[Cboldt]

The short answer is that if anybody was defrauded, it was CBS, if they paid for the forgeries.

There is a type of fraud known as journalistic (or journalism) fraud. That type of fraud is not criminal. The policing of journalism fraud is by the so-called profession of journalism, via hiring and firing.

Mike Barnicle is till working in journalism. So is Peter Arnett. So is Doris Kearns Goodwin. In other words, journalistic integrity is a flippin' joke, and the sooner the public wakes up to that, the better.

[brityank]

Paid?? Where does it say that someone must be 'paid' to effect forgery?

Typical legal mumbo-jumbo; if there's no "money" involved there is no crime. Sorry. there are things called Principles -- as I said:

" I submit that the Vote you or I cast is worth much more than any banknote in the stead of freedom, and should be held as such."

And you wonder why the Legal 'Profession' is held in low esteem.