The father of the CBS producer responsible for the story on 60 Minutes with the now discredited documents is ashamed of his daughter.
Don Mapes, 76, was a recent guest on a radio talk show hosted by John Carlson on KVI in Seattle.
He said, 'I'm really ashamed of what my daughter has become. She's a typical liberal. She went into journalism with an ax to grind, and that was to promote radical feminism.'
He confessed to being disappointed in his daughter's role in the controversy. He said, 'When I heard about 60 Minutes, I suspected she would be the producer of the show.'
In an interview with Talon News, Don Mapes said his suspicion was because that he believed, 'Dan Rather and she have been working on this ever since Bush was elected.'
In commenting on the Wednesday's 60 Minutes show, he said, 'It was a farce, it was fraud. I'm sorry as a father that my daughter was the producer of it.'"
Since Dan Rather contract extends until 2006 it is likely that Mapes will be the sacrificial lamb in this case. Of course, she should be since her actions reflect a strong liberal bias and a failure to follow even minimal journalistic standards. She will be mentioned in the same sentence as Jayson Blair.
Her future in journalism is over.
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