CNN's bin Laden dilemma.(possible interview with Osama bin Laden)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, October, 2001 by Trigoboff, Dan

Gets first crack at reaching terrorist; submitting questions poses problems CNN got the inside track on being the first Western media outlet to question Osama bin Laden since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But the possibility of a bin Laden appearance on American television responding to written questions from the network quickly raised controversy.

CNN said it had been contacted by Al Jazeera, the Arab-language network, regarding the submission of questions for the chief suspect in the terrorist acts and had pursued the arrangement. At least two other networks challenged the practice of submitting questions. "CNN would not submit questions to President Bush," a Fox News spokesman said. "Why would they do it for a terrorist? This form does not...

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