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Mapes was faulted for calling Joe Lockhart, a senior official in the John Kerry campaign, prior to the airing of the piece, and offering to put her source, Bill Burkett, in touch with him with regards to the then raging Swift Boat ads attacking Kerry’s service in Vietnam. The panel called Mapes’ action a “clear conflict of interest that created the appearance of political bias.” Mapes was terminated by CBS on January 10, 2005.
Yes, good to add that: she appears to have been lacking in scruples either way!