Return to Transcripts main page   CNN Pays for Exclusive;
Interview With Author of 'Uncensored Story of Smothers Brothers
Comedy Hour'  Aired January 3, 2010 - 10:00   ET   KURTZ: When
news breaks out, it's all about "the get." You know the drill --
the bookers, the correspondents. And in some cases, the big foot
anchors work the phones, write the letters, send the flowers and
try to land the first interview with a newsworthy figure. But
what happens when money is involved?  Jasper Schuringa is by any
definition a hero. He's the Dutch passenger on that Northwest
Airlines flight who jumped on the Nigerian who was trying to
detonate a bomb as the plane headed for Detroit. Schuringa sold
the television writes to a grainy photo he took on board to CNN
for a reported $10,000 and the print rights to "The New York
Post" for $5,000. And he granted his first two interviews to CNN
and "The New York Post."   FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: And
as we've been reporting on this investigation, we've also been
showing you a