The Press: Confusion in Munich

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One oddity of the network coverage was a silly feud over use of the satellite. CBS asked for pool use of ABC's picture from Munich and was turned down. Tit for tat, CBS refused to allow pool coverage later on when it had exclusive signals from the satellite. Eventually, executives at both networks decided that they had had enough and agreed on joint picture coverage for the remaining hours of the drama. At that point NBC joined the pool. Even so, the networks during the long afternoon ran some of their normal fare of soap operas and game shows.

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