11/11/2006
Dateline NBC to Launch Investigation of Ed Bradley Death
(New York) The death of 60 Minutes journalist Ed Bradley sparked an investigation by NBC's rival program Dateline NBC.
"The unusual circumstances surrounding the death of Ed Bradley require further investigation," said Dateline anchor Stone Phillips. "I mean - doesn't anyone find it odd that one day the guy's investigating criminal activity, and the next he's dead?"
Bradley reportedly died from complications due to chronic lymphocytic leukemia on November 9 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Phillips said that the coroner's report contained "inconsistencies."
"They refer to him as 'Edward' on that form, but anyone who knew him realized he was always 'Ed,' just plain old 'Ed,'" he said, thumbing through files. "No way this was chronic lymphocytic leukemia - I'm betting he was poisoned, or took a bullet to the old cerebellum."
Left: Digging for something that smells like truth
Phillips denied that the sinking ratings of Dateline are in any way connected to its investigation of Bradley's death.
"In an age when nothing, it seems, is too painful to talk about, people just seem to want to ignore that Ed Bradley was LYNCHED BECAUSE OF HIS SKIN COLOR," he intoned. "I think it is no coincidence that his white blood cell count was elevated, especially in an era of a resurgent KKK and active neo-Nazi groups. And, truth be told: even if it was leukemia, we have one hell of a story here, don't you think? White blood, black man - this has racism all over it."
"The unusual circumstances surrounding the death of Ed Bradley require further investigation," said Dateline anchor Stone Phillips. "I mean - doesn't anyone find it odd that one day the guy's investigating criminal activity, and the next he's dead?"
Bradley reportedly died from complications due to chronic lymphocytic leukemia on November 9 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Phillips said that the coroner's report contained "inconsistencies."
"They refer to him as 'Edward' on that form, but anyone who knew him realized he was always 'Ed,' just plain old 'Ed,'" he said, thumbing through files. "No way this was chronic lymphocytic leukemia - I'm betting he was poisoned, or took a bullet to the old cerebellum."
Left: Digging for something that smells like truth
Phillips denied that the sinking ratings of Dateline are in any way connected to its investigation of Bradley's death.
"In an age when nothing, it seems, is too painful to talk about, people just seem to want to ignore that Ed Bradley was LYNCHED BECAUSE OF HIS SKIN COLOR," he intoned. "I think it is no coincidence that his white blood cell count was elevated, especially in an era of a resurgent KKK and active neo-Nazi groups. And, truth be told: even if it was leukemia, we have one hell of a story here, don't you think? White blood, black man - this has racism all over it."