FL Fox affiliates dump Obama for dancing fools…
President Obama’s address to Congress tonight was ignored by most FOX network affiliates across the country, to play the scheduled premiere?episode of “So You Think You Can Dance.” All ten Florida FOX affiliates did not air the address for “Dance.”
I don’t often offer commentary on the main page, but your webmaster found this action, by FOX and their affiliates, truly insulting to America and it’s viewers, despite who the President is. This was a MAJOR address and should have been broadcast…FOX should be ashamed.
Below is a list of Florida FOX affiliates and their Obama address coverage:
- WTVT-13 (Tampa/St Petersburg) – Did NOT air, did simulcast on website
- WSVN-7 (Miami/Fort Lauderdale) – Did NOT air, did simulcast on website
- WOFL-35 (Orlando/Daytona Beach) – Did NOT air, did simulcast on sister station WRBW/website
- WFLX-29 (West Palm Beach) – Did NOT air
- WAWS-30 (Jacksonville/Brunswick,GA) – Did NOT air, aired on CBS sister station WTEV
- WALA-10 (Mobile,AL/Pensacola) – Did NOT air, did simulcast on website
- WFTX-36 (Fort Myers/Naples) – Did NOT air
- WTLH-49 (Tallahassee/Thomasville,GA) – Did NOT air
- WPGX-28 (Panama City/Ft Walton Beach) – Did NOT air
- WOGX-50 (Gainesville/Ocala/Lake City) – Did NOT air
And if you didn’t see the address, watch it below via CNN
In their defense, it was on every other OTA channel and a good number of cable/satellite channels. By not requiring affiliates show the address, they offered an alternative to those who might not wish to watch the address (this is especially true for those who only get their TV through OTA).
If you wanted to watch the address, you could. It was exactly the same on every channel it aired on. The only differences were the graphics and commentary before and after. I would hardly call this “insulting” anyone. Now, say, if Bill O’Reilly came on and said something along the lines of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dht7pZhuItI, now that is insulting.
It’s just insulting IMO because…#1 – This was a major address and Fox is one of the big four. They are now a significant player in TV and TV news with Fox News (if it was MyTV, or CW, or Ion…who cares). All of the country needed to watch that address and try and understand what is going on…may you be for or against the program, the country needs to pay attention to this. To offer some idiots dancing for other idiots to judge in place of something important is insulting. Fox locals use MY and your public airwaves to broadcast their crap and in return need to give a public service, providing the President an hour of primetime.
#2 – Fox tried to mandate the stations to go with “Dance” over the Prez because it was “Dance” premiere night and they wanted to hook viewers. So, Fox took the monetary approach instead of providing the public service that they should have.