'Truth & Duty' Producer Argues She Was Abandoned By Mainstream Press, Attacked by Right (Mapes)

abcnews.go.com ^ | 7 November 2005 | ABC Staff

[Grampa Dave]

Excellent!

Mapes was truly delusional before she got caught lying, and she has moved over to the dark side of being delusional.

[Grampa Dave]

fyi and ping lists

[Polyxene]

"I love it that Mapes is out there whining."

Me, too! You also have to love the fact that Mapes is a dem/lib/socialist/feminazi (I am woman, hear me roar) that wants to play hardball with the guys. Yet, when she is caught, knocked down and has to pay the piper, she whines and is a wussy! Can't have it both ways, Mapes!

[Grampa Dave]

fyi

[Frank_Discussion]

Mapes said:

"I don't think I've done a good job for 25 years..."

Funny, neither do I!

[WKUHilltopper]

"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."

"We'd made news" Hmmm....And here lies the problem, wench. You aren't supposed to MAKE THE NEWS...you're supposed to REPORT IT! Idiot! You'll make the news again, as soon as you process the first bag of fries at your new job with MacDonalds.

[Wil H]

most important, we'd made news

Spot on, condemned herself from her own mouth.

Yes, she'd "made news" - made it out of whole cloth, hadn't she!

She just doesn't get it.

Journalists don't "make news" journalists report the news made by others.

[TC Rider]

Another person claimed there was no peripheral spacing on old typewriters, even though there had been on some of the old official documents.

What an idiot! Doesn't she have an editor? It's 'proportional', not 'peripheral'!

[Sloth]

I don't think I've done a good job for 25 years

Finally, something Mapes and I can agree on.

[TC Rider]

Dan came over after the CBS Evening News and we talked about the need to do a story rebutting the attacks the following night. My team of researcher, associate producers, and assistants and I gathered information on IBM typewriters, on font styles, on peripheral spacing.

Here it is again, Mary, you dolt, it's 'proportional', not 'peripheral'!

[dighton]

Doesn't she have an editor? It's 'proportional', not 'peripheral'!

A dissent editor is hard to find.

[Grampa Dave]

You should be an editor for the truth:

"Mapes said:

"I don't think I've done a good job for 25 years..."

"Funny, neither do I!"

[Chode]

and to hear the lamentations of their women...

[Grampa Dave]

Both of you nailed it re reporters/journalist don't "make news" they report it.

Of course they have been getting by with it since the Nam War.

[Grampa Dave]

She needs an editor doesn't she.

[Grampa Dave]

Calling Mapes a woman might be stretching it a little.

[Grampa Dave]

I don't think I've done a good job for 25 years.

Finally, something Mapes and we can agree on.

[HawaiianGecko]

	"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." Dishonest statement and simply spin. At no time did she think she was committing harakiri. For years she could broadcast whatever she wanted with impunity; so why would it be different today? For a producer, you'd think she would know that Seppuku is spelled "harakiri" not "Hare Kare."   I'm surprised she didn't spell it Hairy Cary or even Harry Carey.  Isn't Hare Care something that Paul Mitchell sells?

 

 

[Carolinamom]

She spent FIVE YEARS on this story and still got it wrong.

[kaboom]

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."

What short timeframe? too short to confirm facts but in time to impact the election?