[floriduh voter]

I think it's an OUTRAGE that CBS hamstrung local CBS affiliates are not carrying the first Governor's Race Debate. Did McBride confer with the local CBS affiliate or is this a nationwide effort by CBS?

This would have been the first of three important debates in our Florida governor's race. Local FR registereds and your friends need to place calls or email their local CBS affiliate if they learn that the September 27th debate WILL NOT BE TELEVISED IN THEIR AREA. Tampa Bay is a major market but we are being SHUT OUT BY CBS at some level.

The Tampa Bay area phone number that I have for CBS-WTSP Ch. 10 is (727)577-1010.

This is not about 48 HOURS - it's about ONE HOUR on Friday night that I have been looking forward to since January! Many Floridians expected to see the candidates in a debate forum. If this is about ratings and revenue, how much do you suppose the DNC or McBride pressured CBS to spike this very important debate?

If you aren't in Florida, please call your local CBS affiliate and register a general complaint about CBS and be sure and BOYCOTT 48 HOURS this Friday evening - it's Leslie Stahl's debut instead of Bill McBride's.

I've been saying all week that something was fishy about no debate announcements. Now let's check c-span's schedule for Friday because the most important race in Florida's history isn't as important as a story "about a psychiatrist accused of having sex with patients with multiple personalities."

Finally, it bears repeating that this looks like the handiwork of McBride's camp, Carville or MacAuliffe. Apparently, they don't want Floridians to see the real Bill McBride. These are the kind of tactics they will use to hide Bill McBride.

Let's call this one DEBATE-GATE. Fregards, floriduh voter

[floriduh voter]

DEBATE-GATE Ping. Suppressing our right to see for ourselves, or trying to. Is this local censorship by CBS or national? I am stunned, you decide. FV

[Diverdogz]

THIS is the kind of event Public Television should air. We all get it in our homes, we have paid for it with our tax dollars....we should make it work for us.

[JoeSixPack1]

McAweful's father-in-law-campaign-manager-for-McBriBe probably doesn't want Tampa to see JEB kick some Rat arse. Since this is McBriBe's hometown. And this is about the Clintoooon's BS network.

On the good side, FNN is pretty much available throughout the state if you have cable.

[RollingThunder]

Of course, CBS will try not to show the debate. First, and formost, they realize that Jeb would bury McBride in the debate. Of course CBS cannot let this happen. There is, of course, the fact that these television news outlets walk arm-in-arm with the DNC. So anything to mess with the Jeb campaign is alright for them to do and given endorsement by the DNC.

The supposed 'launching' of a new season of 48 Hours Investigates is the reason for this. But, true to form, the lying liberal mainsteam media (of which, CBS is a big part) will continue to stonewall the ability of information and facts by Jeb to be given to the voting public, and instead help McBride and the DNC lying machine.

Call CBS and voice your displeasure with there decision to do this. If they Do not change there minds, hopefully another TV Station will be able to broadcast it.

[Wright is right!]

Lest everyone see a grand conspiracy here, let me remind you of Occam's Razor...that usually the simplest explanation for something is the truth.

Networks OFTEN issue "do-not-preempt" instructions for affiliates during premiere weeks, and the reasons are certainly economic. They have advertisers lined up, pre-sold, and they have guaranteed those advertisers X number of people in the chosen target demographic "delivered." Further, the network wants to see how well the program will fare against others in its time slot. If a local preempts a premiere, the net has to run makegoods for advertisers and it gets no data on how the show might do in its timeslot.

Is this debate only available to CBS affiliates? Usually, debates are carried on several stations - not just the affiliates of one particular network.

Frankly, I'm surprised that a debate was scheduled on a weeknight during premiere week. That's poor scheduling by the campaigns. When you pick times for debates, you make SURE that the stations will clear the time before you carve it in stone.

Sounds like someone screwed up.

Michael

[Nayt2]

the october 22nd debate is going to be here at UCF. the bad part is that the progressive council on campus is bringing in michael moore to "speak" on campus the very same day, meaning he'll probably get a little media attention. dear god. the UCF college republicans are planning a protest against this nutcase who said that bush allowed 9-11 to happen because it would kill people in liberal states...

[OXENinFLA]

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