A bone that they throw at you to "shut you up."

So the Program Director--who no doubt heard this before it aired--is saying that the show's soon-to-depart host--who no doubt heard this before it aired--is giving up a week's pay IN LIGHT OF THE BACKLASH. Not because she took it upon herself to go see the Red Cross on her own time, but because the Program Director--

--do you see where I'm going with this?

From past experiences, they know that this method of "healing the wounds" works.

But what if it didn't? What if we all just acted blind, deaf and unsatisfied?

What would happen then?