ABC was the only network to break into its daytime programming on Thursday with live coverage of Barack Obama’s press conference regarding the Wednesday arrest of Illinois’s Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich. Neither CBS nor NBC interrupted regular programming to cover the press conference, during which Obama also named former Senator Tom Daschle as Health and Human Services secretary.
This lack of coverage is particularly odd because both CBS and NBC featured live coverage of past significant Obama press conferences. Since being elected to the presidency, Obama has held seven press conferences, including Thursday’s. CBS provided live coverage of three of them, Obama’s first on November 7, the announcement of Obama’s economic team on November 24, and the announcement of Obama’s national security team on December 1. Meanwhile, NBC covered five of the seven press conferences, the same as CBS, with the addition of a brief Obama press appearance on November 26 and the announcement of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson as commerce secretary on December 3. Apparently neither CBS nor NBC felt that Obama addressing a major corruption scandal in his home state was worthy enough to interrupt "The Price is Right" or local news.
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Well I'm not
Thu, 12/11/2008 - 13:36 ET by bigtimerWell I'm not surprised...they figure the less said the better...
Do Not bring any attention to this silly little matter...keep the little lemmings dumbed down in the dark dontcha know.
Silence is golden when they say so.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Obviously not listening
Thu, 12/11/2008 - 14:02 ET by BrightfameObviously, Mr. Drennan wasn't listening Tuesday when Mr. Obama stated He had never discussed the Senate replacement with Governor Blagojevich. After Obama provided that statement, His aides double-checked their memories and have now confirmed that Obama's version of events was correct, so the "news media" need to just accept that as fact and move along to another story. There's really no need to waste precious TV time covering Obama's responses to frivolous questions. Case closed!
If it weren't for the age
Thu, 12/11/2008 - 15:07 ET by oilcanIf it weren't for the age of the internet with blogs, youtube, etc., and cable newsers, the American public would be left to news being feed via our MSM newpapers and network news. Kinda scary huh?
It's like they're taking the ostrich [American public] and putting a hoodie over its head. All to just make sure if they popped their head outta the hole in the ground, we still wouldn't catch a glimpse of what's really going on around us.
ok
Thu, 12/11/2008 - 15:10 ET by katainkentthis answers a lot of my questions.
"part of what I'm hoping to introduce as the next president is a new ethic of [government enforced] responsibility" - B. Obama
Yes we can
Thu, 12/11/2008 - 15:45 ET by 10ksnookerHide the bad news ...
Well,
Thu, 12/11/2008 - 16:02 ET by KarinThis is just stunning bad business decision-making. It's not even rational and adult. It's more like covering the ears and going lalala.
A lot of people want to tune in to maybe see some uncomfortable questions. Why chase your eyeballs elsewhere?
"The Price is Right"!
Thu, 12/11/2008 - 17:29 ET by needle"Apparently neither CBS nor NBC felt that Obama addressing a major corruption scandal in his home state was worthy enough to interrupt 'The Price is Right' …”
"The Price is Right"!!! What a hoot! “…Meanwhile back at the ranch apparently the price is wrong, and under scrutiny.” Yea, one can understand why they did not switch over to the news conference; the grinding of gears could be quite jarring.
Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.
Move along, folks. Nothing
Fri, 12/12/2008 - 21:32 ET by The Central ScrutinizerMove along, folks. Nothing more to see here. Again.