Posted on 06/28/2005 1:27:15 PM PDT by areafiftyone
President Bush is marking the first anniversary of Iraq's sovereignty with an address from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, this evening and NBC is juggling its schedule in order to be able to carry it live.
The President plans to try to ease Americans' growing doubts about the Iraq mission. The White House says he will meet with the families of 33 troops. He'll then make his address before as many as 700 soldiers at Fort Bragg.
The speech will be carried live on WBIR and the NBC Network at 8:00 PM EDT. The premiere of the latest edition of “Average Joe”, originally scheduled for 8 will move to 10:00 PM following “I Want To Be A Hilton”.
Gosh how big of NBC! What great programming will Pres. Bush interupt Fear Factor or some other idiotic show?!
I'm surprised they aren't showing a re-run of The Gong Show instead.
Fox isn't carrying the President's Speech?
The End Times are indeed upon us.
I'm glad NBC recognizes the importance of this matter. Thanks.
I'm somewhat surprised the MSM isn't totally blacking it out-they know people like him when they see him.
Good of them....considering we are a nation at war. Though I suspect they are only doing the "set him up to shoot him down" game. Just watch the "commentary" afterwards.....
This shouldn't even be news...all the networks should back up and let him speak. This is important.
I think it would be great if Bush spoke more often as well. Keep reminding the American public how important it is to remain vigilant.
Sadly, more people would probably prefer to watch "Average Joe" and I wouldn't blame NBC if they didn't show the speech.
The majority of the U.S. no longer is restricted to the four networks. C-Span and Fox News will cover it . . . we political junkies can watch it there.
Actually I think it is. They have a new show on they've been advertising for weeks. Mind you I'm not going to watch it but I'm sure the advertisers that spent dollars on that advertising aren't going to be very happy about it. As NBC is a private company, do they have some duty to carry impromptu (less than a week is a moment's notice) speeches by politicians or are they in business to make money and provide a product for those watching?
A co-worker and I were speaking to this subject at lunch...
Clinton was given so much more press coverage, most of it positive, when that buffoon was in office.
And, it's not that Bush isn't speaking anywhere...he is. The alphabet soup media just doesn't want to cover him...it appears it would be counter to their agenda.
And then they (Alphabet soup networks) run their own polls detailing how Bush has lost popularity...seems they're only reporting a story of their own construction and intent.
Does anyone else feel this way?
Amazing. That's one for the record book.
fox news
All 3 Networks will now carry the speech live - NBC was simply the last to announce. The White House can, if it deems necessary, demand airtime (but that is rarely done).
It's an FCC law, the President can demand air time. It just depends if the oval office is making this a demand as to whether the alphabet soup networks have to cover it.
During Bubb-a-tep's tyranny in the whitehouse. I bet air time never needed to be demanded...the network would gladly show their poster child.
Networks are corporate entities and the duties of corporations are to their shareholders and that's it.
"It's an FCC law, the President can demand air time."
If the White House forced the networks to air the speech involuntarily, I can only imagine the negative commentary that would follow the speech. It's bad enough as it is.
Agreed - I recall another GWB speech the Networks refused to carry: http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1120/p9s2-cogs.html
The government should not have that much control over what a television station chooses to show
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