Bush hits a new low
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:12 pm
Networks may not carry Bush speech
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Three of the four broadcast networks had yet to decide late Monday whether they would carry President Bush's speech on Iraq Tuesday in front of soldiers in Fort Bragg, N.C. By then, only ABC had said it would carry the address.
The White House formally requested an hour of primetime at 8 p.m. ET for Bush's speech at a time when public opinion polls show the tide turning against the war in Iraq.
CBS, NBC and Fox all said they would decide sometime Tuesday whether to carry the speech.
The networks, unconvinced in initial talks with the White House late last week that the speech would be newsworthy, asked for more information.
But that might not be the only reason for the networks' holdout. While CBS was in repeats at 8 p.m., NBC was faced with the possibility of having to pre-empt or reschedule the heavily promoted original reality series "Average Joe: The Joes Strike Back."
Are you kidding me?? Bush can't beat out "Average Joe" for airtime?
Well, it's partially his own fault. The networks carry Bush's speeches live less often than any President than I can remember, well, ever. Sure, some of this is due to the Bush-hating factor, where they're somehow getting over by relegating him to a lower-tiered news status, but the BA has brought plenty of this on themselves.
How many times have we all heard this guy talk where other than a mispronounced word or five, he's said absolutely nothing of substance? You can't prattle on and on in politico-speak every time you go before a crowd or at some point, no one's going to give a fuck what title you've got on the brass plate on your door.
Still, even if a faction of those that control the media wouldn't want to air a Bush war rally (as they see it), they would still do so if they thought for a moment that it'd generate more hate. Considering that Bush can't let a fart under the covers without having his approval rating dive five points, you'd think that they'd assume they could at least generate SOME ill will and would air it on that basis alone. However, the BA's proclivity for speaking long while saying nothing has put them in this position.
Hopefully this will serve as a lesson to future administrations what happens when you try to bullshit the public, take no responsibility for anything, ever, and make it known that for almost six years of an administratoin that you basically don't give a crap what the public thinks about what you do, what you say or how you go about your business.
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Three of the four broadcast networks had yet to decide late Monday whether they would carry President Bush's speech on Iraq Tuesday in front of soldiers in Fort Bragg, N.C. By then, only ABC had said it would carry the address.
The White House formally requested an hour of primetime at 8 p.m. ET for Bush's speech at a time when public opinion polls show the tide turning against the war in Iraq.
CBS, NBC and Fox all said they would decide sometime Tuesday whether to carry the speech.
The networks, unconvinced in initial talks with the White House late last week that the speech would be newsworthy, asked for more information.
But that might not be the only reason for the networks' holdout. While CBS was in repeats at 8 p.m., NBC was faced with the possibility of having to pre-empt or reschedule the heavily promoted original reality series "Average Joe: The Joes Strike Back."
Are you kidding me?? Bush can't beat out "Average Joe" for airtime?
Well, it's partially his own fault. The networks carry Bush's speeches live less often than any President than I can remember, well, ever. Sure, some of this is due to the Bush-hating factor, where they're somehow getting over by relegating him to a lower-tiered news status, but the BA has brought plenty of this on themselves.
How many times have we all heard this guy talk where other than a mispronounced word or five, he's said absolutely nothing of substance? You can't prattle on and on in politico-speak every time you go before a crowd or at some point, no one's going to give a fuck what title you've got on the brass plate on your door.
Still, even if a faction of those that control the media wouldn't want to air a Bush war rally (as they see it), they would still do so if they thought for a moment that it'd generate more hate. Considering that Bush can't let a fart under the covers without having his approval rating dive five points, you'd think that they'd assume they could at least generate SOME ill will and would air it on that basis alone. However, the BA's proclivity for speaking long while saying nothing has put them in this position.
Hopefully this will serve as a lesson to future administrations what happens when you try to bullshit the public, take no responsibility for anything, ever, and make it known that for almost six years of an administratoin that you basically don't give a crap what the public thinks about what you do, what you say or how you go about your business.
