In an extraordinary public apology, NBC said Tuesday night that it erred in staging a fiery test crash of a General Motors pickup truck for its “Dateline NBC” news program and agreed to settle a defamation suit filed by the auto maker.
“We deeply regret we included the inappropriate demonstration in our ‘Dateline’ report,” said a statement read by NBC News co-anchors Jane Pauley and Stone Phillips Tuesday night. “We apologize to our viewers and to General Motors. We have also concluded that unscientific demonstrations should have no place in hard news stories at NBC. That’s our new policy.”
“We have also concluded that unscientific demonstrations should have no place in hard news stories at NBC. That’s our new policy.”
Reporting the truth is their new policy.
Wasn’t that the Isuzu fiasco?
Also 20/20 and Diane Sawyer lied in a report about Food Lion and their meat being unsafe. That was in ‘93 if I remember correctly.