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Originally posted by Bertuzzied@Jul 30 2004, 03:42 PM
That speech was very impressive. Did anyone else notice the speech was carried live on every major US network except for Fox. I guess Michael Moore was right.
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From the Howard Kurtz Washington Post column I posted above, referring to TUESDAY night.:
Finally, Roger Simon has something to say about the broadcast networks:
"I am not saying that Tuesday night at the Democratic convention was the most electrifying or informative in the history of politics.
"I am saying it was more electrifying and informative than 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,' 'Last Comic Standing,' 'Navy NCIS' and 'Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy.'
"But that is what the commercial TV networks brought us instead of covering even one second of the convention.
"The networks are barely covering the convention at all. They are broadcasting just one live hour a night for three nights. Tuesday night, they broadcast nothing live at all.
"I think that is embarrassing. Especially considering the tripe they are broadcasting instead.
"How embarrassing is it? This embarrassing: According to the Boston Herald, the Arab news network, al Jazeera, 'is airing more live prime-time broadcasting' of the Democratic convention 'each night than the major commercial American networks.' Al Jazeera, according to the newspaper, is broadcasting 90 minutes of the convention each night."
Yes, but the Jazeera guys have no access to "Trading Spouses."
Later Kurtz acknowledged the networks unusually showed a full Kerry infomercial LAST NIGHT that they normally wouldn't have.
I don't know if FOX covered the speech. It would be unusual if they didn't.
Cowperson