Wednesday, April 29, 2009

FOX 6 Airs Obama "News" Conference

On Monday, FOX announced that it would not alter its prime time schedule to carry Obama's 100 Days celebration "news" conference.

Milwaukee's affiliate FOX 6 was promoting its normal prime time lineup on its website, even as the Obama "news" conference was underway.




Although FOX had decided not to cover the Obama "news" conference, and FOX 6 was apparently on board with that decision, the local station made what must have been a very last minute decision to carry it.

Since Obama intended to address the swine flu situation, FOX 6 may have thought it could exploit the breaking news of the three probable cases of swine flu in Wisconsin and the closing of four Milwaukee Public Schools by airing Obama's remarks.

Bad, bad decision.

The way local and national media are handling this flu outbreak is irresponsible.

Isn't it convenient that this swine flu panic is occurring during sweeps?

1 comment:

Joanne said...

I am outraged! Fox 6 is no Fox, it's a SHEEP. I will no longer watch that station. My favorite programs, i.e. 24 and Lie to Me, can be viewed on the internet. Of course, I am going to write to them and let them know this. Also, I will be depending on the internet today to let my feelings be known.