Reply #9: Call me paranoid, but it's given me some insight how U.S. media works.

[hunter]

And maybe U.S. politics in general.

It seems that everyone who rises to power must have a fatal flaw, a sturdy leash that can be tugged on at any time by the corporate power structure, or used to discredit the person if they get too far out of line.

Look at Barbara Walters' affair with Edward Brooke. At any time either one of them could have been brought down.

I'm also thinking of Dan Rather. Maybe they didn't have anything on him, or he had something on them, so they had to make shit up to bring him down when he got too inquisitive.

Ah, it's a sad day.