"...pointing the finger at the journalists ..."

JOURNALISTS?? tsk...

Bertha did not HAVE the original tapes, but I saw her explaining what had happened about several of the issues and accusations.... and will YOU please document which employees were fired, and for what reasons and in what circumstances?

" The phony tape scenario seems not to have made the scene until it was handy for other political reasons."

You don't think they gave up the incriminating tapes easily, do you? Jerry Brown had to force the issue to get them. What credibility issue can possibly change what the unedited tapes showed? Perhaps you are suggesting that being a Democrat is an issue....