LOS ANGELES — Is "swift-boating" still part of the common lexicon? The political and cultural climate has moved far and fast since the skirmishes of the 2004 presidential election, a time the movie "Truth" looks to re-examine. Adapted by screenwriter James Vanderbilt in his directing debut, the film is based on the book "Truth and Duty: The Press, the President and the Privilege of Power," by former CBS News producer Mary Mapes, who after the success of reports on the Abu Ghraib prison scandal attempted to untangle the convoluted history of then-President George W. Bush's military service in the Air National Guard in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The "60 Minutes II" report that aired...
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