[Jonah Johansen]

You always wonder who the audience is for these rants.

The universe of people who could be persuaded that the memos were not forgeries and that CBS tilts Republican is a subset of reliable Democratic voters. This isn't just preaching to the choir, it is preaching to the choir director because at least half the choir don't believe you.

If the purpose of this article is to give the Jonathan Alter's, Katrina Von Hugivesadamn's and other hard leftists debating points to use, great because they will make fools of themselves if they do.
The best I can tell is this kind of article falls in the category of myth patching. Since a myth requires no contradictions or holes, every fact that brings the myth in to question must have a story to explain the apparent hole or contradiction.

[steve-b]

The best I can tell is this kind of article falls in the category of myth patching.

Note this sentence:

I don't believe we will know the truth about the memos until after the Bush team is out of office and people with information are no longer afraid to come forward.

Sounds to me like Mapes is hoping to try rewriting history later -- it may be too late to prevent Dubya from being reelected, but it might be possible to make at least a bit of the mud stick to his historical reputation.