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Peter Jennings is remarkable, yet again.

"No network was more red-faced than NBC, which passed up the chance to broadcast, at the same time as every other television news outlet, the first scenes of the former dictator in the courtroom. NBC chose instead to continue a taped interview with the movie star Robert Redford, followed by a live badminton match between Katie Couric, the anchor of the network's 'Today' program, and competitors from the United States Olympic badminton team.
'We made a bad call,' said Allison Gollust, the spokeswoman for NBC News.
Peter Jennings, the ABC anchor, made a much better call last week when he was interviewing Salem Chalabi, the director of the Iraqi Special Tribunal, which is in charge of the legal case against Mr. Hussein. Mr. Jennings, knowing Mr. Hussein's court appearance was coming up - the first time he would be seen since his capture - asked Mr. Chalabi if he could be admitted to the courtroom, said Cathie Levine, a spokeswoman for ABC News."

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- posted by liz @ 7/02/2004 11:12:00 AM