I went back and read this story again and this sentence really struck me....
"Mapes writes that she had felt the Guard segment was a big success after airing on Sept. 8, 2004, until the following morning at 11 a.m. when she learned that a bunch of "far-right" Web sites were claiming that documents were forged."
Big success? Is that what the press is supposed to do? Air stories that are big successes? Meaning what? That it would ruin George W. Bush's chance of re-election? Isn't the press supposed to report the true facts and let the people decide? What made her think it was a big success? How did she know so soon that it was a big success? Was it because it was all over the liberal MSM? She and Dan Blather really were trying to bring down this president. They are the slime balls. The so called MSM scares the hell out of me. Even Fox News has gone bad. Who can you trust anymore?
Very well put. Mapes gives away the game. The segment was exactly the kind of campaign ploy of which she later accused the right. A classic case of projection.