Libby Trial: NBC Decides How To Cover Tim Russert's Testimony

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/

"We're currently going over how to cover, for example, Tim Russert's day on the stand" in the Scooter Libby trial, Brian Williams blogged on Tuesday. "We are trying to avoid having a correspondent who reports TO Tim... have to report ON Tim."

On Wednesday, Williams provided an update: "After slogging through a number of options on how best to report Tim Russert's testimony when it happens, we've come back around to this -- Kelly O'Donnell was assigned to the story because she's a solid, fair network journalist. She'll continue to report the story. While Tim is presently prohibited by the lawyers from talking with us about the case on the air (anything that would prejudice the case), once he's done with his testimony we'll have him on for a thorough live interview regarding his role and what transpired."

[bleever]

1. The wicket is sticky.

The trial is replete with juicy, steaming chunks that Tim and Chris and Andrea have been unable to actually talk about. As talkers, imagine their predicament.

[global1]

2. Seems To me They Should Muzzle Tim Even After His Testimony In This Trial......

"While Tim is presently prohibited by the lawyers from talking with us about the case on the air (anything that would prejudice the case), once he's done with his testimony we'll have him on for a thorough live interview regarding his role and what transpired."

What if - just what if - from this trial comes another more important trial - that of Rove or Cheney or * - we wouldn't want to jeopardize any of these cases - we would't want Tim to say 'anything that would prejudice these cases'.

Libby is small potatoes - if we could get Rove, Cheney and *.

[speedoo]

3. Has NBC cleared this with Mary Matalin, Cheney, etc.?

After all, they own Mr. Potatohead, according to testimony in the Scooter trial.

Pathetic.