All sorts of news services and outlets are reporting on Jay Leno's interview tomorrow night on 60 Minutes, giving juicy highlights from the brief excerpts that CBS has released as a teaser. The Associated Press article, reprinted in many a newspaper, has this as the lede…
LOS ANGELES — Jay Leno says he doesn't plan to tackle another late-night show after leaving NBC's "Tonight" next month. In an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" airing Sunday, Leno said he can't re-create what he had as "Tonight" host with another show.
Did Jay really say that? If he did, that would be the big story out of the 60 Minutes interview…but none of the other reporters are saying that. This leaves two possibilities. One is that AP got access to material that CBS hasn't released to others. The other is that AP just plain got the story wrong. I'm curious to see which it is.