Tough to figure out who the "strategically placed" people are; but the events and subsequent behavior point to high placement in the respective organizations.
Not even Les Moonves has come out, either way. I wonder how CBS News fits into Viacom's business. Is it a money maker? Break even? Loss? One thing that Viacom wants, is to be able to influence the political process via deception and propaganda. In principle, it is worth having that, even if the operation is a loser on the balance sheet.
I think the bigger motivating objective of CBS News (and NBC, ABC, CNN, PBS, NPR, AP, etc.) is the ability to manipulate public opinion and the political process - not necessarily to earn a profit. It's about power first, and money second.
Even if Burkett is the forger, he may not have been the faxer. Remember, Rather said the memos came from "an unimpeachable source." Burkett is not "unimpeachable." Therefore, did someone else, someone who is unimpeachable, visit Burkett in Texas and use that Kinko's? If so, who? Who is the Deep Throat of this story?
I think that's almost right.
I think there is a larger "entertainment" industry that controls and directs these "news" organizations.
The entertainment industry needs its consumers to be passive, dependent, and in need of stimulation.
It just so happens that these ideal entertainment consumers make good Democrats.
The function of MSM "news" is to increase feelings of helplessness and dependency.
The goal of their leashholders is economic and social, to change citizens into consumers and to make those consumers passive and open to programming.
It's much bigger than dan rather.