NBC APOLOGIZES: WRONG NEWS TAPE

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, February 25, 1993                   TAG: 9302250202
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short
NBC APOLOGIZES: WRONG NEWS TAPE
For the second time in two weeks, NBC News has publicly apologized for including inaccurate footage in a broadcast report.
A Jan. 4 "NBC Nightly News" report on allegations that overcutting in Idaho's Clearwater National Forest was endangering fish was inadvertently accompanied by videotape of dead fish from another forest, anchor Tom Brokaw said Wednesday.
The report also contained footage of fish that weren't really dead but had been stunned for testing purposes, Brokaw said during Wednesday's program.
On Feb. 9, the network apologized for rigging a General Motors pickup truck with incendiary devices for a "Dateline NBC" report on the alleged dangers of the vehicle's gas tanks.
NBC's correction Wednesday came hours after U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, blasted the network on the Senate floor.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB