Patriots coach Bill Belichick has given an exclusive interview to Armen Keteyian.  The sit-down will air on Friday’s CBS Evening News.

The CBS press release (which wasn’t — sniff — sent to us) states that Belichick will “address[] for the first time charges made by his team’s former videotaper that he knew the taping of opposing teams was wrong.”  (It’s not clear to us whether the “he” refers to the former videotaper or Belichick.)

So why did Belichick (and/or the Patriots) pick CBS?  Well, the Pats and CBS have partnered to put the first “CBS Scene Restaurant and Bar” in the heart of “Patriot Place.”  The venue opens later this year.

Even if the partnership between the Patriots and CBS had nothing to do with the selection of CBS to do the interview, we hope that Keteyian’s interview will at least disclose the relationship, so that the audience will be able to factor the potential bias into its assessment of whether the interview is fair and balanced, or whether it’s a one-sided puff piece aimed at giving Belichick an opportunity to get his point across without being asked tough questions or reminded that Commissioner Roger Goodell essentially called him a liar during a press conference on Tuesday.