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...scoop of the year. He threatened network employees with violence if he did not get his way, and emphasized his seriousness of purpose with a demonstration of karate-style kicks. "He's the most terrifying guy I've ever seen," said CBS News President Richard Salant...
...been widely criticized earlier this year for paying as much as $100,000 for an interview with former Nixon Aide H.R. Haldeman. This time, Salant decided to hire O'Keefe as a "consultant," pay him $1,000 to tape an interview with Medlin, and give him $9,000 for the pair to lead a network crew to Hoffa's body, which Medlin insisted lay encased in concrete in 12 ft. of water 2½miles off Key West, Fla. The network stresses that it did not pay any money to Medlin, but O'Keefe says that...
...money for safekeeping. En route, he persuaded O'Keefe to stay overnight in Tampa. They checked into a motel, and at 4 a.m. Medlin walked out with the cash. For days a diver hired by CBS searched off Key West-in vain. Admitted a philosophical Salant: "We've been had before...
Richard S. Salant President, CBS News New York City...
...request-which came on three hours' notice-CBS and NBC both said no. They observed that because the President is a declared candidate for reelection, they could be required under the Communications Act to furnish equal time to other candidates seeking the Republican nomination. CBS News President Richard Salant explained that his network would be willing to accept the risks created by the equal-time rule only "in circumstances of national emergencies or urgent presidential announcements." An NBC spokesman said that his network believed that only presidential speeches dealing with "international events affecting the national security" could be broadcast...