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To: LindyBill who wrote (105470)3/22/2005 9:31:57 PM
From: gamesmistress   of 793845
 
Mary Mapes signs book deal
March 21, 2005
by Matthew Flamm

Mary Mapes, the CBS News producer fired over "Memogate," has reached a deal to tell her side of the controversial story that effectively ended the career of Dan Rather and sent morale into a tailspin at the venerable news organization.

St. Martin's Press has agreed to pay in the high six figures to publish a book by Ms. Mapes tentatively titled The Other Side of the Story. According to publishing executives who met with the news producer last week, the book is still in the early stages, but will focus on the 60 Minutes Wednesday report that filled in the missing details--and painted a highly unflattering picture--of President George W. Bush's Air National Guard service. The story was discredited when memos at the heart of the reporting could not be authenticated.

Ms. Mapes continues to insist that the story was accurate, and that the documents were not forged. The book will present a detailed counterattack against an independent panel's findings that the segment should not have aired, and will include documentation and analysis that she says backs up her reporting and which the panel did not release.

A division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, St. Martin's pre-empted the book, jumping ahead of approximately half a dozen publishers who were considering the proposal. A spokesperson for St. Martin's could not be reached.

newyorkbusiness.com
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