Posted on 01/11/2005 7:35:01 PM PST by Kitten Festival
John Podhoretz does a great job unpacking and re-assembling the information in the CBS Report, to show that:
Mapes was not "focused on any particular event or topic." In other words, she had nothing to go on. And yet on she went, searching for a "viable story line."
Mapes was on a gigantic fishing expedition. She was trying to bag a president. She did so with the consent and support of her superiors.
With that aim in mind, she partnered up with one Michael Smith, a Texas journalist. Smith told her he had a "tasty brisket of information" to share with her about Bush, and basically he wanted to be hired.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
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