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CBS' Mary Mapes, in 'Vanity Fair,' Defends Role in 'RatherGate'
Editor and Publisher ^ | October 31, 2005 8:20 PM ET

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."....


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: andmorelies; cbsnews; lies; mapes; marymapes; morelies; rathergate; vanityfair
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He (Rather) 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"!

1 posted on 11/01/2005 7:38:24 AM PST by meandog
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To: meandog
CBS' Mary Mapes, in 'Vanity Fair,' Defends Role in 'RatherGate'

Whatever.

2 posted on 11/01/2005 7:39:31 AM PST by Steely Tom (Fortunately, the Bill of Rights doesn't include the word 'is'.)
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To: meandog
"If I was an idiot,"

If?

3 posted on 11/01/2005 7:39:41 AM PST by Psycho_Bunny (Base. All Yours = Mine.)
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To: meandog
If I was an idiot, it was for believing in a free press that is able to do its job without fear or favor.

Another liberal who believes freedom of the press infers freedom from criticism. Free speech for me but not for thee.

4 posted on 11/01/2005 7:40:46 AM PST by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: meandog

I thought it was FEA "eff - em - all"


5 posted on 11/01/2005 7:40:54 AM PST by HEY4QDEMS (Ham & Eggs: A day's work for a hen, A lifetime commitment for a pig.)
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To: meandog
Vanity Fair says Mapes sets out to "answer her critics."

Apparently by whining about having to be held to a modicum of journalistic standards.

6 posted on 11/01/2005 7:41:57 AM PST by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: meandog

I'm waiting for Sheehan-Mapes wedding.

Those two dames were made for each other.


7 posted on 11/01/2005 7:44:10 AM PST by A Balrog of Morgoth (With fire, sword, and stinging whip I drive the RINOs in terror before me.)
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To: dirtboy

Keep talking, Mary. We'll never forget (and CBS will never live down) FAKE BUT ACCURATE.


8 posted on 11/01/2005 7:45:23 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: PJ-Comix; an amused spectator

Mapes ping.


9 posted on 11/01/2005 7:46:29 AM PST by Charles Henrickson
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To: meandog

The Left no longer controls the printing press; oh boo hoo.


10 posted on 11/01/2005 7:47:59 AM PST by 6SJ7
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To: Charles Henrickson

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 !!


11 posted on 11/01/2005 7:48:54 AM PST by Zenith
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To: meandog
"..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."

Hey, what do you expect when you run a story that is itself nothing more than "a political campaign?"

12 posted on 11/01/2005 7:49:00 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (© 2005, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
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To: meandog

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


13 posted on 11/01/2005 7:50:52 AM PST by tumblindice
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To: meandog

Who forged the documents, Mary?


14 posted on 11/01/2005 7:50:56 AM PST by Lexington Green (Tell 'em lies and feed 'em candy...)
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To: meandog
I notice she does not address the issue: Were the documents fakes?

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.

15 posted on 11/01/2005 7:53:11 AM PST by Michael.SF. ('That was the gift the president gave us, the gift of happiness, of being together,' Cindy Sheehan")
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To: meandog
How about really putting a scare in those CBS types? why don't us "far right" blogger types start talking about strengthening independent TV stations and giving them access to the same Hollywood programs that the networks have (and at the same cost). This would ensure less abuse of corporate power and bring more diversity etc. Then see how they like it!
16 posted on 11/01/2005 7:59:49 AM PST by bilhosty
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To: meandog

He signed off with a favorite expression of his: "FTA"



More "Fake than Accurate"?


17 posted on 11/01/2005 8:01:04 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: meandog

There should be an immediate investigation into who leaked Mapes' name to Vanity Fair!


18 posted on 11/01/2005 8:05:26 AM PST by JewishRighter
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What is a Mary Mapes?


19 posted on 11/01/2005 8:09:57 AM PST by Oystir
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To: meandog

Tell us about the peripheral spacing again, Mary.


20 posted on 11/01/2005 8:22:54 AM PST by TChad
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