Yesterday it was discussed that President Clinton's new book would be über-hyped, but that was combined with the question of whether or not there would be a huge public/media outcry over the coverage, à la last week's funeral proceedings for President Reagan. According to Matt Drudge, the hype is in full effect, and will be televised.

Drudge posts a memo from Viacom (CBS' parent company) President of Programming, Steve Rivers, which outlines a "must carry" event on Infinity radio stations next week, during which former President Clinton will discuss his new book on air for 60 minutes. No, not that "60 Minutes." That's a whole different ball of wax - CBS will air a sit down with Dan Rather and Clinton this coming Sunday, June 20th.

So the one question that remains is whether or not the public and concerned media folk will let this get a free pass. As Matt Drudge would say, this is "developing..."