1:38:01
His "veracity" was good enough
for the state of Mississippi.
1:38:04
Our standards have to be
higher than anyone else's,
1:38:06
because we are the standard
for everybody else.
1:38:09
Well, as a "standard," I'll hang with
"is this guy telling the truth?"
1:38:14
Well, with tortious interference,
I'm afraid...
1:38:17
the greater the truth,
the greater the damage.
1:38:22
- Come again?
- They own...
1:38:24
the information he's disclosing.
1:38:27
The truer it is,
1:38:29
the greater
the damage to them.
1:38:31
If he lied, he didn't
disclose their information,
and the damages are smaller.
1:38:39
- Is this Alice in Wonderland?
- You said "on this one."
1:38:44
What about this one?
1:38:46
If this holds up--
And it very well may not, Mike.
1:38:49
But if it did
and we aired this segment,
1:38:53
and CBS was sued
by Brown &Williamson,
1:38:57
I think we could be
at grave risk.
1:38:59
- How grave?
- Well, at the end of the day,
1:39:02
because of your segment,
1:39:05
the Brown &Williamson
Tobacco Company...
1:39:07
could own CBS.
1:39:11
- [Beeping]
- Oh. You know,
1:39:14
I am sorry,
but I'm due upstairs.
1:39:18
Is CBS Corporate
telling CBS News...
1:39:21
" Do not go to air
with this story"?
1:39:24
You're getting ahead of yourself.
We're all in this together.
1:39:27
We're all CBS.
We'll find out soon.
1:39:30
Thank you, gentlemen.
1:39:39
"Tortious interference."
1:39:41
That sounds like a disease
caught by a radio.
1:39:44
-[Hewitt]Lunch?
- Sure.
1:39:46
Don't worry.
We call the shots around here.
1:39:56
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