Amidst all the kerfluffle regarding Greg Mitchell's apparent re-editing, I decided to do a little investigative CITIZEN JOUNRALISM of my own. You see, most people don't know this; but I've got a Columbo Anthology Box Set that comprises the entirety of the series. Hey, I study tape like a pro footballer; and I'll have you know it really pays off. Nothing gets by me.

Anyways, I decided to focus my highly tuned powers of deduction and my rapier wit on none other than CBS. Yes, shank is going big time. I figure if I'm going to be taking down The MSM, I shouldn't be wasting my time with little fish - I should stand up and prepare to SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER! Besides, we all know that CBS has a history of, shall we say, allying itself with folks who don't always tell the truth. Yes Dan, I'm talking about you.

While rooting around the CBSMarketWatch site this morning I noticed something curious about the homepage. Now, to the untrained eye, it may look like nothing is afoot here. But to a gifted sleuth like myself, it stunk of a coverup. Drawing on my wealth of computer and hacking-related skills at the intarweb (believe it or not, everything that Ted Stevens guy knows about tubes he learned from yours truly), I copied the image to my harddrive for further inspection - knowing that CBS would probably pull the image in the future, should the heat of my truthiness become too intense. Upon closer study I discovered this.

As any economist knows, not only are crud futures not traded on any exchange in the US; but a crud market as we know it doesn't exist anywhere! I immediately refreshed the page, and what do you know; the headline and article had completely disappeared! Apparently, CBS was made aware by an third party that I was on the case As soon as they noticed my IP on their page, they scuttled their gob-smackingly vile error. So what we have here, is not only a clear attempt by CBS Networks to control public perception of the economy by fabricating stories about markets that don't even exist, but proof that they've attempted to cover up their dastardly deeds.

Or, I suppose it could just be a spelling error. TRUST AND VERIFY (or whatever)!!