Martin Bashir The Announcement Was Made

NEW YORK - July 22, 2010 - Martin Bashir has been named MSNBC anchor and contributor to "Dateline NBC." Bashir will anchor a daily afternoon program on MSNBC in addition to his new role with "Dateline NBC." The announcement was made today by Phil Griffin, President of MSNBC. Bashir will begin at MSNBC and NBC News in September.


Bashir is best known for making landmark documentaries including "Living With Michael Jackson," which 27 million American viewers tuned in to watch in 2003 and prompted an extensive police investigation of the singer.


Questioned three years later about the methods he used to win Jackson round, Bashir laughed off suggestions that the star had not realised what he was getting himself into. “As far as Michael Jackson is concerned,