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Mary Mapes knew Bush volunteered for Vietnam: CBS report
WorldNetDaily ^ | August 26, 2009 | ED MORRISSEY

Posted on 08/27/2009 8:59:04 AM PDT by RobinMasters

This story by Bernard Goldberg certainly takes me back to the early days of my blogging career. Shortly after the 2004 Republican convention, Mary Mapes produced a segment for 60 Minutes II that alleged that George W. Bush had manipulated his enlistment in the Texas Air National Guard to avoid serving in combat in Vietnam. The documents used by CBS, Mapes, and Dan Rather turned out to be clumsy hoaxes, which the blogosphere exposed through careful review of their substance and their form (the latter of which I played a small part in refuting, with my expertise in printing and fonts, among larger efforts from Power Line and LGF).

CBS did an internal investigation that discredited the memos and caused the network to fire Mapes. Buried in the report, however, is an admission that has not been noticed until now — which is that Mapes knew the basis of her story was an outright lie from the beginning (emphases Goldberg’s):

Until now, the controversy over the Rather/Mapes story has centered almost entirely on one issue: the legitimacy of the documents – a very important issue, indeed. But it turns out that there was another very important issue, one that goes to the very heart of what the story was about – and one that has gone virtually unnoticed. This is it: Mary Mapes knew before she put the story on the air that George W. Bush, the alleged slacker, had in fact volunteered to go to Vietnam.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 60minutes; buckhead; bush; cbs; cbsnews; danrather; ltbush; mapes; marymapes; rathergate; tang; vietnam
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1 posted on 08/27/2009 8:59:05 AM PDT by RobinMasters
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To: RobinMasters

Whatever happened to the show 60 Minutes II?


2 posted on 08/27/2009 9:00:37 AM PDT by library user
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To: RobinMasters

But I’m sure compassionate George feels she is “a fine journalist, who is trying her best to do what is right for the country she loves”.


3 posted on 08/27/2009 9:00:53 AM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: RobinMasters
Mary Mapes knew before she put the story on the air that George W. Bush, the alleged slacker, had in fact volunteered to go to Vietnam.

That little factoid didn't make it into her book, either. Odd.

4 posted on 08/27/2009 9:06:14 AM PDT by randog (Tap into America!)
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To: EyeGuy

Sounds like you are on board with Mapes fake attack since you just made one of your own.


5 posted on 08/27/2009 9:06:16 AM PDT by ansel12 (Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
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To: RobinMasters

This makes me sick. Of course I’m already sick from their manipulation and lies.

They ought to do a correction segment.


7 posted on 08/27/2009 9:08:24 AM PDT by machogirl
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To: RobinMasters

Thousands of servicemen stationed in the U.S. individually volunteered for duty in Vietnam, many were enlistees in the services, but also many draftees did the same.

Those facts were never reported by the media.


8 posted on 08/27/2009 9:08:41 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: RobinMasters; Buckhead; jimrob; All

Nice to see Morrissey give the credit to himself, LGF and Powerline. Considering that it was debunked FIRST by a freeper.


9 posted on 08/27/2009 9:09:56 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: US Navy Vet

wow, is that a sarcasm finger from a newbie?


10 posted on 08/27/2009 9:10:20 AM PDT by machogirl
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To: RobinMasters

Angry Evil Woman

11 posted on 08/27/2009 9:11:05 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Socialism is not a bad word. It is a bad concept.)
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To: ansel12

Sounded like vintage, bipartisan W to me.

He fell all over himself praising the odious Kennedy yesterday.

Guess that is “class” to you.


12 posted on 08/27/2009 9:13:09 AM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: US Navy Vet
I didn't serve in the military. My draft number was 203. Some friends of mine joined because their number was much lower. I guess I'm not a patriot because if I was I would have joined anyway.

So only those who join the military are patriots?

13 posted on 08/27/2009 9:13:27 AM PDT by bubbacluck
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To: EyeGuy

Oh give it a rest.


14 posted on 08/27/2009 9:13:40 AM PDT by AxelPaulsenJr (Please God Save The United States From Barack Hussein Al-Obama. Amen.)
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To: US Navy Vet

I have reported your comment as an abuse.


15 posted on 08/27/2009 9:15:49 AM PDT by AxelPaulsenJr (Please God Save The United States From Barack Hussein Al-Obama. Amen.)
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To: liege

Put you money where your mouth is “Patriot”.


16 posted on 08/27/2009 9:15:49 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
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To: AxelPaulsenJr

Why would I acquiesce to the compassionate conservatism mentality which gave us Obama.

Connect the dots.

What needs a rest is the the likes of you defending RINOS such as George Bush.


17 posted on 08/27/2009 9:16:21 AM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: US Navy Vet
Of course, Mary Mapes and Dan Rather knew that as well, and just chose not to report it, either, eh?

Yeah, I believe it.

18 posted on 08/27/2009 9:16:26 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: EyeGuy

What gave us Hussein, is hard core right wingers like yourself that stayed at home.


19 posted on 08/27/2009 9:17:32 AM PDT by AxelPaulsenJr (Please God Save The United States From Barack Hussein Al-Obama. Amen.)
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To: AxelPaulsenJr

And I have reported you as a censor!


20 posted on 08/27/2009 9:18:05 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
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