Monday, November 24, 2014

It’s official: real news is, you know....


The three major TV networks and Fox News didn't carry President Obama’s high-profile address about immigration reform last Thursday night.

So I guess it’s more or less official—in case you were still wondering—the networks and Fox care more about entertaining their prime-time audiences than they do about bringing real news to the American public.

The president’s executive action on minimizing deportations and on other elements of reforming America’s sadly oppressive immigration policies has stirred up a hornet’s nest in Congress and across the land.

The networks and Fox knew this would happen—everybody knew it would happen, we just didn’t know the big fat details until Thursday night.



A presidential address on a subject of immense importance to millions of immigrant Americans, and a subject of immense controversy among our political leadership and tens of millions of Americans, is the kind of thing that should be broadcast as widely as possible.

What were the networks and Fox thinking?

Ooops, I forgot….November is ratings sweeps month for the TV industry….and the ratings racked up during the month-long audience-counting sweeps period are the basis for establishing TV advertising rates.

Entertainment and cash flow. That’s what it’s all about.

p.s. the president’s address was vintage Obama, regardless of your political position, it’s worth watching it here






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