[YaYa123]

and Chris Cox letter may be what forced CBS to put out this statement this morning. After last night, with every cable news simultaneously covering CBS, with the intensity of it being a breaking news story, had to rattle them.

This emailed CBS statement is the easy way out for them...avoids having to take questions.

Of interest: Walter Cronkite hasnt' spoken up. (I bet he has in private, to the CBS suits)

[maryz]

This emailed CBS statement is the easy way out for them...avoids having to take questions.

Then they can fire all those six- or seven-figure salaries who take the money, among other duties, to face microphones and answer questions at times like this.

Stave off bankruptcy a bit longer.