FIRST DANCE HIJACK

AFTER shelling out $2 million, ABC brass is seething - and claims the cable news networks stole its "exclusive" footage of Barack and Michelle Obama's first dance at Tuesday night's Neighborhood Inaugural Ball.
The network had originally attempted to keep the entire affair exclusive, including Obama's speech.
But after intense complaints by other news organizations over the restrictions, ABC agreed to allow Obama's speech to be shared by the pool - but nothing else.
Then at 8:35 p.m., all three cable news channels aired at least a portion of the dance (CBS aired clips of the dance and Obama's comments minutes later.)
ABC officials declined to comment yesterday, but a network insider told the popular TV news Web site TV Newser, "I'm disappointed people break the rules, but not surprised."
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