Previously published as Truth and Duty: The Press, The President, and the Privilege of Power.

A riveting play-by-play of the reporter getting and defending a story that recalls All the President’s Men, Truth puts visitors in the heart of the ’60 Minutes II’ story on George W. Bush’s shirking of his Country wide Guard duty. The firestorm that followed that broadcast–a conflagration that was properly sparked by the right and fanned by bloggers–trashed Mapes’ well-respected twenty-five season about Truth: The Press, the Leader, and the Privilege of Power making career, triggered newsman Dan Rather to resign from his anchor seat early and resulted in an unparalleled ‘inner inquiry’ into the story…chaired by former Reagan attorney total Richard Thornburgh.

Truth examines Bush’s political root base as governor of Tx, delves into what is known about his National Guard duty-or insufficient service-and sheds light within the solidity of the papers that backed up the National Safeguard story, even including pictures from the actual records in an appendix towards the book. It is peopled with a vibrant solid of characters-from Karl Rove to Sumner Redstone-and techniques from small-town Tx to Dark Rock-CBS corporate headquarters-in New York City.

Truth connects the dots between a company under fireplace from the government and the decision about what types of tales a news network may cover. It attracts a collection from confirming in the trenches to the gutting of the fantastic American tradition of the independent mass media and asks whether it’s possible to break important stories on a robust sitting president.

A riveting play-by-play of a reporter getting and defending a tale that recalls All of the President’s Guys, Truthputs readers in the heart of the ’60 Minutes II’ tale on George W. Bush’s shirking of his Country wide Guard duty. The firestorm that adopted that broadcast–a conflagration that was carefully sparked by the right and fanned by bloggers–trashed Mapes’ well-respected twenty-five year producing career, triggered newsman Dan Rather to resign from his anchor seat early and led to an unparalleled ‘inner inquiry’ into the tale…chaired by former Reagan attorney total Richard Thornburgh.

Truth examines Bush’s political root base as governor of Tx, delves into what’s known about his National Guard duty-or lack of service-and sheds light for the solidity from the records that backed up the National Guard story, even including pictures of the actual records within an appendix to the book. It is peopled having a multi-colored cast of characters-from Karl Rove to Sumner Redstone-and techniques from small-town Tx to Dark Rock-CBS commercial headquarters-in NEW YORK.

Truth connects the dots between a company under fire from the federal government and the decision about what kinds of tales a news network may cover. It pulls a collection from reporting in the trenches towards the gutting of the great American tradition of a independent mass media and asks be it feasible to break essential tales on a powerful sitting president.

Truth was converted to the 2015 film Truth, starring Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Topher Elegance and Elizabeth Moss.