Inside Cable News

March 27, 2006

Olbermann gets to air Schiavo interview…finally.

Now that Matt Lauer got his carefully orchestrated exclusive with Michael Schiavo on the air it appears that Keith Olbermann will finally get his chance to air the interview he had a long time ago but had taken away from him (for a history of that, see this). MSNBC issued a release today on tonight’s interview…

Michael Schiavo, whose brain-damaged wife Terri was at the center of a heavily publicized end-of-life battle, spoke with MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann in his first interview in nearly a year. In this cable exclusive interview, which will air on “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” tonight (8-9 pm ET), Schiavo discusses in detail the politics surrounding his late wife Terri’s case, the videotape of Terri that was broadcast across countless newscasts, and his feelings toward Terri’s parents and siblings and the politicians who worked toward keeping her on life support. He also discusses the work he plans to do with his political action committee, “Terri’sPAC.com.”

The full interview is apparently not being broadcast according to the release. Makes sense since it refers to something no longer valid (Schiavo’s interview with Olbermann being his first TV interview in a year which would have been the case had NBC News not spiked the interview because of Lauer’s upcoming interview) The full interview is included in the release.

Filed under: Cable News, MSNBC - Spud

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  1. Thanks for pointing us to this, Spud. It is so ridiculous that NBC had to bury Olbermann’s work in order to protect Lauer’s ego.

    Comment by tanne — March 28, 2006 @ 9:24 pm

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