Networks Snub Obama On Primetime Health Care Address

[DonViejo]

Source: Buzzfeed

The White House sought primetime air the day Obamacare hit 7 million signups.

posted on April 3, 2014 at 4:24pm EDT

Evan McMorris-Santoro
BuzzFeed Staff

WASHINGTON — White House officials sought valuable primetime air for a rare, impromptu Tuesday night address to tout the accomplishment of signing up more than 7 million people under the Affordable Care Act.

But network officials refused to make the kind of accommodation they did previously for the announcement that Osama Bin Laden had been killed, for instance, and Obama was left instead cutting into the much smaller audiences of Ellen and other daytime shows.

Three sources familiar with the request confirmed the White House asked for the primetime slot in their effort both to emphasize a bright moment following the challenging roll out and, more important, to try to reintroduce the country to a law that remains unpopular. One top White House official referred BuzzFeed to another top official for comment on the conversation with networks, but the second official did not respond to a request for comment.

People familiar with the request declined to reveal which network blocked the primetime address, but broadcast networks have traditionally been much more reluctant than cable networks to provide the White House with evening air time.

Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/the-white-house-tried-to-get-network-primetime-on

[Snotcicles]

1. Remember it Mr President the next time they need you, and dance with the one that brung ya. nt

[Callmecrazy]

2. He should have raised hell!

The networks don't own the airwaves. They belong to the people. If the President wants to make a national address during prime time, the networks should accommodate him since the government gave them free use.

[chuckstevens]

3. But He's not a Republican!

Liberal Media My Ass!

[frylock]

4. hunh. a tyrannical dictator would have just assumed control of the airwaves.

[JI7]

5. after their whoring about how the website glitches was the worst thing ever

[Fred Sanders]

6. The RW media will, however, get massive coverage for their screaming over how many have

paid and why the numbers are cooked.....the dictator Obama tried to force the liberal media to bow to his demands to dominate the airwaves and was denied, proving that he is a failure even as a dictator.