NBC Says Brokaw Does So Write His Own Books

Jenny Tartikoff of NBC emails us about our recent post about Tom Brokaw and the cheapo scholarship:

The scholarship program was established to honor Tom Brokaw’s 30 years of service to NBC News. It’s just one scholarship opportunities offered to NBC/GE employees by NBC News, not Tom Brokaw.

Okay, we were wrong. It’s NBC News that’s cheap, not Brokaw.

The scholarship has already helped 18 students. It’s a highly competitive award and a great honor to receive.

It started in 1998 as a $5,000 award and increased last year to $7,500

So, after 10 years, NBC kicks in another $2500? We’d heard that GE wasn’t happy with NBC’s

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