On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 2:00 AM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > *shakes head in disbelief* > > Every time - EVERY TIME - NBC executives are quoted in this context, > it makes the network look worse and worse and makes Conan look like > the working-class hero (huge settlement not withstanding). > > What I find especially surprising is that back in '92, Ebersol was > firmly on "Team Dave". Do you suppose he's toting the company line > because he wants to be on the 'winning side' of this one? Or is he > singing Zucker's song because of the dismal losses predicted for the > Olympics coverage next month, and this is just a huge stinkin' ball of > CYA?
I think Zucker was following orders from GE and Ebersol was trying to deflect personal attacks against Zucker. NBC's PR has been abysmal - starting with having all this happen in a week that Conan was doing new shows. The longer he stays on the air, the nastier the attacks will get. Tom
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