"The reason why CBS chose not to edit [Howard Stern] is that Stern's Arbitron ratings remained high and were arguably even enhanced by people tuning in to hear daily about Stern's running feud with CBS and his move to Sirius," [Jack Thompson] said. "In other words, CBS actually used Stern's discussion of his move to Sirius to make more money for CBS." Meanwhile, some Wall Street analysts also jumped to Stern's defense.