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DATE: SATURDAY, May 29, 1993                   TAG: 9305290176
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-12   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

CBS DROPS SEGMENT WHEN PEROT COMPLAINS

CBS "This Morning" agreed to drop a brief segment critical of Ross Perot during an interview with the Texas businessman on Friday's program after Perot protested and threatened not to appear on the program.

Perot had been booked on the Friday morning program about a week ago, according to John Bianchi, a spokesman for CBS "This Morning."

But during the week, producers at the program decided to interview former Perot volunteers who have publicly criticized Perot and his organization for being too centralized and unresponsive to grass-roots supporters.

Bianchi said that Sharon Holman, Perot's spokeswoman, called the network late Thursday to protest that airing the segment violated the terms of the original request. "She said Perot felt he was booked to answer the president and not to answer questions about former workers," Bianchi said. - The Washington Post 


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