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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-27-09 06:34 PM
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Fox won't show Obama press conference
Bwahahahaha!

Hey, I actually go along with this decision. If they ever started airing real news, their viewers' heads would riot...and then there's all that cleavage to be ogled.


"President Obama’s prime time press conference will air on one fewer channel this week.

Fox is “sticking with its regular schedule” on Wednesday night, The Associated Press reports, marking “the first time a broadcast network has refused Obama’s request” for airtime.

The press conference, scheduled for 8 p.m. Wednesday, will be Mr. Obama’s third of the year. It will mark his first 100 days in office. ABC, CBS and NBC, along with a multitude of cable networks, will carry the press conference live.

Counting his not-State of the Union address in February, it will be Mr. Obama’s fourth interruption of the prime-time TV schedule. Broadcasters have grumbled, mostly anonymously, about the repeated interruptions. “His economic stimulus package apparently does not extend to the TV networks,” one of the anonymous network types said to The Washington Post in February..."

http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/fox-says-it-wont-show-obama-press-conference/


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liberalmuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-27-09 06:40 PM
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1. If they air any more of President Obama's pressers...
their viewers might start getting smart. Can't have that since Faux Nyoos is supported by stupid.
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-27-09 06:48 PM
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2. That new dumb show Liar is on at that time.
I tried to give it a chance but it's not all that good. Anyway, it's sweeps week so I hope their ratings tank.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-27-09 06:53 PM
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3. and they claim they are a fair and balanced NEWS channel...obviously there is no standard for news
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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-27-09 07:00 PM
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4. Public Airwaves....they should hear from the public
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-27-09 07:13 PM
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5. Pull their license.
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