[ghitma]

Wrong. It was her show, she was the producer.
Her name is prominently display during broadcast. She "worked" on this "story" for 5 years. It was she who released the prison photos. She has had a personal vendetta against Bush from day 1. She is no innocent lamb.

[Brilliant]

No, but neither is Rather. They should both have been axed.

[chiller]

Mapes, and probably Rather too, knew that this was their last chance to air the story before GWB was done with his last campaign. She, and perhaps he, had to run it now or never and there is no way in hell they would let 5 years of research, 5 years of waiting go down the drain.

So they faked it. Wrong call.