Second, Judith, I note that same lack of patience in your post as well.  I am not scolding anyone here, just posting my view of the tone and why I think that it might not be productive.  Sure it's therapeudic, but for whom?  I doubt that Ms. Producer finds any help in it at all.  (Which really is too bad :)

As you misrepresented my post let me clarify.  I was pointing out that if such a producer was truly pressured to produce quickly and cheaply then her best option would be to let Al do a piece and cut him a check (he's gotta be cheaper than the CBS crews).  But she didn't so obviously she has other motivations, such as the content of the piece (utter pablum for the American masses to gum in semi-conscious silence in front of the tube).  

In my humble opinion, I would expect that the most satisfying result, and therefore process, would be to succeed in conveying this message to the American public (hoping they would know what to do about it...).  I am not inspired by self-gratification through looking down the bridge of one's erudite nose at the pathetic rats in the race.  (That is part of what isolated the heartland of America INTO the Republican Party.)  

I agree with what Al wrote, and I think I agree with what Bill wrote, I would just rather see the delivery be, as I stated, an unrelenting avalance of undeniable facts that force Ms. Producer to admit that her motivations are other than newsworthy!