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To: MythMan who wrote (17496)	2/2/1999 8:40:00 AM
From: Cynic 2005	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86076

Let us change topic a bit. Re. Lisa Myer's (NBC) interview with Juanita Broaddrick. Slick and his goons, apparently, are threatening NBC and daring them air it. We have seen this before, in movies, a cannibal alien in a charming human disguise. Slowly people realize. When it becomes apparent that everybody knows, the disguise is shunned and the monster attacks in its real form. Isn't this (threatening) the accusation in first place on this matter? zolatimes.com And this from the Drudge Report: <<1/30/99 9:14 PM ET END OF TRANSCRIPT X X X X X 'JANE DOE' INTERVIEW ON ICE: BROADDRICK CONSIDERING NEW NETWORK; NBC BOSSES GIVE MYERS THE RUN AROUND World Exclusive Update 01/29/99 06:09 UTC -- There is now less than a 50-50 chance NBC will air Lisa Myers' in-depth interview with Juanita Broaddrick, network sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT. "There is a feeling that NBC brass do not want to get directly involved in the impeachment trial and throw it into chaos," explains one insider. One week ago, Broaddrick sat for an exclusive in-depth interview with NBC NEWS reporter Lisa Myers -- an interview that she was told would immediately air on DATELINE! One pro-Myers source on Thursday night questioned why her network is holding back the interview. "Why was it okay to release the first story at the height of the Paula Jones case, and now running the actual interview with the woman is seen as interfering with the president's impeachment?" asked the insider. "And we did cover Anita Hill, didn't we?" Lisa Myers first reported details of Broaddrick's story last March 28 on NBC NIGHTLY NEWS, just days before the Jones case was dismissed. [MYERS: "The explosive new allegation tonight is that President Clinton sexually assaulted a woman 20 years ago in Arkansas. It involves an alleged encounter at this Little Rock hotel in the late 1970s, between then Attorney General Bill Clinton and campaign worker, Juanita Broaddrick. In court documents today, Paula Jones' lawyers claim Clinton quote 'forcibly raped and sexually assaulted' Broaddrick, then quote "bribed and intimidated her" to remain silent. Sources say that Broaddrick, now 54, recently denied under oath that such an assault occurred. But Jones' lawyers claim she had told their investigator she had suffered a quote 'horrible thing' at the hand of Clinton, and did not want to relive it. And NBC NEWS has talked to four people from Arkansas who say Broaddrick told them of such an assault years ago."] An NBC spokesperson said the network "does not comment on our newsgathering," but categorically denied there has been under pressure from the White House to hold the interview. One NBC NEWS source explained that the network is still working to corroborate Broaddrick's story and it will not run "until it is rock solid" and "fit for air." But a pro-Myers insider tells the DRUDGE REPORT the official NBC explanation is way off base. "The story is done, our investigation is over!" declared the source. "I challenge anyone to point out the holes in Lisa's piece." Broaddrick doesn't hold Lisa Myers responsible for the building media nightmare. In fact, Myers, late this week, made contact once again with Broaddrick, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. According to a well-placed source, Myers explained to Broaddrick during the conversation how she is being given the run around by her superiors at the network. And Myers recently confided to an associate that she is not even sure if she will have a say in the final cut, should NBC finally air the interview. There are growing fears that NBC has lost complete control of the situation. According to one report, NBC sponsors are starting to complain of receiving calls from angry viewers. The network itself been hit with nearly non-stop phone messages and e-mails on the subject. The story surrounding NBC's interview has turned into a talkradio sensation. There are indications late Thursday night that Broaddrick may now go somewhere else with her story. Reporters from other networks have been trying to woo her into giving another interview, Broaddrick told a close confidant. Developing... >>