Monday, September 20, 2004

Dan Rather's signature revealed to be a forgery

Satire

Internet Blogger Verbal Jazz (hey! that's me!) recently discovered that Dan Rather's signature is an elaborate forgery and is really the work of one Steven Bartholomew of Youngstown, OH.

This discovery could have serious ramifications for Mr. Rather, invalidating any checks he may have written, any credit card transactions, and his complete oeuvre of tax returns, rendering Mr. Rather a tax cheat. The IRS is expected to begin a full investigation into Mr. Rather's signature in an attempt to find out whether the journalist had attempted to defraud the government and used his fake signature to fund terrorist operations.

CBS News issued a full retraction of Mr. Rather's signature today, finding that there is no evidence that Mr. Rather's signature ever existed.

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