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Mapes, and probably Rather too, knew that this was their last chance to air the story before GWB was done with his last campaign. She, and perhaps he, had to run it now or never and there is no way in hell they would let 5 years of research, 5 years of waiting go down the drain.

So they faked it. Wrong call.

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So they faked it. Wrong call.

I think it's worse than that:

Mapes stridently believed in both the authenticity of the documents and their content, and, indeed, told the Panel that she still does.

This kind of delusion is pretty instructive. It sounds a lot like VoteFraudInOhioButNotPennsylvania. I wonder if Mapes posts over at DUpeville.