as has been reported elsewhere, that he was told the memos were handwritten.

Of course ALL of these MSM sources have completely avoided the most compelling and most newsworthy item – the visual matchup between the memos and word documents produced by Charles Johnson (which they could reproduce on their own PCs if they were so inclined).

For those worried that because they are sweeping this under the rug it will be forgotten. I really believe that many people are following this and their silence is having widespread negative ramifications. After all the reporting on the SwiftVets was much more negative and one-sided but it has a measurable impact on public opinion.