Mary Mapes

Nacimiento : 1956-05-09, Washington, D.C.

Historia

Mary Alice Mapesis an American journalist, former television news producer, and author. She was a principal producer for CBS News, primarily CBS Evening News and primetime television program 60 Minutes Wednesday. She is known for breaking the story of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal, which won a Peabody Award, and the story of Senator Strom Thurmond's unacknowledged biracial daughter, Essie Mae Washington. In 2005, she was fired from CBS for her part in the Killian documents controversy. Produced a segment for 60 Minutes Wednesday that aired criticism of President George W. Bush's military service. Mary Mapes is a writer, known for Truth (2015) and Third Party President: Citizen Rocky (2016).

Películas

Third Party President: Citizen Rocky
herself
This feature length high definition documentary follows one of the Nation's most controversial yet progressive leaders, 2012 Presidential candidate and Former two-term Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson.
La verdad (Truth)
Book
La productora de noticias de la CBS Mary Mapes y su socio, el presentador Dan Rather, descubren una historia que podría cambiar el curso de las elecciones. La emisión de un programa especial con la información desata una tormenta informativa que llevará a Mapes y Rather a pelear para demostrar la veracidad de su noticia y defender los valores de la verdad por encima de todo.