GIFFORDS' INTERVIEW: WHAT WAS, WASN'T SAID

posted by Michael Chihak

ABC News issued a press release this morning saying it will air an exclusive report in November in which U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly “share their remarkable story.”

The ABC report, featuring Diane Sawyer, will coincide with release of Giffords' and Kelly's co-authored book, "Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope."

The Associated Press picked up the press release, saying ABC had secured the first interview with Giffords since she was shot through the head last Jan. 8 in Tucson.

Not true, TucsonSentinel.com reported a short time later, quoting Giffords' congressional staff spokesman Mark Kimble.

AZPM's Robert Rappaport spoke with Kimble this afternoon, and Kimble confirmed what he had said earlier: Giffords has not made a decision to appear on camera, but she will speak with Sawyer off camera. Kimble confirmed an on-camera appearance for Kelly.

GIFFORDS INTERVIEW ON ABC? HOLD ON A MINUTE

posted by Michael Chihak

Reports that U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will give her first media interview since the Jan. 8 shooting were premature at best, flat wrong at worst.

TucsonSentinel.com quotes Giffords' spokesman Mark Kimble as saying, "Congresswoman Giffords has not decided if she's going to conduct an on-camera interview." Kimble further said that ABC-TV News anchor Diane Sawyer will interview Giffords' husband Mark Kelly on camera, and "sit down and talk with Mark and Gabby" off camera.

ABC reported in a press release picked up this morning by The Associated Press that Giffords and Kelly will st for an interview on the eve of their book's publication, scheduled for Nov. 15. The book, "Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope," is co-authored by Jeffrey Zaslow of the Wall Street Journal.

GIFFORDS' FIRST INTERVIEW WILL BE WITH DIANE SAWYER, ABC

posted by Andrea Kelly

The Associated Press reports U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' first public interview since she was shot Jan. 8 will be on ABC News as part of a prime-time special with Diane Sawyer.

The interview is scheduled to air Nov. 14, the night before Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly publish a book.