Posted on 05/08/2009 10:04:50 AM PDT by Shellybenoit
Its ironic that the industry that did it's best to elect Barack Obama to the presidency is now complaining that as President, he costing them too much revenue. But the Major networks are getting angry that President Obama keeps asking for so much time in the evening.
As you may imagine, Primetime TV draws the largest audiences and ad revenue. Every time the President preempts the normal evening viewing the networks lose that ad revenue. It is estimated that in the first four months of Obama's presidency the four major broadcast networks lost a total of $30 Million Dollars (and this during a recession).
The networks would really like to stop covering every presidential news conference live, but are afraid of presidential retribution:
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Keep up the good work Barry!
They didn’t have trouble denying Bush airtime. Hipocrites!
I hope networks keep carrying the Obama show then.
That is so funny. Payback is a bitch. That is what the networks get for sucking up to Barry.
“are afraid of presidential retribution”:
...as well they should! Liberals are all exactly the same. They move from the NE to the south to escape high taxes and bring their idiotic voting habits with them. Then they wonder...”gee. What happened? My taxes are going up”!
Now, they vote this atrocity into the WH and wonder what happened.
Where is the outcry from the media over that ?
Little pin-headed, tin-pot, banana republic dictators love to hear the sounds of their own voices.
*** snicker ***
EArly in W’s term, I recall the MSMwhores cutting away from Bush (don’t recall if it was a live press conference or not) to cover Bubba Clinton moving into his new Harlem office.
“but are afraid of presidential retribution:”
No one should be afraid of that. Something is wrong here.
Looks like the Obama 24/7 Show is losing it’s audience.
They should just do a pool coverage, and each time a different network puts him on while the others do their primetime lineup.
Fox didn’t whine to the government, they just ignored the last conference and put on their standard programming.
What did old Thom Jeff say about fearing the govenment? . . . . . . .
Anyone see what Montana did (and Utah and Texas are doing) to skirt the Supreme's ridiculous interpretation of the Commerce Clause? The tide is turning, folks.
I hope narcissistic Barack Hussein asks for a LOT MORE time. Fox has stopped carrying The One.
CNN, MSNBC, and rest are not permitted to refuse by order of the Democrat National Committee. SWEET!
“Fox didn’t whine to the government, they just ignored the last conference and put on their standard programming.”
And IIRC, “Lie To Me” drew more viewers than the latest installment of Obama lying to us.
Ah, poor babies— {{snickersnort}}
I wonder how much they were losing prior to the election..
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