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"Mary Mapes succeeds in telling her story fearlessly, humorously and compellingly."—The Dallas Morning News
A riveting play-by-play of a reporter getting and defending a story that recalls All the President's Men, Truth and Duty puts readers in the center of the "60 Minutes II" story on George W. Bush's shirking of his National Guard duty. The firestorm that followed that broadcast—a conflagration that was carefully sparked by the right and fanned by bloggers—trashed Mapes' well-respected twenty-five year producing career, caused newsman Dan Rather to resign from his anchor chair early and led to an unprecedented "internal inquiry" into the story…chaired by former Reagan attorney general Richard Thornburgh.
"…trenchant…"—Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Truth and Duty examines Bush's political roots as governor of Texas, delves into what is known about his National Guard duty—or lack of service—and sheds light on the solidity of the documents that backed up the National Guard story, even including images of the actual documents in an appendix to the book. It is peopled with a colorful cast of characters—from Karl Rove to Sumner Redstone—and moves from small-town Texas to Black Rock—CBS corporate headquarters—in New York City.
"…unflinching…"—Vanity Fair
Truth and Duty connects the dots between a corporation under fire from the federal government and the decision about what kinds of stories a news network may cover. It draws a line from reporting in the trenches to the gutting of the great American tradition of a independent media and asks whether it's possible to break important stories on a powerful sitting president.
"…illuminating…"—The Buffalo News
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Guy Thibault
reviewed Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power on June 23, 2008
Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power
This was an excellent book. For the most part, the writing was engaging (only to be expected from someone who works in news), and the stuff that Mapes discussed (ranging from the purpose of journalism and journalistic ethics, to the effect of anonymity in blogs, to the privilege and clout associated with power) was really interesting and kind of frightening.
As far as I can see, the book served # functions:
1. It was Mapes's defense against all the negative press she, Dan Rather, and CBS got after breaking the Bush-Guard memo story. While parts of this defense seemed a little vindictive, self-serving, and annoying, another part of it made me feel very sorry for this woman, who seemed to have good intentions but got stuck in a very, very bad situation.
2. It was an attempt at bringing the Bush-Guard story to light again, in the way that it was meant to be brought to light in the first place: Not as a CBS scandal, but as a critical look at the President's questionable history in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam era.
3. It was a stringent warning about what might happen if you get on the wrong side of people who have lots of money and power. This was interesting to me... I feel like it kind of lowered my own naïvete to read this.
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