Does Newsweek change interviews for everyone, or just Joe Scarborough?
June 10, 2009 11:02 am ET by Eric Boehlert
Gawker reported the details on this yesterday, and it's still worth a look.
Basically, late last week Newsweek posted an interview with Scarborough, who's out pushing a new book. And right up at the top, because of the headlines made by the killing of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, Newsweek asked Scarborough about the fact that as a young attorney he had once defended the murderer of an abortion doctor. (A fact the Village Voice highlighted last week.)
When the Newsweek interview was posted online, the abortion part was featured right at the top. But then somebody from Scarborough's "team" contacted Newsweek and complained, so Newsweek de-emphasized the abortion doctor discussion and moved it down further in the interview.
Who explained the change to Gawker? Newsweek editor Jon Meacham. Who's a frequent guest on Scarborough's MSNBC morning show? Newsweek editor Jon Meacham.
Just sayin'.
UPDATE: And just to be clear, it was Meacham himself who opted to alter the Scarborough interview.
by nerzog
(June 10, 2009 11:40 am ET)
