The classic definition of chutzpah — the guy who murders his parents and then begs for mercy because he’s an orphan — is getting a rewrite with the Oct. 16 release of “Truth,” a movie that insists forged documents are real. Robert Redford, who makes no effort whatsoever to look or sound like Dan Rather, plays the CBS newsman undone after he presented to the public obviously forged documents about then-president George W. Bush’s Texas Air National Guard service in the early 1970s. “60 Minutes” producer Mary Mapes in 1999.Photo: AP Photo/David J. Phillip It was September 2004, two months before Bush was to be re-elected in a tight race against Vietnam veteran John Kerry, and...
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