The longer this goes on, the more it appears that Rather is going to survive. What a wonderful opportunity is slipping away...
You should go back & look at the Watergate timeline. It took months. This is happening at warp speed due to the influence of the internet where time moves very quickly.
What amazes me is that even Fox has not hammered Rather on saying these may be "re-creations".
In most endeavors, there is a long mating ritual before anyone actually gets screwed.