A Matter of Timing
A sharp-eyed, clear-minded media observer (and it ain't me) noticed this interesting juxtaposition of events. Outgoing CBS News President Andrew Heyward will be succeeded by Sean McManus on Nov. 7. Guess what's happening on Nov. 8? It's the release of Truth And Duty, the book written by Mary Mapes, the producer of the ill-fated Sept. 8, 2004 "60 Minutes Wednesday" expose on George Bush's military service record, who was fired by CBS for her role in that story.
Here's a description of that book from the Amazon.com. I think it's fair to anticipate that it may say unkind things about CBS News -- and perhaps even Mr. Heyward.
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TRUTH AND DUTY is a riveting account of how the public's right to know or even to ask questions is being attacked by an alliance of politicians, news organizations, bloggers and corporate America. It connects the dots between the emergence of a kind of digital McCarthyism, a corporation under fire from the federal government, and the decision about what kinds of stories a news network can cover (human interest, yes; political intrigue, no).
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Here's a description of that book from the Amazon.com. I think it's fair to anticipate that it may say unkind things about CBS News -- and perhaps even Mr. Heyward.
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TRUTH AND DUTY is a riveting account of how the public's right to know or even to ask questions is being attacked by an alliance of politicians, news organizations, bloggers and corporate America. It connects the dots between the emergence of a kind of digital McCarthyism, a corporation under fire from the federal government, and the decision about what kinds of stories a news network can cover (human interest, yes; political intrigue, no).
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1 Comments:
What I thought was also strange and callous was a very insinuation by the pompous bag of hot air Neil Cavuto on the 'Best News Channel in the Universe'
In the last commentary section, he didn't mention ANY name but said -paraphrasing now- that if you believe in the concept of 'Karma' then what goes around comes around and 'someone' who will remain unnamed just got fired yesterday because he essentially was "JERK" and the firing may even expose another "JERK" -I presume he means Dan Rather- who will somehow, sometime trip and make a mistake "AGAIN" and get fired also.
What was that all about??? Does anyone know why is he so bitter towards CBS or Heyward??
He worked for many NBC-owned gigs and PBS but I don't see a clear link. Did he get rejected at hiring or had a bad interview with Andrew???
Mark??? Any explanation you know of???
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