If you enjoyed the fake memo of Rathergate fame, just wait 'til you see Mary Mapes' new book! It seems to be equally "reliable."
For anyone familiar with the evidence discussed at great length in the blogosphere a year ago, it is surreal to watch Ms. Mapes make the rounds of Larry King, et al. continuing to defend CBS's use of the "fake but accurate" memo.
This from Wizbang: "She reminds me of one of those Japanese pilots they found on islands in the Pacific during the 70s and 80s who were still fighting WWII. The difference of course is that the Japanese pilots were cut off from reality by a lack of communication. Mapes is cut off from reality because she refuses to accept it."
Since Ms. Mapes is currently making all the television rounds with a straight face and shows no signs of letting up, a refresher course from Little Green Footballs is in order: The typesetting, spacing, and font of the "Memo to File" supposedly created on a typewriter in August 1973 just happens to exactly match the default settings in Microsoft Word for Mac OS X.
What an amazing coincidence! And how odd that this 30 year old memo -- so surprisingly ahead of its time -- just happened to come to light right before a presidential election!
Michelle Malkin sums up the big picture nicely (Mary Mapes, Meet Reality) and, for good measure, hits Ms. Mapes with a few "clue-by-fours." To further belabor the overwhelming evidence that the memo is a fake is to give far too much dignity to the fable.
Ms. Mapes should be blushing as she makes the media circuit. Her public appearances should begin, and end, with an apology. However, apparently her shame nodule short-circuited some time ago. I would suggest buying her a new one, but I fear that she might not be able to find an immediate use for it, since it could interfere with book sales.
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