Power Line: Waiting for the cavalry

September 10, 2004

Waiting for the cavalry

Dan Rather has disclosed the identity of one of the CBS/60 Minutes document experts (are there more? I don't think Rather mentioned any): Marcel Matley. Matley's expertise is handwriting analysis. But the issues raised throughout the blogosphere yesterday and the MSM today relate primarily to the apparently word-processed nature of the documents.

Readers Kyle Kveton and Timothy Fergus have kindly forwarded us this this article by Matley: "The expert ambush: How to hold off your opponent until the cavalry arrives." I didn't see Hurricane Dan's apologia tonight, but I think it is fair to say that CBS is in even further over its head than we might have thought.

Posted by Scott at 06:33 PM |

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