John Sununu calls major TV networks ‘hypocritical’ on convention coverage [View all]
Source: Washington Post
A leading surrogate for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign called the major television networks “hypocritical” for making millions of dollars from campaign advertisements but reserving only three hours for prime-time broadcasts from the Republican National Convention.
John H. Sununu, a former New Hampshire governor and White House chief of staff, said in an interview Saturday that the three major broadcast networks “have become great takers and not enough givers,” pointing to their decision not to broadcast from Tampa on Monday, the convention’s first day.
ABC, CBS and NBC will each broadcast from the convention for one hour on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, as well as on Thursday night, when Romney will deliver his acceptance speech. The networks will give equal time to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte next month.
GOP officials failed to persuade the major broadcast networks to add coverage on Monday night, although C-SPAN and the cable news networks are planning complete live coverage of the entire convention.
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