[Torie]

I don't know of any legal bump list. A defamation suit involving public figures based on a docu-drama would seem DOA to me. There is no actual assertion of fact, and what one needs to show are assertions of fact one knows are false, or perhaps made with a reckless disregard for the truth, and published maliciously. That is the standard set forth in the Sullivan SCOTUS case.

[johniegrad]

Now that I've looked around a bit, it seems to me that I'm outraged simply because I've been out of circulation for awhile. A lot of people have looked at this already and there's another post even today about an internet site that was instrumental in bringing about the CBS decision. It's still unfortunte that it will be aired on Showtime however.