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CBS fires producer for interrupting CSI for Arafat's bucket-kick
Edited for brevity. Hat tip: DrudgeCBS News has axed a news producer who cut into prime-time programming Wednesday night to report the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The staffer, a female senior producer for CBS's overnight newscast Up to the Minute, broke in to CSI: N.Y. shortly before 11 p.m. with the report, outraging viewers who missed the end of the crime drama. CBS apologized for the interruption Thursday, saying an "overly aggressive" staffer "jumped the gun on a report that should have been offered to local stations for their late news." So, if you work for CBS and interrupt a show with an unsurprising yet bona fide news item, you get fired. If you work for CBS and break out an exclusive and controversial story based on fraudulent documents that could swing a presidential election, you get a pass. Wow. Suddenly CBS has become my trusted news network of choice. Posted by: Dar 2004-11-13 |
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