Posted on 11/09/2005 8:17:40 AM PST by Grampa Dave
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/print?id=1292736
'Truth and Duty' Producer Argues She Was Abandoned By Mainstream Press and Attacked by the Right
Nov. 7, 2005 — - Last year the world of broadcast news was rocked when Dan Rather stepped down as CBS' evening news anchor after questions emerged over a network report on President Bush's National Guard service. The documents used in a segment of "60 Minutes II" were discredited; segment producer Mary Mapes' impressive career came crashing down -- she was fired from the network.
In a statement CBS News said: "Mary Mapes' actions damaged CBS News as an organization and brought pain to many colleagues with whom she worked. As always, revisionist history must be tested against the facts."
Mapes thinks otherwise. In the upcoming issue of "Vanity Fair," she argues that the campaign to discredit the story she produced was little more than a political slime-job organized by Bush backers.
"I think I'm somebody who got fired for trying to do their job in a difficult atmosphere," she said. "I don't think I committed bad journalism, I really don't. I don't think I've done a good job for 25 years, woke up on the morning of September 8th and decided to commit professional hare kare." Her book, "Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power" (St. Martin's Press), details the fallout from the story and how Mapes has struggled to come to terms with the end of her illustrious career.
Read an excerpt of chapter one of the book below.
Chapter One I woke up smiling on September 9, 2004.
My story on George W. Bush's Guard service had run on "60 Minutes" the night before and I felt it had been a solid piece. We had worked under tremendous pressure because of the short time frame and the explosive content, but we'd made our deadline and, most important, we'd made news.
I was confident in my work and marveled once again at the teamwork and devotion of so many people at "60 Minutes." They really knew how to pull together to get a story on the air. I was also deeply proud of CBS News for having the guts to air a provocative story on a controversial part of the president's past.
By the end of the day, all of that would change. By the end of the month, I would be barred from doing my job and under investigation. By the end of the year, my long career at CBS News would essentially be over, after a long, excruciating, and very public beating.
"She spent FIVE YEARS on this story and still got it wrong."
At least 5 years of her life and CBS's dwindling funds were wasted on this lie.
Fixed.
Thanks!:)
Rush will be discussing the Mapes interview after this commercial break.
I am amazed that she has spent all this time on this and still doesn't understand the technical issues involved. No wonder she fails to admit that the documents were forged.
Rush comments about this Good Morning America interview with Mapes:
1. Brian asked Mapes if she still believed the story was still true. She said yes.
Unbelievable that she has worked for 25 years in journalism and is not familiar with proportional spacing.
I think she is an idiot.
Excellent.
Obviously, she was "beaten" enough from her remards in the interview shown this morning.
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Mary Mapes will now be doing lunch with Eleanor Clift and Maureen Orth.
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Can ou give more details? That is a cryptic sentence.
That's because she doesn't see what she did as bad journalism. In her 25 year long career, manufacturing false documents to support a false story is simply business as usual for a career in journalism.
she needs to get over it and move on. Apparently she can't find a job. That's what she gets for working weith crazy Dan.
The point is how many times in 25 years has she not gotten caught?
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I wrote the following little ditty in honor of all of you at the Free Republic who helped "out" Mary Mapes and Dan Rather at CBS. The title is: Poor little Mary
There once was a producer named Mary
Who, as time went by, became scary
Whilst sitting on her tush
She figured out how to screw Bush
And that's when we all became wary
Her boss man was a complete dip
And Bush, he wanted to rip
Ain't no pie-in-the-sky
I can really tell a lie
But the facts we have are zip
But Mary said "not to worry"
I can make copies in a hurry
I'll make it look real
My lips I will seal
So off they went in a flurry
As the weeks and months went by
Poor Mary began to cry
My name is not good
In the news neighborhood
And CBS told me bye-bye......
I hope you enjoyed this and hope Mary Mapes grows up too!!
"she needs to get over it and move on. Apparently she can't find a job. That's what she gets for working weith crazy Dan."
When we expose these pseudo journalists as pathological liars. the only thing they are qualified to do is to write a book lying about their lies/denial and going on the interview and lecture circuit to lie/deny in person about their lying.
This is great.
I wrote the following little ditty in honor of all of you at the Free Republic who helped "out" Mary Mapes and Dan Rather at CBS. The title is: Poor little Mary
There once was a producer named Mary
Who, as time went by, became scary
Whilst sitting on her tush
She figured out how to screw Bush
And that's when we all became wary
Her boss man was a complete dip
And Bush, he wanted to rip
Ain't no pie-in-the-sky
I can really tell a lie
But the facts we have are zip
But Mary said "not to worry"
I can make copies in a hurry
I'll make it look real
My lips I will seal
So off they went in a flurry
As the weeks and months went by
Poor Mary began to cry
My name is not good
In the news neighborhood
And CBS told me bye-bye......
I hope you enjoyed this and hope Mary Mapes grows up too!!
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