In her first interview since being fired, former CBS News producer Mary Mapes maintains that her controversial "60 Minutes II" story on President Bush's National Guard service was "true" and that "no one has proved that the documents were not authentic."First of all, the documents were proved to be forged (remember the IBM Selectric faux pas), and second, I thought a journalist checked the facts before writing a story. Since when is it incumbent on the public to disprove a journalist's story?
Mapes just doesn't get it because she doesn't want to get it. Looks like the MSM has been making up stories and playing us for fools for years. All we had to do was disprove them!
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She is angry and still in shock that she didn't get away with it. She's thinking, "We've used shaky info many times and never had a problem. Those stupid right-wing bloggers had to butt in!!!"
Very good observation, J.D. That's exactly it. I say, thank goodness for the right-wing bloggers!
main stream media often has the power to make the masses believe anything they wish. the question isnt about proving or disproving this incident... its about how many other stories werent "proevn to be false" but perhaps should have been. im not left or right, im center (so i dont have a slant and i believe that news shouldnt either.)
The American public has been fed agendra-driven pap for a long time all under the guise of "impartial" journalistic standards.
Finding out how many stories were slanted to the left would be like chipping away at a mountain with a teaspoon. I think it's that monolithic.
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