Just damn.
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Posted on 10/27/2004 5:55:18 AM PDT by mhking
President George W. Bush couldn't make time for an interview with Black Entertainment Television, but he did sit down last week in the White House's Map Room with Mario Kreutzberger, also known as "Don Francisco," host of Univision's variety show, Sabado Gigante, for an interview that will air Oct. 30.
Bush was interviewed for the show Oct. 21, just two days after declining a long-standing invitation from BET saying the President couldn't fit it into his schedule, according to BET.
Democratic candidate John Kerry will also appear on Sabado Gigante Oct. 30. His interview (both interviews were about 12 minutes long) was taped Oct. 19 in Scranton, Pa.
Topics of the interviews include immigration, family values and religion, according to Univision. Kreutzberger interviewed Bush and then-candidate Al Gore in 2000.
Sabado Gigante is a three-hour variety show featuring music, comedy, topical features and well-endowed women. Univision estimates its primarily Hispanic audience at 100 million worldwide. The show, now in its 42nd year on the air (18 on Univision), will devote one hour of its Oct. 30 show to the election.
BET, which targets a primarily African-American audience, requested interviews with both candidates in early September. Kerry agreed, and was interviewed Oct. 7.
The White House had not responded BET's request until Oct. 19, according to BET, when the answer was that the President didn't have the time in his schedule but that BET could approach him again "after the election."
"Obviously we were disappointed that the President declined our interview to address African-Americans in the same manner that he is obviously addressing Hispanics," said Michael Lewellen, VP, corporate communications, BET, Washington.
At press time, the White House had not responded as to why the President had found the time for Univision but not BET.
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I LOVE Sabado Gigante!
Why waste his breath? Your network is a 24/7 Bush bash-a-thon.
The weird part is that my hubbie who does not speak Spanish watches Unovision because he actually gets more out their news reporting in Spainish than he does out of the ABCCNNCBSNBC media wing of the DNC in English.
Go figure.
So do I. But, I always have to change the channel real quick when my wife walks in the room...........
Mrs. Skooz: What are you watching?
Skooz: Oh, nothing. I'm just channel surfing.........
BET is a front for the DNC. There is no reason at all for him to grant them an interview.
Me too. I don't understand a word they say, but the women are pretty...
Looks like BET is reaping what its blind support of the DemonRats has wrought.
Maybe BET should venture off the liberal plantation and look at which party's policies would really benefit its viewers.
We should all go out and support conservatives of color - they are getting beat up far worse by their opponents than the population as a whole.
So BET is whining. I watched their coverage of the democrat convetion which was exclusive and on their own station. However, when coming to the Republican Convention they sent the 11 PM reporterette to CNN and didn't cover it at all. When I sent an email to complaining about their coverage, my emails were bounced back.
I can only catch one word in ten, but it makes me laugh my butt off.
*cough cough*
Seems to me that racist pandering is wrong no matter who is doing it.
I am so glad Bush did not do BET. That invitation was a trap and MSM would have been using all of those soundbites for their propaganda.
Bush knows this election is going to be won with his base. That is who he is going after.
Why did you ping him!!!! LOL ;-)
Ummmmm, maybe its the "well-endowed" women. Heck I don't speak Spanish but I love Univision!!!!
He knows my appreciation of topical features. ;)
I understand enough to get the point. Otherwise, the clothes are great. I don't care about the wimmin! :D
I know LOL
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