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Originally Posted by MaggieL
This is the blindness that sets in that causes you to see what you want to see. How could anybody have failed to notice that the Rathergate memos were produced with Microsoft Word?
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C'mon, could you tell? I read a ton of blogs on that one, as it was developing. It took a shitload of people that are knowledgeable on fonts, typewriters, military supplies, and the histories of each, batting in back and forth to come up with a consensus.
It was really fascinating to watch the dead ends and wrong conclusions reached. Then someone would chime in with another tid-bit of information, that would have to be checked and cross checked with several sources, then added to the verified info at hand.
It took the input of dozens of people, with sometimes obscure knowledge, to finally come to, not a guess, but a verifiable answer. No one person could say yes or no.
And you say how could anyone overlook it?
