"How can you sit here and honestly tell us that the banks<em>don't</em>need to be regulated after the sub prime mortgage crisis?"<br/><br/>Incredulity, moral outrage, and actual questions; CNN was proving to be a different beast entirely than Fox. On Rupert Murdoch's network there was practically a tiny-fonted disclaimer hanging out quietly in the corner of the screen:<em>integrity not included.</em>His advisers warned him it would be different, that it was always dangerous to go toe to toe with an actual journalist, but he felt capable enough to book the appearance against their wishes. He needed to make a point.<br/><br/>"Before I answer that, I have a question for you, Patricia." He used her first name and smiled with a bit of charm, looking more towards the camera than the woman conducting his interrogation. She wasn't the one he wanted to convince.<br/><br/>"Uh... okay?" She responded, somewhat bewildered by his calm response to a pointed question.<br/><br/>Marcus put on his best smile and nodded before posing his question, "Should we regulate consumers?"<br/><br/>She took a moment to think before answering, "...no?"<br/><br/>"Right, I agree with you there, of course, but... A small number of consumers were involved in the financial crisis too, just as a<em>few</em>banks were. If we follow your logic..."<br/><br/>"That's..."<br/><br/>"I know, it's tragic, but giving people the freedom to fail is a<em>necessary</em>thing. It can be hard to watch your son or daughter fall from their bicycle, but we have to let those we love learn from failure, even if -- rarely -- that means we have to carry our child back inside with a sprained ankle." A producer signaled that the segment was about to come to an end, and he interjected one last comment, "We can't ride the bike for them, and why would we even want to? American businesses are managed by<em>Americans,</em>and I trust Americans to make their own decisions. We don't need the Federal Government telling everyone what to do anymore than we need adults riding their children's tricycles."<br/><br/><em>Fin.</em>