What are the odds that Dan Rather would have accepted such blatantly phony documents from, say, the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Coulter questions the credibility of documents used against political opponents by highlighting media bias.
- In plain terms
- She asks why fake documents were accepted for one group but not another.
- What can you take from it?
- Media standards may vary depending on political targets.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do media outlets apply double standards?
- How is document verification handled?
Another view
The comparison ignores context differences between the document sources.
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