Barry has had 5-6 prime time addresses since he took office.
Bush, in the last term, had asked on 4 separate occasions (outside of normal State of the Union stuff) for primetime coverage, and 3 out of the 4 times the networks said “no”.
Chrissy Matthews just can’t quit B.O.
excerpt from article, (FCC threat?/power)
... pointed out that the networks profit off their agreement with the FCC which stipulates that they need to provide news content in exchange for use of the public airwaves. “It’s part of their obligation,” he said.