CBS employee charged with Letterman extortion plot

[Catty1]

Let's not overlook Halderman. Assuming he did what he did - did he do a good thing????

It's fine to pick on the participants here, but's let not leave out the alleged extortionist!

One more thought on why I think it was better for Letterman to tell his story on his show rather than hold a press conference:

The press have space and time limits. We would have been subjected to sound bites and (biased) editing. Even if Letterman's entire statement appeared in all print media, it would be hard to sense whether he was serious or not.

With him saying it on his show, viewers got the whole meal deal...and with it viral on YouTube, others did as well.