OK, now that it's on the cover of Time magazine and CBS has issued a (weak) mea culpa, it's time for me to keep my promise (see comments on that post):

• The memo really is fake, and it's not some loony conspiracy theory
• Rathergate is a big deal in terms of blogging, if the underlying story (i.e. a single letter criticizing a young Bush's irresponsibility) isn't
• It was a worthwhile endeavor for the right-wing blogs to harp on this until CBS relented; no mainstream journalist wants to be humiliated like Dan Rather was, and they'll probably be more rigorous in their fact-checking

Oh well ... at least I'm not the only one who didn't see the forest for the trees.

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