JOE WILSON was reportedly an unexplained no-show on the PBS Newshour tonight.

UPDATE: I didn’t see it, but reader J.M. Hanes saw Wilson on Paula Zahn tonight and sends this:

You’ve probably heard this by now, but Joe Wilson did appear on Paula Zahn’s show tonight. As he’s been doing in his written defenses lately, he avoided answering questions by reading from documents instead. Zahn ended up by reminding the audience of the Select Committee’s finding on the role of his wife — which Wilson essentially had to listen to without being able to respond as the segment wrapped. The guy can parse words with the best of them, but these days, he doesn’t go anywhere without his notes and his reading glasses!

Interesting. No transcript online yet.

ANOTHER UPDATE: David Corn’s defense of Wilson is evaluated here.