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A black eye for Pfizer from in-house physicians on all three newscasts: Dr Jon on CBS and Dr Rich on ABC both warned us that Azithromycin -- or Z-PAK as ABC's Besser told us Pfizer's marketers like to call it -- is a dodgy antibiotic for patients with irregular heartbeats. Last May, Dr Rich and Dr Nancy on NBC gave us similar news. On this occasion, though, NBC continued its gradual grooming of its corporate Chief Medical Officer for on-camera appearances: Dr Tanya Berenson has not yet been named as a correspondent -- but back in January she was interviewed on the 'flu outbreak three separate times (here, here and here). Meanwhile, NBC's science correspondent Robert Bazell continues to cover ovarian cancer, a disease no other reporter appears to find newsworthy.
A black eye for Equifax, the consumer credit rating agency, whose AnnualCreditReport.com database was apparently hacked by a Russian celebrity-watching Website. Both NBC's Pete Williams and ABC's Pierre Thomas ran down the list of politicians and celebrities with their personal data exposed.
Barry Petersen was on hand in Colorado when a not-guilty plea was filed, by default, on behalf of James Holmes, the accused killed in the Aurora midnight movie massacre. Petersen's attendance was no surprise. Since legal proceedings began last August, CBS has led all coverage, and Petersen has led CBS' efforts.
Remember St Valentine's Day, when NBC tried to turn Lyndon Baines Johnson into a romantic icon by persuading two of his grandchildren to read excerpts from his love letters to Lady Bird? Now, for the second Texan President, NBC's arm-twisting is a lot simpler. The reason is that his granddaughter Jenna is already on the NBC News payroll. To publicize All The Best, an anthology of George Herbert Walker Bush's correspondence, reporter Jenna Bush Hager roped in her Presidential grandfather George, her First Lady grandmother Barbara, her Presidential father George, her First Daughter sister Barbara (and a cousin) to read excerpts. She also persuaded President Bill Clinton. Who is he? A father of an NBC News correspondent, of course.
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