Many people will try to sway the opinions of others by telling a story in a way that minimizes one's own responsibility.  The author (not a reporter as this is dripping with bias), wants the reader to believe that she could not be both telling the truth AND spinning her role to minimize it.  That doesn't mean that what she has said about the events that took place is false.  To the author - it you don't believe it go do real journalism and prove that her representation is somehow false.  Nothing said by Brazile is either hard to believe or out of character for the people  involved.  So what exactly is false about the Donna Brazile story?