Posted on 11/01/2005 7:38:23 AM PST by meandog
NEW YORK In the upcoming December issue of Vanity Fair, Mary Mapes, the CBS News producer who lost her job after the disputed "60 Minutes II" Bush/National Guard report, writes, "I must answer the bloggers, the babblers and blabbers, and the true believers who have called me everything from 'feminazi' to an 'elitist liberal' to an 'idiot.'
"If I was an idiot, it was for believing in a free press that is able to do its job without fear or favor. ...I didn't know that the attack on our story was going to be as effective as a brilliantly run national political campaign, because that is what it was: a political campaign."
The December article, not yet generally available, is an excerpt from Mapes' soon-to-be-published book, "Truth and Duty" (St. Martin's) on her career and the episode often called Rathergate. Vanity Fair says Mapes sets out to "answer her critics."
Mapes writes that she had felt the Guard segment was a big success after airing on Sept. 8, 2004, until the following morning at 11 a.m. when she learned that a bunch of "far-right" Web sites were claiming that documents were forged.
That same day about 3 p.m. she recalls staring at the Drudge Report and seeing a big picture of Rather at the top and a headline saying that he was "shaken" and hiding in his office. The phone rang and it was Rather, telling her he'd just heard about the Drudge headline and he wanted to assure her that he was not "shaken" and was not even in his office.
He signed off with a favorite expression of his: "FTA" for "---- them all."....
B.S. ... Rather's "FTA", (according to those who know) is for "F*ck the A**holes"!
Whatever.
If?
Another liberal who believes freedom of the press infers freedom from criticism. Free speech for me but not for thee.
I thought it was FEA "eff - em - all"
Apparently by whining about having to be held to a modicum of journalistic standards.
I'm waiting for Sheehan-Mapes wedding.
Those two dames were made for each other.
Keep talking, Mary. We'll never forget (and CBS will never live down) FAKE BUT ACCURATE.
Mapes ping.
The Left no longer controls the printing press; oh boo hoo.
For all your info ::
Tim Russert's wife is a BIG WIG at Vanity Fair !
She got the Wilson (Plame ) cover and now Mapes !!
Spread the news !!
Hey, what do you expect when you run a story that is itself nothing more than "a political campaign?"
FOR SALE `Mary': used, leftist journalist; lots of miles; subject to breakdowns/complains a lot; `driven hard and put away wet'--AS IS
Inquire Within
Who forged the documents, Mary?
Maybe she does in the book, but if she uses the 'fake but accurate BS' then she has become a bigger laughing stock then Dan Blather.
He signed off with a favorite expression of his: "FTA"
There should be an immediate investigation into who leaked Mapes' name to Vanity Fair!
What is a Mary Mapes?
Tell us about the peripheral spacing again, Mary.
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