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NBC Takes Heat For Mitchell Reporting on Husband Alan Greenspan

Columbia Journalism Review, Friday, September 26, 2008 10:30 AM

When NBC journalist Andrea Mitchell covers the current financial crisis, there is a large elephant in the room -- her husband, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan. The credit meltdown is an extreme set of circumstances, and Greenspan, who was Fed chief for 19 years "is, to some extent, culpable in the crisis we're facing," writes the CJR.

"It's one thing for Mitchell to report the facts of this credit crisis, but venturing into commentary is a precarious trek. So is reporting on the Fed itself," as Mitchell did this week.

NBC's spokeswoman responds: "We make decisions about Andrea's reporting on the current financial crisis on a case-by-case basis. There are countless aspects of the story that present absolutely no potential for conflict. We are 100% comfortable with all of her reporting thus far."

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