In February of 2010, I was asked to appear on CNN in response to Andrew Joseph "Joe" Stack III having burnt his house to the ground, then crashed his airplane i

In February of 2010, I was asked to appear on CNN in response to Andrew Joseph "Joe" Stack III having burnt his house to the ground, then crashed his airplane into the Austin, Texas Internal Revenue Service headquarters. Joe did that in protest of IRS Section 1706, as well as the law behind it. He was and I am a software consultant. 1706 also effects consulting architects and consulting electrical engineers. I was glad to appear on CNN - look up "Michael David Crawford" on YouTube - but just afterwards, all the local TV stations wanted to interview me as well. I would have been OK with that however I was on a showstopper bug for my client. I finally granted just one local interview, but on the condition that the TV station would not in any way present my opinion as representing that of my client. They were OK with that; while they interviewed me in the parking lot at work, the camera was facing away from my client's office. After a while I got so very many requests for local interviews that I powered off my phone. I also emailed a profuse apology to everyone on my project. They were all quite supportive of my taking most of the day off to appear on TV. However my client at the time was on the ropes financially. I didn't want anyone else to lose their job just because I was enjoying my fifteen minutes of fame.