How many outside of CBS knew who Mapes was until the flub-up bit went public? She is only known by the public because she got caught trying to bowl them over.
I know she thinks that she was a very important person, but to the outside world she is nothing. Methinks this has left the gal a tad bitter.
The gal had visions of grandeur, of being the 21st Century's Bob Woodward or Carl Bernstein. She obviously managed to convince herself that this story was true, even as others took it apart. In the end, it imploded.
I really can't take these folks seriously. What a bunch of stuffed shirts.
My personal take on many liberals and their thought processes -
They lie about their conservative adversaries.
Then act as if the lies they told are true.
Note that in this case, she lies about Bush's service, then in believing it accepts any data to confirm, and swears by proven counterfeit documents. Remorselessly. She believes her own lie.