This is also a lesson in why assessing the character or motivation of confidential sources needs to be rigorously weighted against public interest. Michael’s plan was to have the mob leak to the newspapers after the hit about atrocious police corruption, involvement with organized crime & drugs…
…Running that story benefits a brutal, powerful crime family and its ascendant dictator. But not running it benefits the *other* crime family and protects a police force rotted with violent corruption and mob conspiracy.
