According to Mark Finkelstein, NBC's Kelly O'Donnell observed that the beer remark was edited out of the Hume interview. I didn't watch the interview, so I can't verify this statement. Finkelstein's lame explanation that Hume did mention the remark in talking about the show leads me to believe that it's true.
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Here's how NBC White House reporter Kelly O'Donnell artfully chose her words:
"The official White House transcript of the interview shows Cheney said 'I had a beer at lunch.' Fox News did not show that particular clip during Brit Hume's program."
The New York Times mentions the beer remark as if it were part of the interview, but the Washington Post doesn't.
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Answering questions from Brit Hume, Mr. Cheney said that he consumed "a beer at lunch" on Saturday under an old oak tree, but that the accident occurred hours later, and "nobody was under the influence" of alcohol. He said no one had intended to blame the hunting partner, Harry M. Whittington, for being in the line of fire after coming up unannounced about 30 yards from Mr. Cheney.
If O'Donnell is right about this (and I see no reason to suspect she'd make it up), two New York Times reporters wrote a story about an interview that they either did not watch, or did not compare with the White House press release transcript they apparently used as a reference.