4/19/2012 BY TMZ STAFF
CASEY ANTHONY'S LAWYER
Thank You ABC For Paying for Our Defense
Jose Baez, Casey Anthony's lawyer, has for the first time publicly acknowledged he was able to mount a successful defense thanks to the
money he got from ABC news.
Baez, who appeared on PBS's "Frontline," explained how
they got $200,000 from ABC for photos of Casey and Caylee, and that money was used "so we could mount a proper defense."
In 2010, Casey's team divulged in the trial that they spent $275,000 on the defense, and the
major portion came from the ABC deal. Now Baez explains the money was critical in beating the murder rap.
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ABC revised their policy regarding paying for licensing fees for photos and such, and they published
Baez's proposal regarding an interview and the consultant job for him. They said NO to a FCA interview and especially NO to a job for any member of her defense team.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/26/abc-will-no-longer-pay-li_n_909642.html
ABC Will No Longer Pay Licensing Fees For Interviews
The Huffington Post Katherine Fung First Posted: 07/26/11
UPDATE: A
BC's decision to stop paying licensing fees has opened up a war of words between it and
rival network NBC. An NBC spokesperson gloated over ABC's policy change, telling AdWeek, “We agree that their recent activity has been bad for journalism and the news industry. And we welcome them back to the practices that we work hard to uphold.”
An "
ABC News insider" fired back, saying,
"NBC News lies about its practices, does not disclose the habitual payments it makes for interviews, and then has the gall to get up on a high horse." The insider warned "the higher they get up on that horse, the farther they will fall as their rank and recurring hypocrisy is exposed."
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...cle-bans-paying-news-subjects-for-photos.html
ABC Bans Paying News Subjects
Jul 25, 2011 3:04 PM EDT
excerpts:
After taking a public-relations hit in several high-profile cases,
ABC will no longer be buying photos or video as a way of getting a news subject to cooperate—a process that had become a fig leaf for purchasing interviews.
When asked for comment,
spokesman Jeffrey Schneider confirmed the new policy, saying: “We can book just about anyone based on the strength of our journalism, the excellence of our anchors, correspondents, and producers, and the size of our audience.
These licensing deals had become a crutch, and an unnecessary one.”
The new approach is not an absolute ban, but
network sources say it would take an extraordinary circumstance to allow a licensing fee—perhaps once every couple of years—that would require approval at the highest levels.
ABC got a black eye after paying Casey Anthony $200,000 for photos in 2008, shortly before she was charged in the killing of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.
The network’s payment did not become public until a court proceeding last year.