Fox Won't Carry Obama Address To Congress
ABC, CBS, NBC all carrying speech
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 9/4/2009 4:22:33 PM
Fox Broadcast Network confirmed it will not carry the president's prime time address to Congress Sept. 9, though its News Corp.-owned cable cousins will.
Sept. 9 is premiere night for the new season of So You Think You Can Dance at 8 p.m., plus the first new episode of Glee since the Spring at 9.
CBS, ABC and NBC are all planning to carry the 8. p.m. session, as is NBC owned cable network MSNBC. PBS will also carry it, coverage courtesy of The NewsHour.
The president has made a habit of using prime time broadcast real estate to talk for his press conferences.
Fox did not carry the President's July 22 press conference, which was also on a Wednesday night. So You Think You Can Dance wound up beating the press conference rating on any of its competitors that time around. Instead, the network directed viewers to sister cable network Fox News Channel.
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Gee, Mr. Byers, you didn't have to go and prove Ray's comment about the South having an ignorant population. Is English your second language?
Joe Burk - 9/7/2009 1:13:04 PM EDT -
why is it that the people from Fox country ( code for southern states with ignorant populations) are the same states that eat at the public trough the most? More military bases, more public works projects, more money poured in by taxpayers than what they create?
If the South had to stand alone and become their own country they would fail very quickly....
Ray - 9/7/2009 11:52:35 AM EDT -
Fox likes to treat their viewers like mushrooms, keep them in the dark and feed them bullstuff.
Kevin Wilson - 9/7/2009 9:35:20 AM EDT -
Bias Networks for a Bias president - the less obama on TV the better - the same for Gibbs to many LIES from the dems - nancy and biden can go too!!!!!! TIME FOR IMPEACEMENT
Kenneth Byers - 9/5/2009 10:46:01 AM EDT -
It shouldn't be any surprise, ABC, CBS AND NBC, just like will get to bias. I have DVR shows to watch. JUST THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T WANT TO SCREW WITH DVR. Consider DVR A part of satellite home viewers act.
Thomas Ingram - 9/4/2009 11:52:03 PM EDT
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