'JANE DOE' INTERVIEW CAUSES DEEP SPLIT INSIDE OF NBC; BROADDRICK FEELS 'BETRAYED' AFTER NETWORK PUTS STORY ON ICE **World Exclusive** 01/28/99 02:41 UTC -- Juanita Broaddrick has now told associates that she feels "betrayed" by NBC NEWS, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. One week ago, Broaddrick sat for an exclusive in-depth interview with NBC NEWS reporter Lisa Myers -- an interview that she was told would immediately air on DATELINE! Broaddrick doesn't hold Lisa Myers responsible for the building media nightmare, according to a source. Talk in the cafeteria at NBC'S 30 Rock headquarters on Wednesday had head anchorman Tom Brokaw threatening to resign if Andy "I am 'America's News Leader'" Lack green-lights the completed Lisa Myers package, said one NBC producer who asked not to be identified. NBC NEWS president Lack was not immediately available for comment. Broaddrick is now being described as "emotionally drained" after the session with Myers. And since giving the interview, Broaddrick has confessed to a friend: "I'm so afraid over what is going to happen now." Myers first reported details of Broaddrick's story last March on NBC NIGHTLY NEWS. [MYERS: "The explosive new allegation tonight is that President Clinton sexually assaulted a woman 20 years ago in Arkansas. It involves an alleged encounter at this Little Rock hotel in the late 1970s, between then Attorney General Bill Clinton and campaign worker, Juanita Broaddrick. In court documents today, Paula Jones' lawyers claim Clinton quote 'forcibly raped and sexually assaulted' Broaddrick, then quote "bribed and intimidated her" to remain silent. Sources say that Broaddrick, now 54, recently denied under oath that such an assault occurred. But Jones' lawyers claim she had told their investigator she had suffered a quote 'horrible thing' at the hand of Clinton, and did not want to relive it. And NBC NEWS has talked to four people from Arkansas who say Broaddrick told them of such an assault years ago."] The DRUDGE REPORT revealed earlier this week that network executives have come under enormous pressure from the White House not to air their interview with Broaddrick. "There is a civil war developing," one network insider said. "Between those pushing for the interview to air and those who think it is completely reckless." Pro-Myers associates inside of the network question why the original Myers piece on Broaddrick aired, and now the actual interview with "Jane Doe #5" has hit a broadcast wall. "It was a go signal, but now that Lisa has put the house up with the nails there is resistance by executives," said one pro-Myers source. And while no final decision on airing the interview has been made, the Myers situation has caused confusion throughout the ranks at NBC. Is NBC's Washington bureau chief Tim Russert AWOL on the subject of the Myers interview? "Where is Russert?" asked another Myers supporter. "Why isn't he standing up for his reporters?" "Who is really in charge of NBC's Washington coverage? Is Russert just a pretty face for Sunday morning? Does someone else call the shots Monday through Saturday?" And the Myers firestorm threatens to pull in other high profile NBC talent. Even though Broaddrick is now said to be afraid to give any more interviews [because of the aggressive White House pressure], the DRUDGE REPORT has learned that she may have a standing offer to appear on CNBC's HARDBALL WITH CHRIS MATTHEWS. "I trust Chris," Broaddrick told a close confidant. It is not clear if the same powers inside of NBC NEWS that allowed Geraldo Rivera's interviews with Larry Flynt would now somehow block Matthews from interviewing Broaddrick. Elsewhere, new MSNBC recruit John McLaughlin bravely raised the Broaddrick interview issue on his show Wednesday night during a bizarre exchange. "He didn't read the memo that outlined the network's news rules," laughed one competitor. A year ago, this report decided readers deserved to know about an explosive story NEWSWEEK was sitting on. Now, an even bigger news organ is sitting on what is potentially as explosive a story, and unlike NEWSWEEK and Monica Lewinsky, NBC NEWS actually has an on-the-record interview with the subject! Use it or lose it.