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Dan Rather: Live Political Convention Coverage May Soon Wither to Nothing
AP ^ | 1-18-04

Posted on 01/18/2004 2:08:47 PM PST by Indy Pendance

LOS ANGELES (AP) - CBS anchor Dan Rather says the day is coming soon when there will be virtually no live coverage of political conventions on television networks.

The Democrats and Republicans are to blame for scheduling four-day conventions that do little except advertise their established positions and candidates, he said.

"I think it's inevitable that the over-the-airways broadcasters and, for that matter, many in cable either take a pass or reduce their coverage even more than we've seen in recent years," Rather told the Television Critics Association this weekend.

CBS and the other broadcast networks haven't announced their plans for covering this year's conventions. Four years ago, they ran one-hour, prime-time wrap-ups during the first three nights, then gave slightly more time for the presidential candidates' acceptance speeches.

NBC said last week it was debuting many of its new fall entertainment shows during the week of the GOP convention, beginning in New York on Aug. 30.


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To: Indy Pendance
Ha, Ha, Ha.

A withered old man has lost it to younger and more capable people who can work.

What a pity his time has been over for years and he can't bear to speak the truth. A living fossil.
21 posted on 01/18/2004 4:27:34 PM PST by bert (Have you offended a liberal today?)
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To: Indy Pendance
And the Fox said:
"Those Grapes are probably sour anyway"

22 posted on 01/18/2004 6:05:46 PM PST by Rightly Biased (<><)
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To: Indy Pendance
Bad news. We need more coverage, to have more people realize there is really no difference between the two parties, to witness the shameless pandering, to note the cynicism of the self-selected ruling classes, the air kisses, the self-congratulatory atmosphere, the bankrupcy of it all.
23 posted on 01/18/2004 6:14:31 PM PST by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
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