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| President to speak tonight, maybe?, Networks debate if 'newsworthy' |
 Jun 28 2005, 01:53 PM
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President Bush wants to talk about Iraq tonight and asked to be covered on national networks. However:
QUOTE Three of the four broadcast networks had yet to decide late Monday whether they would carry President Bush's speech on Iraq Tuesday in front of soldiers in Fort Bragg, N.C. By then, only ABC had said it would carry the address. NOTE: FOX has not accepted as of yet.QUOTE CBS, NBC and Fox all said they would decide sometime Tuesday whether to carry the speech. It appears the President of the US just doesnt carry all that much clout these days: QUOTE The networks, unconvinced in initial talks with the White House late last week that the speech would be newsworthy, asked for more information. Sources said a conference call was held at 12:30 p.m. ET with officials from the Bush administration and the networks' Washington bureau chiefs. But that might not be the only reason for the networks' holdout. While CBS was in repeats at 8 p.m., NBC was faced with the possibility of having to pre-empt or reschedule the heavily promoted original reality series "Average Joe: The Joes Strike Back." Larry Sabato, a political science professor at the University of Virginia, said Monday that it was a tough decision for the network bosses. "On the one hand, they recognize if the president actually is going to make substantial news on Iraq, they probably should cover it," Sabato said. "But on the other hand, they realize this White House is famous for constructing political rallies and convincing the networks to cover them with the sole beneficiary being the president, not the American people." So, the POTUS wants to talk to the US, but maybe 'Average Joe' is more important. Even FOX could not commit. Questions for debate: Has the Administration blown its clout? Or are the networks just oblivious to americans wanting to hear what their President wants to say? Do we want to hear what the President wants to say tonight? Or would we rather just go fishing? Who is right here, the networks or the Admin? Will you tune in? |
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Artemise President to speak tonight, maybe? Jun 28 2005, 01:53 PM
Amlord The President rarely gives televised, pre-planned ... Jun 28 2005, 02:26 PM
NiteGuy
You can't??? For crying out loud, Amlord, e... Jun 28 2005, 09:47 PM moif Are there no state owned national channels what so... Jun 28 2005, 02:31 PM CruisingRam Frankly, I have watched all his speeches, if nothi... Jun 28 2005, 02:42 PM nemov
Despite the heartwarming cynicism of the quote ... Jun 28 2005, 04:08 PM lordhelmet
Blown its clout? No. The administration has ... Jun 28 2005, 03:33 PM carlitoswhey For those that can't tune, just read here wher... Jun 28 2005, 04:00 PM Cube Jockey Has the Administration blown its clout? Or are the... Jun 28 2005, 04:30 PM lordhelmet
Here we go... LH the media is NOT Hollywood desp... Jun 28 2005, 04:46 PM carlitoswhey That's the Fox television network, not Fox New... Jun 28 2005, 05:46 PM London2LA I think the networks have it right. The White Hous... Jun 28 2005, 05:30 PM Fife and Drum All the liberal noise about the "right wing f... Jun 28 2005, 07:02 PM Aquilla Has the Administration blown its clout? Or are the... Jun 28 2005, 08:32 PM carlitoswhey Well, now there is really no need to watch. The A... Jun 28 2005, 09:11 PM hayleyanne
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Carlitos -- I don't under... Jun 29 2005, 11:38 AM carlitoswhey
You are correct - I posted this at 4PM central ti... Jun 29 2005, 12:57 PM lordhelmet
You are correct - I posted this at 4PM central ti... Jun 29 2005, 01:00 PM ConservPat I'd like to think that the networks are wrong ... Jun 28 2005, 09:28 PM Eeyore Well it's going on right now. Telecast from Fo... Jun 29 2005, 12:20 AM TedN5 I listened. It was more of the same. Still hidin... Jun 29 2005, 01:29 AM nemov
Considering that Bush is not up for reelection a... Jun 29 2005, 01:53 AM nighttimer
The hole in your argument, Nemov is that you see... Jun 29 2005, 04:14 AM nemov
Here is the "hole in your argument." ... Jun 29 2005, 11:33 AM English Horn
Apparently Fox News disagree with you:
Jun 29 2005, 12:43 PM nighttimer
Hayleyanne, when the president gives a speech li... Jun 29 2005, 12:56 PM aevans176
Hayleyanne, when the president gives a speech li... Jun 29 2005, 01:40 PM Paladin Elspeth Well, I saw snippets of it on Nightline, and then ... Jun 29 2005, 05:29 AM Curmudgeon Questions for debate:
Has the Administration blow... Jun 29 2005, 05:43 AM Artemise
How does that make you feel? to use the usual ps... Jun 29 2005, 01:35 PM Jaime CLOSED. This debate is going off topic and the qu... Jun 29 2005, 01:42 PM  |
 
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