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To: Cisco who wrote (1366)	10/21/2000 7:44:39 AM
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Another Gore/Bush Debate or Advertisement? Thanks to News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, presidential contenders Al Gore and George Bush will have another chance to woo TV audiences before election day. The two candidates have accepted Murdoch’s offer of free, uninterrupted, prime-time airtime on the Fox Network on Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. Fox made a similar offer of free airtime during the 1996 election season. Some see Murdoch’s offer as an attempt to compensate for Fox’s decision to air entertainment programming instead of the three presidential debates. PBS has also offered free airtime to the candidates, as it did in 1996. The public broadcaster expects to hear from the Bush and Gore campaigns as soon as Thursday about whether they’ll accept the offer. Some see Murdoch’s offer as an attempt to compensate for Fox’s decision to air entertainment programming — including the premiere of James Cameron’s “Dark Angel”— instead of the three presidential debates. Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard recently blasted Fox, as well as NBC, for ignoring the public interest in pursuit of profits. (MSNBC is a Microsoft-NBC joint venture.) Fox is tentatively planning to air “Freakylinks” or “Police Videos” following the candidates’ statements. ANSWERING THE QUESTION The hour will be divided equally between the candidates, and Fox will leave the content entirely up to them. Each candidate will be asked to respond to the question, “Why should Americans vote for you?” The order of the candidate’s responses will be determined by a coin toss. Fox News Channel anchor Brit Hume will appear at the beginning of the hour to explain to viewers what the candidates have been asked to do. The candidates will tape their statements during the next week, and, according to FCC specifications, will have no opportunity to enhance or edit them. In addition to airing the candidates’ statements on the Fox network nationally, the one-hour program will be rebroadcast the following day on the Fox News Channel, which is available in 54 million households. msnbc.com