>To me, there's no difference between ignoring a hefty scandal because the person involved is a big honcho in The Party, A Party or The Corporation - you didn't publish the article, you're saving a butt which isn't worth saving, at the price of your reporters' virginity. From there, you can choose to go down or down.

And of course, the best media do publish about their own in-house foibles and make it clear that they are financially related. We have an all-news radio station here in Philly that's quite good about that kind of stuff--when there's a story about something in the media, they'll often include the "XXX and this station are both owned by YYY" to make it clear that they may not be properly impartial.

Tamar