Did Dan Rather forge that letter the pope wrote against defrocking a pedophile priest?

[alp227]

Just askin'.

But really, I think I can vouch for the letter's authenticity.

"Pope Put Off Punishing Abusive Priest" by Laurie Goodstein and Michael Luo. The New York Times: April 10, 2010, A1.

"The Document Trail: The Rev. Stephen Kiesle" on the NYTimes.com site. These letters look pretty authentic to me.

The Vatican didn't rush to call that letter a forgery - but rather, according to the BBC article "Pope Benedict hit by new Church child abuse allegations", defended the Pope as "exercising due caution before sacking the priest".

Anyway my point of this thread was a parody of the forged documents scandal that ended Dan Rather's career with CBS News on a rather sour note. Although Rather's message that George W. Bush was AWOL from the Texas Air National Guard was pretty honest, the evidence was flimsy. During the media uproar at that time, the media usually focused on embarrassing Dan Rather and his fellow CBS producers while ignoring the overwhelming other evidence that Bush ditched his National Guard duties.

Enjoy your weekend, everyone!

[Maccagirl]

1. I'm still bitter that Rather got "Roved",

I agree that he and Mary Mapes (the producer) should have crossed their T's and dotted their I's before airing the piece-but the bottom line is that they were telling the truth and Bush was lying.

[Bluebear]

2. Which topic do you want to discuss, Dan Rather or the abusive priests?

Too much to digest lol!

[chollybocker]

3. Yup.

Protecting George Bush's 'reputation' and 'legacy' is more important that protecting millions of children from being raped by an international cabal of pedophiles wearing dresses.

Pretty much. ;(