What amazes me is that in all her years she never considered it to be a journalistic standard to first have reasonable proof of a story before broadcasting it. It really makes me wonder if this is standard procedure in other newsrooms and other producers. Just how many of these stories have been fakes and smear jobs over the years?
I really hope CBS commissions an independent panel to go back and review all of Mapes and Rather's work, and then issue a definitive report on how many distortions and outright lies they've put out over the years. I believe CBS owes it to the public and those harmed by these two. They -- and all newsrooms -- owe it to the public to investigate the standards their other journalists, producers, and editors have in place, if any.
Regards that happening....Good Night and Good Luck!