New MSNBC hire Rita Cosby is already getting face time on The Today Show: She is sitting down with Michael Jackson’s mother, Katherine Jackson, “in an exclusive interview airing Tuesday and Wednesday on ‘Today,'” according to NBC. This is week two for the “special correspondent” and future anchor; what’s next?
> Update: 9:03am: An MSNBC employee is angry: “It’s time for Kaplan to put his foot down and stop the network from destroying his channel. Rita Cosby is MSNBC’s, and MSNBC should get to air her interview with Jackson’s mom FIRST and then give it to the Today Show. If NBC is going to start stealing her, then why is Kaplan going to bother wasting his time and energy building a show for her only to have the network take her away?…”
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