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Major Broadcast networks opt out of Obama immigration speech

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JEDI

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http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/19/media/networks-and-obama-speech/index.html

administration officials put out feelers this week and determined that the networks would be reluctant to hand over the air time, so the officials decided not to formally request it from ABC, NBC, and CBS.

(Those requests, when made by the White House, are essentially always granted.)

The TV executives also have to consider what is already scheduled to air. Thursday is a pivotal night for broadcasters and advertisers, and all the big networks have splashy new shows airing at 8 p.m. (as opposed to repeats).

To some observers, the choice to skip Obama's address on Thursday exemplifies a waning commitment to serious news coverage at the networks.


disgrace by cbs/nbc/abc 😡
 
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JEDI said:
http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/19/media/networks-and-obama-speech/index.html

The executives also have to consider what is already scheduled to air. Thursday is a pivotal night for broadcasters and advertisers, and all the big networks have splashy new shows airing at 8 p.m. (as opposed to repeats).

To some observers, the choice to skip Obama's address on Thursday exemplifies a waning commitment to serious news coverage at the networks.


disgrace by cbs/nbc/abc 😡
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Be honest. Faux is also skipping the speech...

(and I mentioned this in the Obummer immigration thread)
 
JEDI said:
http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/19/media/networks-and-obama-speech/index.html

administration officials put out feelers this week and determined that the networks would be reluctant to hand over the air time, so the officials decided not to formally request it from ABC, NBC, and CBS.

(Those requests, when made by the White House, are essentially always granted.)

The executives also have to consider what is already scheduled to air. Thursday is a pivotal night for broadcasters and advertisers, and all the big networks have splashy new shows airing at 8 p.m. (as opposed to repeats).

To some observers, the choice to skip Obama's address on Thursday exemplifies a waning commitment to serious news coverage at the networks.


disgrace by cbs/nbc/abc 😡
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highland145 said:
There is no media bias.
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"But administration officials put out feelers this week and determined that the networks would be reluctant to hand over the air time, so the officials decided not to formally request it from ABC, NBC, and CBS"
 
Is this a big deal? Unique? With the internet is this necessary anymore? I remember watching all of Reagan's addresses but times have changed. I can watch it online with no problem.
 
I just wonder how pissy the fox news fuckwads would be if this were 12 years ago and Bush was giving the same speech under the same circumstances.

Goddammit, I still remember Bozo getting usurped by the Watergate bullshit.. That's right, Nixon ruined my childhood television viewing.
 
JEDI said:
To some observers, the choice to skip Obama's address on Thursday exemplifies a waning commitment to serious news coverage at the networks.
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I don't believe so.

The public has many, many alternative options to receive the news. And people prefer to have the option of watching the regular shows they want to watch, else pull up the speech on an alternate platform if so desired.

I know some who are big on soap operas and it's a firestorm of angry people across the internet when a station chooses to skip a soap opera and present whichever politician wants the day's spotlight.
 
Is that what we should base this on though? Whether or not people watching soap operas get upset when the President makes a speech? Seems a bit of a low bar.
 
doubledeluxe said:
Is that what we should base this on though? Whether or not people watching soap operas get upset when the President makes a speech? Seems a bit of a low bar.
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Who is the "we" in this equation? Are you an executive at one of these broadcast stations where you are involved in the decisions? If you want to talk about the collective "we" as in "we the public," that typically operates on majority rule. And you absolutely have to account for the possibility that you are not within the majority. You have to respect other people's views.

My observation is people have access to the information. What people want is the option to pay attention to that information at that specific time or at a later time, and also the option to pay attention to what they were looking forward to watching.

Do you think anything major is going to happen during the speech that will not be written about in tomorrow's newspaper?
 
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Why would he do it on a Thursday to begin with? There is a TNF game on. I mean sure, KC is going to blow out Oakland, but it is still more interesting than some speech about immigrants.
 
doubledeluxe said:
I meant it in the figurative sense as a nation.
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Take it from the other side of the equation. Provide a reasoning why we as a nation must mandate the speech be broadcast across ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX.

And I'm equal non-partisan on this topic. I didn't devote time to watching Dubya as he gave his speeches, just like I don't with Obama.
 
cubby1223 said:
Take it from the other side of the equation. Provide a reasoning why we as a nation must mandate the speech be broadcast across ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX.

And I'm equal non-partisan on this topic. I didn't devote time to watching Dubya as he gave his speeches, just like I don't with Obama.
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We might be talking in circles. Up above I pretty much asked why we needed to broadcast it with the prevalence of the internet today.
 
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