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Cha

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6. Oh yeah, who cared about bush's strategy for Iraq? Certainly the bushes didn't care if it were

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #4)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 01:24 AM

Nov 2014

broadcast.

"The Bush administration has not requested the Big Four to air live the president’s address to an audience at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Penn., scheduled for 8 p.m. EDT on the last Monday of the May sweep, a crucial period when networks chase high ratings in order to set ad rates."

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Obama Immigration Speech: CBS, Fox, NBC & ABC Not Airing [View all] mfcorey1 Nov 2014 OP

If A GOPPER Were Giving Speech There Would Be Hours Of Preview & Speech. TheMastersNemesis Nov 2014 #1

Different times. Only 3 networks back then yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #3

Not really. Nye Bevan Nov 2014 #4

Oh yeah, who cared about bush's strategy for Iraq? Certainly the bushes didn't care if it were Cha Nov 2014 #6

Corporate so called News at it's best. Wellstone ruled Nov 2014 #2

"15 minutes".. 15 bloody minutes! That's corporatemediawhore America.. Cha Nov 2014 #5

Clearly, the Liberal media is trying too hard to not *look* as liberal nilram Nov 2014 #7

I think this is a result of the formerly Jenoch Nov 2014 #8

This must be a first . . . brush Nov 2014 #9

Most anyone who wants to hear the speech will be able to.. KinMd Nov 2014 #10

And it'll surely be on PBS, as well. WillowTree Nov 2014 #11

But of course, the better for the GOP to flamingdem Nov 2014 #12

Why not do it at 7:30 EST, then re-play it at that same hour in all the other time zones? . . . Journeyman Nov 2014 #13