Well, we have to cut the director some "directorial license." And, you're right about the Roth hit: a high-profile murder like that would be covered most extensively by US media. They'd identify Rocco's body, and trace him right back to Michael. Of course he'd have an alibi--he was in Tahoe at the time. But, the police questioning him would be another body blow to his claim of "legitimacy"--and this time, he wouldn't have the benefit of Frankie claiming it was "all lies."

You were very alert to pick up all that radio dialog, Sonny. Thanks for doing that. But, I wouldn't put too much stock in the numbers of people killed and wounded. FFC, who was such a absolute fanatic about detail in GF and II, slipped badly in III. The Wall Street Journal headline about Immobiliare has a text below it that's taken from a computer word-processing manual. And, another newspaper or magazine headline (I forget which) has text about some completely unrelated subject.