John Carlson instantly recognized the name as someone he had worked with some years before, and described what it was like working with her at KIRO (I think it was KIRO). Apparently, her far left liberal agenda far outweighed any professional journalism back then, and he was in the middle of relating some of the stories, when who calls in the show but Mapes Dad!
The poor fellow was terribly embarrassed but not surprised that she would do something like that, and described her as someone who was full of hate for everything around her, including himself. He went on to admit that he was a recovering alchoholic, not having had a drink in 20 or 30 years, and yet she still condemns him for it.
Here was a guy who has a great relationship with the rest of his family, is totally sober and has been for decades, yet openly and honestly admits that's he's alchoholic and has done his best to make amends, yet the only interest one black hearted child had in him was making him feel low.
I wonder if she mentions him in her book?