'60 Minutes' to Acknowledge Woodward Ties

[CatWoman]

I think this is a good move on their part in order to diffuse the right wing bitching that is sure to follow.

NEW YORK - Blindsided by a controversy over its corporate ties to the publisher of Richard Clarke's book, "60 Minutes" has promised that it will not happen again. So, when it reports next Sunday on Bob Woodward's book, "Plan of Attack," "60 Minutes" will say that publisher Simon & Schuster and CBS are both owned by Viacom.



When that wasn't said during the March 21 report on Simon & Schuster subsidiary Free Press' Clarke book — a week later, correspondent Lesley Stahl called it an oversight — it provided fuel for Clarke's critics.


"If you're looking to deflect attention from the content of what was in the Clarke piece, this was a good way to do it," said "60 Minutes" Executive Editor Josh Howard, "and we walked right into the trap."

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