Meet Your Liberal Media: Infomerical Journalism At Its Finest Edition

NBC News brags about the highest and best use of its resources: an interview with disturbed individual Jennifer Wilbanks:

NBC News spokeswoman Allison Gollust said the news division never pays for interviews. "This was a 'get' by Katie," she said. "It takes a lot of work. You talk to a lot of people. We put our best people out there."

Having witnessed the work of NBC News, I have no doubt that's true.

According to two sources familiar with the negotiations, Wilbanks's spokesman, Andy Parsons, told people that an exclusive interview with Couric was part of the negotiations with ReganMedia. Parsons asked at least one other network to bid for a combination of the interview and television movie rights but was turned down, the sources said.

p.s. to the Putz: Nice use of anonymous sources.

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