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ABC, CBS, NBC won't carry Obama
Posted on 11/21/14 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 11/21/14 at 12:54 pm
Let's change it to Why didn't.
The big three have finally come out of the closet.
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC, CBS and NBC decided against covering President Barack Obama's speech on immigration live on Thursday, although the Spanish-language Univision network is delaying its telecast of the Latin Grammy Awards to show the address.
The news networks CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC all planned to air Obama live.
Obama is planning to speak at 8 p.m. EST to announce that he is ordering federal action on immigration, angering Republican leaders in Congress.
The major broadcast networks generally carry presidential speeches on matters of national security and other important issues. But there can be a reluctance in executive suites if an anticipated address is seen as heavily political in nature, as well as a fear that viewers interested in entertainment options will flee.
It's not clear what the reasoning here. CBS News, through a spokeswoman, said it declined to comment on editorial decisions. ABC and NBC News also said they would not comment.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the networks' decision was disappointing.
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The big three have finally come out of the closet.
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC, CBS and NBC decided against covering President Barack Obama's speech on immigration live on Thursday, although the Spanish-language Univision network is delaying its telecast of the Latin Grammy Awards to show the address.
The news networks CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC all planned to air Obama live.
Obama is planning to speak at 8 p.m. EST to announce that he is ordering federal action on immigration, angering Republican leaders in Congress.
The major broadcast networks generally carry presidential speeches on matters of national security and other important issues. But there can be a reluctance in executive suites if an anticipated address is seen as heavily political in nature, as well as a fear that viewers interested in entertainment options will flee.
It's not clear what the reasoning here. CBS News, through a spokeswoman, said it declined to comment on editorial decisions. ABC and NBC News also said they would not comment.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the networks' decision was disappointing.
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Posted on 11/21/14 at 1:01 pm to Homesick Tiger
They didn't want most American people to see it or really know what it was about, because if they did, they'd be upset. His speech was targeted to a very specific group and broadcast to them directly.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 1:09 pm to kingbob
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They didn't want most American people to see it or really know what it was about, because if they did, they'd be upset. His speech was targeted to a very specific group and broadcast to them directly.
if they carried the broadcast, the response from the right would be the media is carrying obama's water.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 1:09 pm to Homesick Tiger
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White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the networks' decision was disappointing.
Interpretation: The networks did exactly what we ordered them to do. We wanted as little exposure as possible about the lies, deceit, and Obama screwing the American people.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 1:10 pm to Homesick Tiger
how will Obama find out about his speech on immigration if they don't broadcast it
Posted on 11/21/14 at 1:14 pm to kingbob
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They didn't want most American people to see it or really know what it was about, because if they did, they'd be upset. His speech was targeted to a very specific group and broadcast to them directly.
This. I was driving with a coworker yesterday and listening to Walton and Johnson, which I rarely do, and they mentioned it was on Univision and not much else. I can't believe that basically what happened.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 1:20 pm to Hawkeye95
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if they carried the broadcast, the response from the right would be the media is carrying obama's water.
Covering a story isn't carrying water. How you present and interpret the story is.
That lies with the networks, not the viewers. Networks nowadays fill up their own buckets just to have it thrown back at them with the way they report a story.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 1:28 pm to Homesick Tiger
They have carried him past re-election, and that's all they wanted. I expect them to pivot to Hilliary, now. ABC,CBS, and NBC are hard left propaganda wings of the Uber rich, and that's who set the agenda..
Posted on 11/21/14 at 2:12 pm to CamdenTiger
quote:I believe they did carry it though.
ABC,CBS, and NBC
Posted on 11/21/14 at 2:15 pm to Homesick Tiger
I didn't see an Obama speech. Heard about it later and saw clips on Fox and CNN. I had originally suspected that Obama's speech was designed to piss off low information conservatives, allow Obama to save face with low information libs, and in the end do nothing that isn't already happening. My suspicions have mostly been confirmed.
I see no reason why the broadcast networks should cancel their regular programming to carry something so trivial and pointless to most Americans from a president whose been rendered trivial and pointless.
I see no reason why the broadcast networks should cancel their regular programming to carry something so trivial and pointless to most Americans from a president whose been rendered trivial and pointless.
This post was edited on 11/21/14 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 11/21/14 at 2:18 pm to member12
Barry didn't officially ask for air time is what I heard on a radio newscast.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 2:26 pm to Hawkeye95
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if they carried the broadcast, the response from the right would be the media is carrying obama's water.
This.
The big 3 are showing popular television programming (over the speech) that gets high ratings, thereby boosting advertising revenue.
As far as Univision carrying it: believe it or not, many Hispanics are very interested in immigration reform.
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