CBS Rathergate Producer Mary Mapes Wins

A Different Drummer ^ | 15 January 2005 | Nicholas Stix

[Texas Eagle]

As previously detailed, Mapes was guilty of no less than three major journalistic offenses.

I'm tired of hearing about journalistic offenses. Weren't crimes committed? Wasn't the memo in question a government document? You can't forge government documents can you?

[mainepatsfan]

As bad as Blair and Mapes were they don't hold a candle to Duranty. It's outrageous that the New York Times still hangs on to his Pulitzer.

[Theresawithanh]

"Weren't crimes committed?" Oh, absolutely! CBS feels they've atoned, because four people got fired.

[Texas Eagle]

Sarcasm well taken but didn't Ken Lay of Enron fame also get fired? Did that save him from facing prosecution?

[bill1952]

No.
It is a felony to forge any military document.

[DeFault User]

Shouldn't Herbert Matthews get an Dishonorable Mention?

[Theresawithanh]

Yes, Ken Lay did get fired, and he did face prosecution, and so should everybody at CBS who had a part in this.

I had heard this before, and Charles Krauthammer did an excellent column on it, saying this story is at least 5 years old, having even been looked into by his opponents during the time President Bush was governor of Texas and even during the 2000 campaign. If it had legs, shouldn't it have taken off then? The Texas ex-guardsman nut (his name escapes me now) who gave these phony documents to CBS should be prosecuted, also.

CBS hopes to bypass any action of the sort by saying they still haven't been proven to be false, even though they haven't proven to be true, and that their phony investigation didn't really prove bias. It's disgusting!

[citizencon]

Congrats to Mapes for this first award, or should we call it the "Bullitzer Prize"?

[mrustow]

As previously detailed, Mapes was guilty of no less than three major journalistic offenses.

I'm tired of hearing about journalistic offenses. Weren't crimes committed? Wasn't the memo in question a government document? You can't forge government documents can you?

You're right. The writer was sorely remiss. I tell you, even the conservative attack dogs have gone soft!

[mrustow]

As bad as Blair and Mapes were they don't hold a candle to Duranty. It's outrageous that the New York Times still hangs on to his Pulitzer.

Oh, I dunno. To borrow from a FReeper above, what Duranty did wasn't a felony, and Mapes was guilty of more than just the forgeries, but of seeking though fraud to throw an election. On the opther hand, Duranty did cover up about 50 million murders, give or take a mil. In any event, Mapes and Duranty are clearly devils of the first magnitude.

[mrustow]

As bad as Blair and Mapes were they don't hold a candle to Duranty. It's outrageous that the New York Times still hangs on to his Pulitzer.

P.S. I think it's great, that the Times still holds on to its Pulitzer. That helps make it easier for the Times' critics to clarify things for the uninitiated.

[mrustow]

"Human dregg and social reprobate rises to the pinnacle of journalism...Mary mapes following in the footsteps of Dan Rather, Walter Cronkite, Jayson Blair, Peter Arnett and the perky one "

And the perky one ... lest we forget.

[mrustow]

Congrats to Mapes for this first award, or should we call it the "Bullitzer Prize"?

I love it!

[mrustow]

Bill Burkett.

[mainepatsfan]

As bad as what Mapes did was I still think being a Stalin apologist is worse.

[mainepatsfan]

Every time I tell someone who Duranty was and what he did they're quite surprised. When I tell them that the New York Times still has his Pulitzer they're speechless.

[mrustow]

Every time I tell someone who Duranty was and what he did they're quite surprised. When I tell them that the New York Times still has his Pulitzer they're speechless.

Exactimiento! It's the House of Duranty.

[Shermy]

"CBS whitewashed CBS News President Andrew Heyward and CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather’s involvement in Rathergate."

Perhaps the whitewashing of Rather's involvement was not aimed at protecting his involvement but to save him from embarassment that he wasn't. That is: Rather claimed to have personally checked this and that but what if he realy was an empty suit and did much of nothing but read the teleprompter? You can see why that wouldn't be discussed in the report.