Broadcast networks opt out of Obama immigration speech -- except for Univision~ & Telemundo!

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Eight years ago, President George W. Bush delivered a prime time address on immigration, carried by all the big broadcast networks.

On Thursday, President Barack Obama will do the same thing, but three of the broadcasters, ABC, NBC, and CBS have signaled that they won't be carrying it.

CNN will carry the 8 p.m. address, of course, and so will all the other cable news channels. PBS will, as well. And perhaps most importantly for the White House, the dominant Spanish-language broadcaster in the United States, Univision, will be translating it and airing it live.

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The White House declined to comment on the speech scheduling process, but the administration may have honed in on Thursday night because of Univision's planned telecast of the Latin Grammys.

The live telecast attracts an unusually high number of viewers to Univision, just like the English-language Grammys do, and Univision agreed to set aside about ten minutes for Obama's address.

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To that point, the Obama White House on Wednesday previewed Thursday's address in a minute-long Facebook video post, something the Bush White House couldn't have done in 2006.

"Hi everybody," the president said on camera while leaning on his Oval Office desk. "Tomorrow night, I'm going to be announcing, here from the White House, some steps that I can take to fix our broken immigration system."

The video was viewed 1.5 million times on Facebook in its first four hours. And it was surely seen many more times through television rebroadcasts of the video.

"Tune in tomorrow," the presidential Facebook post concluded, with a link to the White House's own live video stream of the address.

MOre..
http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/19/media/networks-and-obama-speech/

Lots of interesting stuff at the link.. I just got some of the highlights.. But, the speech will be on Telemundo and Univision!

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[alp227]

4. because it's more important to show the Big Bang Theory and Biggest Loser huh?

I was hoping CBS could pre-empt the Raiders (0-10 as I speak) for Obama's speech dammit! (The Raiders/Chiefs NFL Network Thursday game is shown on CBS stations in the Raiders and Chiefs areas while other CBS stations have regularly scheduled programming.)

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6. Quite the history, alp.. 6 years ago the big 3 aired an Immigration speech by bush.. times have

changed!

But, now Univision and Telemundo is airing it instead..

For the networks commercial revenue.. I guess it's too much to give up 15 minutes of the big bang.

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33. I hate both of those shows

So CBS and NBC can go screw themselves.

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12. K&R. MSNBC is going to cover it, too.

Rachel Maddow said she and Chris Hayes will co-host the coverage.

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13. Good, lob.. thank you. Think it's interesting though that Univision and Telemundo are covering! &

translating.

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14. I bet their ratings will be through the roof.

I don't understand why the networks aren't covering it. This will be big news. I guess they're not even pretending to do real news anymore.

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15. Yes the ratings will be through the ROOF! Especially since they're breaking into the the Latin

Music Awards. They think it's worth it!

As the article says.. Eight years ago the broadcast network aired bush's speech on Immigration.. but things have changed now.

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17. IOW the broadcast networks won't break into Big Bang Theory but Univision will break into the Latin

Music Awards!

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16. Of course they would

They too like cheap labor and issues to divide and rule.
Fugg 'em!

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18. I was just telling lob.. the boardcast networks won't break into the Big Bang Theory for 15 minutes

but Univision will break into the Latin Music Awards!

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21. Kick for detailed news on this

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22. k&r...

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24. Mahalo spanone.. I thought it was chock full of news on this Issue!

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23. Whores.

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25. More Celeb News!

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26. I will watch it on CSPAN. won't watch it on the other MSM outlets

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29. Really! Who needs their commentary.

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35. Exactly

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27. It's been reported that many families are planning gatherings to watch

it together....very important to many here in Connecticut.

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30. I read that in one of the links on this, Jefferson! I should have highlighted it.. Mahalo! Fun,

Immigration Reform Family Parties!

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32. From what I read and heard..that pretty much describes it. It's time, Cha.

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34. I'm feelin' it!

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28. Our local ABC station says they're carrying it

Channel 4 Pittsburgh.

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31. Great! Good to know, spinbaby~

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36. Denver's local NBC 9NEWS station

will broadcast speech.

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37. And, I bet their ratings soar! Mahalo beveeheart!