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http://www.politicususa.com/2014/11/21/local-stations-country-network-blackout-televised-obama-speech.htmlLocal Stations Around The Country Ignored Network Blackout And Televised Obama Speech
By: Jason Easley
Friday, November, 21st, 2014, 9:12 am
Local television stations around the country ignored the corporate networks attempt to blackout President Obamas immigration speech by broadcasting the presidents remarks live on their own.
According to The Hill,
Many local television stations across the country carried President Obamas primetime immigration address live Thursday even as major networks said they would stick with regular programming.
Reports on social media showed that Obamas speech aired live on all or most local television stations in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, Raleigh and Washington, D.C., among other cities.
Major networks including ABC, CBS and FOX confirmed that Obamas speech would not be aired on their networks, while cable news and Spanish-language networks Univision and Telemundo would.
Reports on social media showed that Obamas speech aired live on all or most local television stations in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, Raleigh and Washington, D.C., among other cities.
Major networks including ABC, CBS and FOX confirmed that Obamas speech would not be aired on their networks, while cable news and Spanish-language networks Univision and Telemundo would.
The local stations did their duty and placed informing the public ahead of November sweeps. The presidents speech was only fourteen minutes long. It would not have been a major disruption to the primetime lineup. The decision by the networks was especially hypocritical when viewed in the context that these same networks routinely delay their programming by 30-60 minutes when NFL or live sporting event telecasts run long.
It is heartening to see that some station managers still understand their duty to inform the public. The broadcast networks abandoned their responsibility to cover the news. The answer to why the American voter is uninformed can be found in the corporate owned medias decision to de-emphasize information in their programming. Some stations still understand their civic duty, but the corporate assault on the publics right to know will continue until the American people speak out.
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Local Stations Around The Country Ignored Network Blackout And Televised Obama Speech (Original Post)
babylonsister
Nov 2014
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Orrex
(63,224 posts)1. A friend went on FB to whine that Obama pre-empted Gray's Anatomy.
And a chorus of dimwits echoed her outrage.
Nice to see local stations stepping up where the "industry leaders" won't.
emulatorloo
(44,182 posts)2. Was very telling that networks refused to carry the speech
It basically means that Republicans can lie with impunity about what Obama said. And no doubt network news units will report Republican lies as fact.
BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)3. What's sad is that this sort of behavior is why other countries have
"government-controlled" media, which is a road that we can't travel either.
dumbcat
(2,120 posts)4. I wonder what the local affiliates used for the feed
if the networks weren't distributing it to them? Did they steal it from PBS or one of the cable networks? I wonder how that works, legally?
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)5. I think they actually were distributing it to them.
It was the locals' option to run it live or to use it later. Tends to be a pooled feed anyway.
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,588 posts)6. So much for the
'liberal media' theme..........