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A riveting account of how the public's right to know is being attacked by an unholy alliance among politicians, news organizations, and corporate America.
Truth and Duty was made into the 2015 film Truth, starring Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Topher Grace, and Elizabeth Moss.
"Mary Mapes succeeds in telling her story fearlessly, humorously, and compellingly." ā 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 broadcastāa conflagration that was carefully sparked by the right and fanned by bloggersātrashed Mapes's 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 storyĀ .Ā .Ā . led by former Reagan attorney general Richard Thornburgh.
Truth and Duty examines Bush's political roots as governor of Texas, delves into what is known about his National Guard dutyāor lack of serviceāand 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 charactersāfrom Karl Rove to Sumner Redstoneāand moves from small-town Texas to Black RockāCBS corporate headquartersāin New York City.
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 an independent media, and asks whether it's possible to break important stories on a powerful sitting president.
"An illuminating look into journalism and the challenges reporters face in an era of blogging, instant Internet analysis, corporate ownership and network news stars."? The Buffalo News
Truth and Duty was made into the 2015 film Truth, starring Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Topher Grace, and Elizabeth Moss.
"Mary Mapes succeeds in telling her story fearlessly, humorously, and compellingly." ā 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 broadcastāa conflagration that was carefully sparked by the right and fanned by bloggersātrashed Mapes's 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 storyĀ .Ā .Ā . led by former Reagan attorney general Richard Thornburgh.
Truth and Duty examines Bush's political roots as governor of Texas, delves into what is known about his National Guard dutyāor lack of serviceāand 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 charactersāfrom Karl Rove to Sumner Redstoneāand moves from small-town Texas to Black RockāCBS corporate headquartersāin New York City.
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 an independent media, and asks whether it's possible to break important stories on a powerful sitting president.
"An illuminating look into journalism and the challenges reporters face in an era of blogging, instant Internet analysis, corporate ownership and network news stars."? The Buffalo News
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Journalist BiographiesTable of contents
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- CHAPTER 1
- CHAPTER 2
- CHAPTER 3
- CHAPTER 4
- CHAPTER 5
- CHAPTER 6
- CHAPTER 7
- CHAPTER 8
- CHAPTER 9
- CHAPTER 10
- CHAPTER 11
- CHAPTER 12
- CHAPTER 13
- CHAPTER 14
- CHAPTER 15
- CHAPTER 16
- CHAPTER 17
- CHAPTER 18
- CHAPTER 19
- AFTERWORD
- EPILOGUE
- APPENDIX 1: A KILLIAN MEMO
- APPENDIX 2: MESHING DOCUMENT
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INDEX
- Copyright Page