RATHERGATE: The first time as farce, the second time as really absurd farce:

Mr. Moonves again defended retaining the president of CBS News, Andrew Heyward, saying that he was satisfied that Mr. Heyward had asked the right questions before the broadcast, though he was “denied the right answers” by the executives under him.

The report’s producer, Mary Mapes, was fired as a result of the panel’s report. Three others were asked to resign. Mr. Moonves revealed today that none of the three have done so. Asked what CBS will do if they refuse to resign, Mr. Moonves said he could not talk about that situation. “It’s a legal issue,” he said.

Tom Maguire observes: “It must be like herding cats over there.”