Is there any reason to believe that clever cyberporn fraudster Marty Rimm won't be able to weasel out from under the Time/Carnegie Mellon porn-study scandal? Here's how he'll do it:
During winter break, while the students are away at home, Carnegie Mellon University announces its finding that Rimm's ethical lapses can be attributed solely to inadequate supervision by his overworked faculty advisor, Marvin Sirbu, who won't be held responsible, either (since he generates serious grant money for the university).
The day after the announcement, Rimm holds a press conference. "What you have witnessed is a high-tech witch hunt of an uppity undergraduate!" he says.
"But now, after the most meticulous investigation of my life and work ever conducted, I am a vindicated man. And not one of my critics has managed to refute what the Carnegie Mellon study showed - that there is lots of pornography on the information superhighway."
- Marty announces his book deal and starts working the talk-show circuit.
