Mary Mapes and the Mysterious Manuscript

Posted on April 8, 2005

Insiders at CBS are simply desperate to get their hands on an advance copy of Mary Mapes' new book. You remember Ms. Mapes? She's the producer who got fired by CBS as a result of Rathergate. Ms. Mapes stands by her story and her new book is supposed to dish the dirt big time about the goings-on at CBS. The Other Side of the Story will be published by St. Martin's Press in the fall of 2005, but the name will most likely change.

A source tells Today, "Mary Mapes hasn�t even handed in the manuscript, and already, people have been trying to get their hands on it. They're going to pull out all the stops to get a copy."

Let's hope she keeps a close eye on her laptop computer. We all know what happened to Paris Hilton when she was left her laptop lying around her house: her parents had to pay millions to get back the naughty photos. Not that we're implying that Ms. Mapes' book will have incriminating photos of the 60 Minutes cast: that doesn't even bear thinking about. But something in the book certainly has them spooked at CBS.