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Post by New Mama on Aug 23, 2012 13:31:21 GMT -6
Remember all the hoola and daily news coverage over Michelle Obama during the 2008 Presidental race. It seems the major networks can't find anything of interest in Ann. She has recieved little to no coverage to date. She must not have anything negative to report on. Maybe she is a model wife and mother. That would make boring press. Moreover, NBC,CBS and ABC have chosen not to cover the opening night of the convention and the night that Ann Romney has been scheduled to deliver the keynote address. These networks will cover all nights of the Democratic National Convention. What's on while Ann Romney speaks: www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/08/whats-on-while-ann-romney-speaks-132855.htmlI'm sure reruns of 2 Broke Girls and Mike and Molly trump Ann Romney in some minds at these networks.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Aug 23, 2012 14:32:29 GMT -6
Don't be silly. All the media companies are run by evil businessmen, therefore they all have conservative biases. Didn't a liberal ever tell you that?
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Aug 24, 2012 6:57:56 GMT -6
Remember all the hoola and daily news coverage over Michelle Obama during the 2008 Presidental race. It seems the major networks can't find anything of interest in Ann. She has recieved little to no coverage to date. She must not have anything negative to report on. Maybe she is a model wife and mother. That would make boring press. Moreover, NBC,CBS and ABC have chosen not to cover the opening night of the convention and the night that Ann Romney has been scheduled to deliver the keynote address. Not true, they are doing 1 hour summaries each of the first three nights of the convention. Not to mention gavel to gavel coverage live streamingThese networks will cover all nights of the Democratic National Convention. What's on while Ann Romney speaks: www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/08/whats-on-while-ann-romney-speaks-132855.htmlI'm sure reruns of 2 Broke Girls and Mike and Molly trump Ann Romney in some minds at these networks. Given that the past several convention cycles have been moribund TV at best why would they want to televise all that crap (and I here include BOTH conventions). In fact the ENTIRE convention concept is a relic of a bygone era that started to disappear after the 60's. Both parties would do us all a favor by condensing the entire process down to two nights (max). Everyone knows who the candidates will be, in fact they have both been running as such for months. Ann Romney can make a speech on the stump and probably get better coverage. For what its worth, PBS will be running 3 1/2 hours each and every night, you can watch them and not miss a thing. For me, one hour a night is one hour too much... and that goes for BOTH parties.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Aug 24, 2012 12:29:12 GMT -6
Gordon, you missed the point of the post. It states that the networks will cover ALL nights of the Dem convention, but will edit down the Republican convention. Regardless of what you think is the "right" amount of coverage, that's a clear case of media bias.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Aug 24, 2012 17:56:02 GMT -6
Just heard on talk radio - there is now buzz that they are going to move Ann Romney to one of the nights getting full coverage. It will be interesting to see if the networks ch-ch-change their plans!
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Aug 24, 2012 18:35:31 GMT -6
Jake, I am not finding information ANYWHERE that indicates that coverage of the Dem convention will be anything different than the Repub convention.
If you or Anita have information to the contrary (other than the fact that Anita says so in her post), I would welcome the facts. The link Anita provided presents nothing other than the Republican convention.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Aug 24, 2012 18:49:51 GMT -6
I'm only going by Anita's post. I haven't heard anything about the plan for the Dem convention other than her assertion. If she is wrong, that of course ch-ch-changes the analysis.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Aug 24, 2012 18:51:46 GMT -6
Here we go. According to this. The convention coverage for EACH party will be IDENTICAL... Link
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Post by Chicago Jake on Aug 24, 2012 18:54:29 GMT -6
One could still make an argument that the bias will be expressed in WHICH three hours they choose to air. I guess we will have to wait and see.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Aug 24, 2012 19:02:25 GMT -6
I would have to assume that the coverage will be like the Olympics, showing the highlights of the evening.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Aug 24, 2012 20:50:16 GMT -6
The result will be the same as the Olympics: two weeks of shitty TV.
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Post by Merlot Joe on Aug 24, 2012 23:09:23 GMT -6
They will show what they want you to think that you should see.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Aug 25, 2012 6:26:06 GMT -6
Here's the math on the propaganda... 3 networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) times 1 hour per night = 1 network (Fox) times 3 hours per night. Unless of course you really truly believe that "fair and balanced" crap, its a propaganda wash.
OTOH- as has been pointed out repeatedly here, no one watches ABC, NBC, or CBS anyways, EVERYONE watches Fox, it makes me wonder what the whole fuss is about anyways.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Aug 25, 2012 9:04:22 GMT -6
The DNC will effectively have one less day of media coverage because it's being held during the week of Labor Day. More conservative media bias!
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Aug 25, 2012 10:21:23 GMT -6
a true conservative shouldnt observe Labor Day anyway
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Post by New Mama on Aug 27, 2012 8:31:03 GMT -6
Originally the RNC was scheduled to begin Monday ending Thursday with Ann giving the opening speech. This was one day longer than the planned DNC. My point was that I doubt the big 3 would ignore Michelle if the circumstances were reversed. The major 3 networks noted decided to cover the last three days omitting Monday's schedule. Subsequently, due to Isaac, the RNC decided to shorten speeches and condense the program into three days with only a brief 5 minute opening on Monday. Yes now the coverage will be the same for both conventions by the big 3, but that was not true last Thursday. Here you can find the RNC schedule...if you care. www3.atr.rollcall.com/republicans-keep-headliners-make-program-three-days/
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Aug 27, 2012 8:39:05 GMT -6
So it was all a hypothetical
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Post by New Mama on Aug 27, 2012 9:32:20 GMT -6
So it was all a hypothetical No it wasn't hypothetical. Ann was to speak this evening and the networks were not going to cover her. It is Isaac that changed the RNC plans reducing the convention from 4 to 3 days.
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Post by Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III on Aug 27, 2012 15:59:41 GMT -6
Isaac was a non-event. We had a little rain, but our mostly daily thunderstorms during the summer are MUCH worse than what Isaac brought by. Kids got a free day off from school today to play!
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Aug 28, 2012 4:56:35 GMT -6
Originally the RNC was scheduled to begin Monday ending Thursday with Ann giving the opening speech. This was one day longer than the planned DNC. My point was that I doubt the big 3 would ignore Michelle if the circumstances were reversed. The major 3 networks noted decided to cover the last three days omitting Monday's schedule. Subsequently, due to Isaac, the RNC decided to shorten speeches and condense the program into three days Now if the Dems would only follow suit, I think we could call this a good start and something we can all agree on with only a brief 5 minute opening on Monday. Yes now the coverage will be the same for both conventions by the big 3, but that was not true last Thursday. Here you can find the RNC schedule...if you care. www3.atr.rollcall.com/republicans-keep-headliners-make-program-three-days/
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Aug 28, 2012 6:30:53 GMT -6
From the sounds of things, ABC, NBC, and CBS may regret their lack of coverage for tonight. It looks like "Big Money" is making its final power grab of the Republican Party.
If things play out as expected, I may actually watch Fox to see these delegations (sounds like Louisiana is in on this too) walk out. Have to remember to buy a bag of Cheetos for this evening..
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Post by Chicago Jake on Aug 28, 2012 8:57:12 GMT -6
Sounds like the kind of drama that only a scholar of parliamentary procedures could love. I'll pass.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Aug 28, 2012 9:20:50 GMT -6
Forgive my presumption, but I believe we're all distributed by this news.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Aug 28, 2012 9:36:04 GMT -6
Sounds like the kind of drama that only a scholar of parliamentary procedures could love. I'll pass. Thank you, I will accept that compliment
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Aug 29, 2012 5:40:52 GMT -6
Sounds like the kind of drama that only a scholar of parliamentary procedures could love. I'll pass. The rule passed. It will be interesting to see if the libertarian wing of the party sits out the election, and if they pull out of the Republican Party altogether.
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Post by New Mama on Aug 29, 2012 8:05:26 GMT -6
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Post by Chicago Jake on Aug 29, 2012 9:01:28 GMT -6
So how was Ann?
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Aug 29, 2012 9:09:50 GMT -6
She talked more about Willard than Crusty Chris did, that's for sure.
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Post by New Mama on Aug 29, 2012 9:38:49 GMT -6
I thought she did fine. I like her so far. I didn't know they had 18 grandchildren. I liked that she talked about how much Mitt makes her laugh. I wouldn't have guessed that. He always seems so serious, not that being serious is bad. I watched it all last night but will skip tonight and just catch some bits on-line tomorrow. I wanted to see Ann and Christy speak last night. Christy was good but didn't set the place a blaze like some pundits hoped for.
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Post by Tex on Aug 29, 2012 10:23:58 GMT -6
I caught a little of the speeches on the late news (we took dinner down to a neighbor who just had surgery - they are serious Democrats so I thought it the courteous thing to do to hit the soft pedal about politics). What I heard seemed fine but I must admit to being too jaded to get excited about most political conventions.
I do like Romney and Ryan. IMHO, the most pressing problems we have on our plates are the economy and the deficit. Romney has a very good grasp of the economy and Ryan probably knows more about the federal budget than anyone else. Results are what counts. Talk is cheap and if speeches could fix our problems, Obama would have Churchill.
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