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well from my perspective, the 4 people at CBS should have been fired. Not because of WHAT the story was, but because of their methods. One of the most important functions of the press is to serve as a watchdog against the powerful. The only way we can do that is to have the public trust. We break that, they don't listen when we find out about stuff the powerful is pulling, and we can't fulfill our main job of holding the powerful accountable for their actions. Those 4 broke the public trust, and hurt not only their network but all of their affiliates and in fact ALL news stations across the country.
BTW I also feel Rather should have been fired. He certainly shouldn't be allowed to transfer to working on an investigative news show after he showed how much he helped botch that investigation.
As for Mr. Williams, he can't be fired because he owns the company that employs him - Right Side Media. He writes a syndicated column which is run by several newspapers - they don't employ him, they just contract with him to run his columns. Actually they contract with a syndicate, which sends them his columns.
One of the biggest syndicates involved with him is Tribune Media Services, which has terminated their contract with him "effective immediately."
That of course means newspapers don't HAVE to drop his column since many of them are now not going to recieve it anyway - and if I had to guess, they're not exactly going to be motivated to try and pick it up again.
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