Thirty minutes later, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams said the debate would be aired on NBC. Either somebody forgot to tell Williams the debate he is moderating will not be aired on his network, or the news was taped before the decision was made.
Either way, the debate is not currently on the network programming schedule for Monday night.
Really? And they've been getting good ratings. I expect people were making plans to watch it too. So what gives?
TAMPA — Although front-runner Mitt Romney has not committed to participating, Florida’s first presidential primary debate of 2012 is expected to take place as scheduled Monday night at the University of South Florida.
Reports on Friday that the debate would be canceled stemmed from confusion among local NBC affiliates after the network said it would keep standard program listings for Monday night in place. An NBC source said that decision was made “out of an abundance of caution,” but the program listings will update “with more timely information as it becomes known.”............................The Times reported Friday that Romney will likely decide whether to participate.. after today’s primary.”
Hmmm.... very weird.