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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedTerror, via the mail.(Anthrax mailed to Tom Brokaw opened by assistant)(Brief Article)
Broadcasting & Cable, October, 2001 by Schlosser, Joe
At press time: NBC anthrax case scares the media in NYC The anxiety building since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks struck starkly home in the TV business when an NBC News employee was diagnosed with a form of anthrax after the company received a suspicious letter in the mail. The woman is reportedly an assistant to NBC anchor Tom Brokaw, but her name and position were not immediately disclosed.
The discovery last Friday spurred federal and New York City officials to cordon off part of the third floor of NBC's headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Center, including the area where NBC Nightly News staffers work. Shortly thereafter, Viacom shut down mailrooms in all facilities across the country and planned to test some of them for contaminants....
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