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.
Ahhhh...yeah...the democrats in "washington" pocket, that is.
Because people associate Fox Broadcasting with Fox news??? (Murdock owns both) Not sure why people would do that. My opinion on this one: let the local affiliates make the call...only the East coast ones have to break away from regular network programming, the rest are just airing syndicated stuff or local news anyway.
If I were you I'd go back and check history for his relations with the media. He shut down hundreds of northern newspapers for daring to question the party line. Nope that wouldn't be in your favor
General Washington?
Well....
Despite their sometimes caustic nature, from the early cartoon portraying George Washington as an ass down to the present day, graphic depictions and satirical cartoons have played a prominent role in public and political debate.Hustler v. Falwell--Rehnquist opinion
Seems ignoring political leaders, and even ridiculing when necessary, has been around for some time.
Wish I could take credit for that, but it was forwarded to me from someone else, the author is probably 6 degrees separated from me, though.
Thanks, but it was forwarded to me from someone else, the author is probably 6 degrees separated from me.
Besides, NBC wouldn't do well under the Taliban.
Especially when we are at war.
Oh yeah, right, war. I forgot that's what they're calling it. Considering the WOST could continue for decades I suppose we need to just turn over the airwaves as a whole to the government as they know what's best for us to watch. Of course as long as it's run by Republicans right?
The speech was a total non-event. Nothing new. Same cliches. It will be completely forgotten in a day.
Nothing new? He finally came out and called a spade "a spade" - we are fighting terrorists in Iraq rather than here (whether we created them or not). Also, the "www.AmericaSupportsYou.mil" and request for recruits was news to me - have your heard him bring either of those up before?
Well, I'll tell you what, let's give those free air bands to someone else and see just how successful those networks are. It really doesn't matter how much they spend on other things, without the airways they have nothing. Let's start charging for them.
Nothing new, exactly. What he said will not change a thing in Iraq. And that website will not make a difference. When a patient has terminal cancer, giving him a lollipop will not help. That website is a lollipop.
They already do, through licensing fees. But I think you're more for advocating a station that would bow to the government anytime some political hack (with the right letter by their name of course) needs airtime to blow more sunshine up our collective @ss.
Since the networks have decided not to be good citizens, let's let them just be private enterprises and pay their own way.
?!? In case you didn't notice that's what I've been advocating. Instead of pressure from a government source for free non advertising dollars airtime, allow the station to do what it chooses
Since the networks have decided not to be good citizens, let's let them just be private enterprises and pay their own way.
Um, they already are and do. Well except when a political hack comes along demanding airtime to blow smoke
Great, we're in agreement then, let's auction off the bands the networks have been using.
Not unless politicians plan to pay the networks for the time they have taken away from the network's capitalist ventures
Great, we're in agreement then, let's auction off the bands the networks have been using.
They already have through FCC licensing. But if you want be my guest. Go buy a television station and use the airwaves
If they actually had to compete, they would be out of business in no time at all and we all know it.
It seems that the substance of the speech is off-topic to "FCC Control of Airwaves" so we will simply have to agree to disagree whether "What he said will not change a thing in Iraq [or] that website will not make a difference."
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