 After the piece was published, Cook and Gleason appeared on David Susskind's TV show, "Open End", during which Gleason claimed a high-ranking New York City official had offered him a bribewell-paid government jobs for the two reporters' wivesto stop investigating the city's slum clearance program in 1956.But when Manhattan District Attorney Frank Hogan hauled him in for questioning, Gleason back-pedaled, saying he had "exaggerated" the story "because I was exuberant and carried away.