[Congressman Billybob]

You missed my main point. A halfway competent lawyer can probably weasel even Rather out of any criminal charges here. However, the non-legal remedies may be fatal to Rather and CBS, and near fatal to the entire Old Media.

The economic repercussions could be huge, as Viacom/CBS lose big with the public, and eventually throw Rather to the wolves to protect the remnants of their investments. The maximum effect (possible, not probable) is for the lamestream media to recognize that they have just dropped to second place in the US to the new media. At that point, the net media lead, the old media follows, and the NY Times becomes a museum piece.

John / Billybob

[reformedliberal]

Half a loaf's better than none, I suppose.

Can we tar and feather a bunch of them, anyway? < g >