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Station's glitch starts controversy


February 26, 2008 An Alabama TV station's technical troubles during a "60 Minutes" piece about the state's former governor caused ripples of controversy by some who wondered whether the outage was politically motivated. A Scott Pelley-reported piece about former Democratic Gov. Don Siegelman that led "60 Minutes" wasn't seen by viewers in northern Alabama served by WHNT-TV, a CBS affiliate in Huntsville, Ala. The station, which initially blamed CBS, said Monday that instead there was a problem with its satellite receiver that was supposed to take the network feed.

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