FOX Claims Yearbook was Forged

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FOX Claims Yearbook was Forged

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Reporters Call Out Fox News For Saying Moore Accuser ‘Forged’ Yearbook Note

And of course Breitbart runs with it too as a "bombshell" because they know the world is full of idiots like bach who will eat it up uncritically.
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This story asks us to believe that the initial claim was that Moore wrote, "Christmas, 1977" in cursive in his handwriting before his signature, but also printed the exact date below. That's the argument? That's what the "two ink" argument is about?
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EAllusion wrote:This story asks us to believe that the initial claim was that Moore wrote, "Christmas, 1977" in cursive in his handwriting before his signature, but also printed the exact date below. That's the argument? That's what the "two ink" argument is about?


The claim was, and always has been, that Moore signed her yearbook. I reviewed the Post's reporting on this. They published a story last month in which they consulted a handwriting expert. The story quoted him as saying that the cursive and the printing appeared to be two different styles, but that he would need contemporaneous exemplars of writing and printing to give an opinion. The accuser has never claimed that the printing at the bottom was Moore's.

The Right Wing Media also omit the fact that a second accuser produced a graduation card from Moore in handwriting that looks pretty similar.
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Fox News has now walked back its initial story. http://thehill.com/homenews/media/36399 ... y-headline This is what happens when you take Breitbart at face value.
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Correction: Today's Post says that the accuser did make a written statement that described Moore as writing the entire entry. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpos ... 9ec4e53905
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Water Dog wrote:More fake news. The yearbook already appeared like a fake, now she's completely and totally discredited herself. If Leigh Corfman is telling the truth, she has Gloria Allred's incompetence to thank for making her look like a liar too. So, any takers, does Moore win by 10 points or only 8?


Hey idiot, handwriting expert has already said it was Moore. No one ever believed the portion written in print at the bottom was his handwriting as well.

But keep hand waving and fighting the dumb fight against truth. It is what idiot Republicans today do best.
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Water Dog wrote:More fake news. The yearbook already appeared like a fake, now she's completely and totally discredited herself. If Leigh Corfman is telling the truth, she has Gloria Allred's incompetence to thank for making her look like a liar too. So, any takers, does Moore win by 10 points or only 8?


Dude I thought you said you were agnostic.
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Re: FOX Claims Yearbook was Forged

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Hey ____, handwriting expert has already said it was Moore. No one ever believed the portion written in print at the bottom was his handwriting as well.


I don't understand why handwriting experts are necessary. I don't think it would be hard to prove that it is not a recent signature. All they have to do is prove the signature is more than one year old. Is is really that hard to date the ink, I mean goddammit we are only four days away from the election. I hope they do something quickly.
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