Ross Flexes Morning Muscle

It appears the new senior EP of CBS’ The Early Show is digging into her bag of morning show competitive tactics. Shelley Ross had on by phone this morning, former Pakistani P.M. Benazir Bhutto.

Harry Smith: “…and just a couple of minutes ago I spoke with Benazir Bhutto. This is the brand new, most recent interview with the former prime minister of Pakistan.”

Smith’s interview aired at 7:06amET.

The Today show’s Ann Curry flew to Pakistan over the weekend and secured the first U.S. broadcast sit-down interview yesterday. The Today show ran their Bhutto interview at 7:13amET.

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