Ever wonder how major TV news stars land those “exclusive” interviews with famous folks? While they are not allowed to directly pay sources for stories, many like Barbara Walters and her staffers often play “Let’s Make A Deal” to land interviews.
The New York Post has revealed that Walters has been forced to apologize for trying to get a dictator’s press aide jobs and also for some very questionable emails in the process of landing an interview.
Reporter Chuck Bennett at the Post has reported all the sordid details of Walters’ actions.
“Just weeks after TV doyenne Barbara Walters landed an exclusive interview with brutal Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, she tried to get his comely young press aide a job at CNN and a spot at Columbia University, newly released e-mails show,” wrote Bennett.
“A humbled Walters apologized yesterday after a Syrian opposition group exposed the cozy — and questionable — e-mails she exchanged with Sheherazad Jaafari, the glamorous, 22-year-old former Assad adviser, who helped arrange the big “get” with the Middle East strongman last December.
“The “View” founder had called Jaafari “dear girl” and signed her e-mails “Hugs, Barbara” while Jafaari referred to the 82-year-old TV veteran as her “adopted mother.”
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