Fox Won't Broadcast Obama Speech To Congress

[AsahinaKimi]

Unlike CBS, ABC, MSNBC and PBS, Fox will not be broadcasting Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, September 9.

Wilshire & Washington reports that the network issued a statement: "The Fox Broadcasting Company will not air the Presidential Address to Congress on Wednesday, September 9 at 8:00 PM (ET). FOX's sister networks, Fox News Channel and the Fox Business Network will air the presidential address in its entirety. FOX will alert viewers with an on-screen graphic at the top of the 8:00 PM (ET) hour that the presidential address is available on Fox News Channel and the Fox Business Network."

And Broadcasting & Cable reports that the network will instead broadcast the premiere of the new season of "So You Think You Can Dance" at 8 p.m. as well as the first new episode of "Glee" at 9 p.m.:

Fox did not carry the President's July 22 press conference, which was also on a Wednesday night. So You Think You Can Dance wound up beating the press conference rating on any of its competitors that time around. Instead, the network directed viewers to sister cable network Fox News Channel.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/04/fox-wont-broadcast-obama-_n_277945.html

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Maybe its time to cut FOX NEWS out of all WH press meetings. Kick Rupurt Murdock in the
round ones straight on. Excuse: You are not a News organization...

[msongs]

1. so will the dems beg n plead n cry like babies to get fox to change its racist mind? lol nt

[wroberts189]

2. Does not the FCC require them to broadcast this ? If not...

Why not?

[movonne]

3. Faux news is a propaganda machine for the neo cons...

[NYMountaineer]

4. Fair and balanced.

I'd love to hear their excuse as to how this doesn't prove a bias on their part (as if everything else about them hadn't done so already).

[lpbk2713]

5. My local ClusterFaux channel didn't have any coverage of Teddy's funeral at all.

They just showed infomercials. They're lame assholes.

[Anakin Skywalker]

6. Hah Hah! Too Bad for Them!

People will just turn on some OTHER NEWS OUTLETS. Plenty around. F*ck Faux News!

Faux News' ratings will continue to decline as more and more people see them for the RW propaganda channel they are.

[mzteris]

7. well DUH -

It's the Premier of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE!

[footinmouth]

8. It's their season opener for 2 shows

So You Think You Can Dance and Glee have been on their schedule since last May for that night. I think they would have carried the speech if they were still in summer reruns. I think this one had more to do with programming than political decisions.

[geek_sabre]

9. agreed

once the other networks get back into their big series, more and more will be less willing to give up advertising dollars to air it when it is easily accessible elsewhere.

[Dappleganger]

10. That's because they're not a NEWS station...

just a RW bully pulpit.