CBS fought very hard on this because it believed and believes that there's a principle at stake here. The principle is that Dan Rather doesn't work for the police, and that people that speak to Dan Rather understand that he's a journalist and not a police agent.
“Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.”
“During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.”