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Networks Snub Obama On Primetime Health Care Address
The White House sought primetime air the day Obamacare hit 7 million signups.
posted on April 3, 2014 at 4:24pm EDT
WASHINGTON White House officials sought valuable primetime air for a rare, impromptu Tuesday night address to tout the accomplishment of signing up more than 7 million people under the Affordable Care Act.
But network officials refused to make the kind of accommodation they did previously for the announcement that Osama Bin Laden had been killed, for instance, and Obama was left instead cutting into the much smaller audiences of Ellen and other daytime shows.
Three sources familiar with the request confirmed the White House asked for the primetime slot in their effort both to emphasize a bright moment following the challenging roll out and, more important, to try to reintroduce the country to a law that remains unpopular. One top White House official referred BuzzFeed to another top official for comment on the conversation with networks, but the second official did not respond to a request for comment.
People familiar with the request declined to reveal which network blocked the primetime address, but broadcast networks have traditionally been much more reluctant than cable networks to provide the White House with evening air time.
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napi21
(45,806 posts)If just one says no, does that mean there will not be any coverage? I thought they ALWAYS granted time if the WH requested it or is this another situation where they always used to, but not the black guy in the WH?
thecrow
(5,519 posts)that they couldn't pull away from.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Still no wreckage of Flight 370 has been found. We have our team of correspondents standing by to give you an update.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)a black hole, you will feel silly.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)I'm disappointed
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)coverage.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)It would be hard to walk back from the kind of thing they are no doubt thinking, which is along the lines of "m'f'ing *holes."
lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)out there about the ACA