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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: PROLIFE who wrote (201540)	11/9/2001 12:03:49 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) of 769670

CBS, NBC Pass on Bush Speech In the midst of America's greatest national security crisis since World War II, two of the three major television networks declined to interrupt regular programming to broadcast President Bush's address to the nation Thursday night on the ongoing war on terrorism. Speaking from Atlanta's Centers for Disease Control, Bush talked about the anthrax attacks that have plagued the country for the last month, killing four Americans and exposing dozens to the deadly bacteria -- including employees of ABC, NBC and CBS. But with America at war and the FBI predicting additional terrorist incidents at home, both CBS and NBC stayed with regularly scheduled programming for the half-hour address. Only ABC carried the Bush speech live. Rather than switch to Bush, NBC stuck with perennial ratings booster "Friends," while CBS carried its own ratings winner "Survivor." In the past, TV network news divisions have declined to carry presidential addresses only when they were deemed not newsworthy or seen to be too overtly partisan. newsmax.com

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