Posted on 04/10/2004 11:04:19 AM PDT by cyncooper
Next Sunday, CBS NEWS and 60 MINUTES will feature a long interview with Bob Woodward, whose soon-to-be-released book PLAN OF ATTACK reportedly will contain important new details about the administration's decision to go to war against Iraq.
But this time, even though 60 MINUTES Executive Producer Don Hewitt still argues that he does not believe it is necessary to do so, CBS will acknowledge that its parent company owns the book and will profit from any and all sales!
"I'm doing it from here on out, only because of the brouhaha about it," Hewitt tells Sunday editions of the NY TIMES.
The DRUDGE REPORT was first to raise the VIACOMCBSSIMONSCHUSTER issue in connection with a previous cross-promotion launch at CBS.
Blindsided by a controversy over its corporate ties to the publisher of Richard Clarke's book, 60 MINUTES now promises that it will not happen again.
But Hewitt tells NYT Bill Carter he was not aware Clarke's book was even owned by Hewitt's very own company.
Hewitt said he did not know Clarke's publisher FREE PRESS was part of SIMON & SCHUSTER.
"Who the heck was Free Press?" Hewitt explains.
The Woodward interview is already taped and it will "make big news," Hewitt predicted.
He has scheduled it at special length, two sections of the program, the same amount of time given to Clarke's book.
Hewitt: "There are quid pro quo deals made for interviews with book authors. We never do them. I think SIMON & SCHUSTER is smart enough to put their books where they can do them the most good."
NYT Carter does not dare ask Hewitt how many shares he owns of VIACOMCBSSIMONSCHUSTER.
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Thanks. I was going to take Howlin up on her challenge and check the live thread, but two days before is better yet and underscores Hewitt's deceit.
Stomach did flip flops when reading this as I'd wager the 'big news' will NOT be favorable to GWB.
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