Truth and Duty

Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power is a 2005 non-fiction book by Mary Mapes, published by St. Martin's Press.

It is her account of her time at CBS News during the Iraq War and a series of events which resulted in her losing her job.^[1] She had covered the Abu Ghraib scandal.^[2] She also had produced a program on President of the United States George W. Bush's record in military service, but it was revealed that the program relied on forged documents.^[3] That was the Killian documents controversy.

Reception

Jonathan Alter in The New York Times described the book as "high-spirited, if overwrought and self-serving".^[1]

Dave Denison of the Texas Observer wrote that the book appears like it is "conducting a kind of public therapy" to deal with Mapes' feelings, and then in the final 33% it becomes "a surprisingly compelling brief."^[4] Denison stated that people who are involved in politics and journalism covering politics will find the book useful.^[4]

Release

James Vanderbilt received a copy of the work with a personal message from Mapes.^[5]

Adaptations

The film Truth was based on the memoir.^[3]