Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for January 29, 2000

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A message from CBS News: in defending out decision to digitally superimpose a CBS logo to block out an nbc sign in times square during our coverage of new year's eve, president of cbs news andrew heyward said that this use of technology was a mere 'change in this very festive, in effect, set." in fact, our new motto is -- cbs we cover the world, so the world is our set! where;s the harm in replacing our entertainment-industry competitors' logos with our own? it's our newscast; we choose the logos! ... and at a press conference about the aol/time warner merger... it only benefits out viewers when we find creative ways to digitally enhance our set with cbs-related images such as dan rather's face, where appropriate. reporting live from mount rushmore... and wouldn't an interview with secretary of state madeleine albright be more entertaining if she were digitally modified to look and sound like ray romano, star of the hit cbs series 'everybody love raymond." mexican cooperation with american counterdrug efforts is improving... and how about thsi deal with the white house: in exchange for relief from having to air pesty public service announcements, we're digitally enhancing the news to convey anti-drug messages! yes, we do have a program to develop nuclear weapons. oh, and also, i think pot is great! look at me! i'm a jackass! iran's security council secretary khasan roukhani