'88 Current Affair 3of3 (Savitch)

1988: Clip from "A Current Affair" hosted by Maury Povich on the death of NBC News anchor Jessica Savitch. Part 3 of 3

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• affair
• jessica
• savitch

[hpmc9]

look at her face at 1:29

would you want this woman writing YOUR biography after you passed on and couldnt defend yourself?

[SIGNALSTAT]

rest in peace jessica

[lostindiancamp]

The sister gets angry about the lesbian accusations, but doesn't say anything about Jessica's drinking and drug problems. Especially since it was pretty clear on tv one time when Jessica was slurring her words.

[assaultislove]

@GFI888 - Back then, issues such as depression and drug use weren't handled the way they are now

[GFI888]

If NBC was so aware of her drug use why didn't they step in and get her help, or at least offer her a way to leave with dignity? If she was that 'drugged up' before the update, her producer knew it. Anchors had to rehearse them several times to get the timing right. I wouldn't be surprised if the producer was told not to stop her from going on air. They hung her out to dry and knew it would end her career there. Pretty callous, IMO.

[lostindiancamp]

It is kind of cold how the sister keeps describing her sister as the corpse.

[wannawatchu66]

@rtschoolboy And it seems a lot of people (term used loosely) here share that enjoyment.

[rtschoolboy]

the author seems to enjoy Jessica's tragedy, pretty sad commentary on her.

[kevinivers]

@ATLSean74 Um, yes I have. And so could any monkey with an internet connection or a library card find the same information. You could also acquaint yourself with her contemporaries at the NBC News bureau in Washington - those who knew her well when she was covering the Senate, and who have first-hand knowledge that she was a cocaine user. As I said, I feel for the family. But the level of invective in their denial has probably ebbed over time as the emotion of her death subsided.

[markojameow]

@7beers Jessica's sisters have every right to defend her, either out of denial or because they know what really happened behind the scenes. It could be out of love for their sister, or because of that old, overused notion that one shouldn't speak ill of the dead. (Tell the latter to every second bio writer out there - they make huge profits from dishing the dirt on dead celebs.) I really couldn't blame Lori Savitch in particular for protecting Jessica's memory, for better or worse.

[elimacfly1]

Why can't author hold her head up straight? Why must author smirk? Author looks like a toad.