Contact Fox, remind them that the airwaves are public and that they should carry the President

[Joe the Revelator]

when he asks for air time.


http://www.fox.com/community/askfox/

[Atman]

1. Cable "airwaves" aren't public.

Fox requires an opt-in for which you make a monthly payment to your cable provider.

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[Joe the Revelator]

3. What? Fox (not fox news) is a basic channel here that you can get OTA

[Gabi Hayes]

2. fuck them...this is the perfect opportunity for dems to NEVER, ever acknowledge Fox existence.

never appear on any of their shows

never answer any questions from any of their 'journos'

what would be the point anymore?

[spanone]

4. it just proves they are not a valid news outlet...how can you NOT cover the President?

[NYC Liberal]

5. I think it's stupid of them, but I think *requiring* them to carry these things sets a bad precedent

[Joe the Revelator]

6. Not for a broadcast station. If it was fox news then I'd agree

[rpannier]

7. I would tend to disagree

on the stupid part.
It's being carried on ABC, NBC, CBS, etc. It's on Faux news, CNN, C-Span, etal.

They'll be the only network carrying their regular programming.
Showing the Presidents speech means they lose advertising money -- apparently lots of it.

Then again, they also take their bottom lines very seriously. “Broadcast networks stand to lose millions in advertising revenue by shifting or rescheduling their normal programming,” Broadcasting & Cable notes.
link: http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/fox-says-it-wont-show-obama-press-conference/

I agree with you that requiring them to do so, is a bad idea.

[NYC Liberal]

11. Well true. Honestly I don't care what Fox does, as I watch on CSPAN anyway.

They can do what they wanna do.

[wellstone dem]

8. Not unless Comedy Central is required to carry it too.

If the comedy channel Fox has to carry it, it's only fair that Comedy Central should have to carry it too.

[Occam Bandage]

9. The President should not be able to command the news media cover him as he pleases. nt

[tammywammy]

14. Agreed. n/t

[geek_sabre]

10. No thanks

I think the constitutionality of the networks being at the beck and call of the President is questionable. Emergency situations, sure, but a press conference? Really? No thanks, one station is enough.

If this presser runs longer than an hour, and interrupts LOST, I'm going to flip.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

12. He is not the first President who has not gotten air time when he wanted it

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13. well, if you are going to disrupt network tv... wednesday night @ 8 is a pretty good call...