While not beating a dead horse intentionally, this is an interesting study in the modern media. When it happened, United was all ag-go defending the fort. Then it became an "oops" type thing, and now has morphed into full blown "blame someone else". What was a "United di well and I stand by them" Tuesday, is now "It was Republic Airlines and the evil police" (never mind United requetsed the evil police to come remove the poor guy). This is almost like a real time laboratory, where we get to see and chronical every change, move, nuance that has occured in the story. Now the United PIlots are feeling the threrat, possibly to their jobs, and have gone on their own offensive, again throwing the "it wasn't us" flag and blaming Republic and the evil police. This is what is going on every day, as media manipulates, and "undisclosed sources" disclose. In such an atmosphere, how much "facts" are to be found? How objective is anyone in this game?