Option B
You decided to find some other way to fill the time.
You convince your annoyed general manager to go on the air and make an editorial to fill the extra time. After the show the manager demands to see the tape that you had the problems with. The station manager tells you made a good choice. The station manager tells you that, while the chance of being successfully sued for libel in this case was minimal, the story was not worth the possible break up of two families.
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