Tuesday, August 08, 2006

TV Silliness

So, who was supposed to have Floyd Landis on the air first Monday during his media blitz?
Landis says that "The Today Show" breached its interview agreement with them. It seems that "Good Morning America" was supposed to be first.

(The networks fight over these things.)

"I'm disappointed that NBC's 'The Today Show' chose the tact of pre-empting the live segment we offered 'Good Morning America' and ABC. In a gesture of courtesy, we said we would pre-tape NBC's segment with Matt Lauer only if it ran after GMA, who provided us the original opportunity. It's unfortunate they breeched our agreement, which questions NBC's integrity," Landis said in a prepared statement.

NBC's answer: "I find it interesting in light of Mr. Landis' situation that he would question anyone's integrity right now," an NBC source said.

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