[MizSterious]

Thanks! I was wondering if that still applied these days. Most networks do NOT air both sides of much of anything.

Be nice, though, if CBS became FRBS...

[Common Tator]

Consider this.. The FCC received tons of complaints and decides to investigate. They call in Rather and the president of CBS and Viacom demand they reveal the source. Remember this is not a whistle blower, but an obvious attempt to fraudulently effect the outcome of a presidential election. This is a real crime.

CBS refuses.. so the FCC goes to court. If the court rules the media can not hide a forger guilty of fraud, then the media has lost a huge hunk of power. That is they could lose the right to never reveal sources of a story.

Now if you are ABC, NBC, or USA Today do you let the court take away your right to keep all sources secret or do you make the story mute by revealing the source yourself?

This story is a long way from being over. And the for the first time in memory the media does not have every reason to present a single front. The solidarity of the media may for the first time in my memory come apart.