Judith Regan shoulda been a New Yorker writer

You need to know the connections between the players involved. The NewsVisual article on the class-action lawsuit against Quanta http://www.newsvisual.com/newsvisual/2007/11/could-questions.html illustrates the behind-the-scenes connection that really help to explain what probably transpired among the defendants in the case.

Today's NewsVisual story on the class-action lawsuit against Sunrise Senior Living http://www.newsvisual.com/newsvisual/2007/11/senior-executiv.html shows some interesting connections to the Bush Administration.

Parloff is right -- Regan does come off as deranged in the filing.

But I think that Regan is "crazy like a fox." The suit sends Murdoch a message -- "I know exactly how to feed the media's hunger for scandal, and I know what I need to say to get lots and lots of exposure, and I'm more than willing to say it." The NewsCorp/Kerik/Giuliani conspiracy theory (as described by Regan) is absurd on its face -- but the absurdity of the accusation didn't stop every major media outlet from reporting it as if it were credible, because Regan understood that the larger issue (NewsCorps obvious pro-Rudy bias) was credible.

Perhaps more to the point, however, is that the media has, until this point, ignored the extremely cozy relationship between NewsCorps and Rudy.... and it wasn't until Regan's ridiculous lawsuit that the corporate media even bothered to suggest that there is something fishy going on.

So I'm not sure where the real insanity lies... with Judith Regan, or with the corporate media that ignores realities that are staring them in the face, but is willing to give credence to absurd accusations if they are juicy enough.