DRUDGE REPORT: ABC TURNS PROGRAMMING OVER TO OBAMA 2009®On the night of June 24, the media and government become one, when ABC turns its programming over to President Obama and White House officials to push government run health care -- a move that has ignited an ethical firestorm!
Highlights on the agenda:
ABCNEWS anchor Charlie Gibson will deliver WORLD NEWS from the Blue Room of the White House.
The network plans a primetime special -- 'Prescription for America' -- originating from the East Room, exclude opposing voices on the debate.
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Late Monday night, Republican National Committee Chief of Staff Ken McKay fired off a complaint to the head of ABCNEWS:
Dear Mr. Westin:
As the national debate on health care reform intensifies, I am deeply concerned and disappointed with ABC's astonishing decision to exclude opposing voices on this critical issue on June 24, 2009. Next Wednesday, ABC News will air a primetime health care reform “town hall” at the White House with President Barack Obama. In addition, according to an ABC News report, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, WORLD NEWS, NIGHTLINE and ABC’s web news “will all feature special programming on the president’s health care agenda.” This does not include the promotion, over the next 9 days, the president’s health care agenda will receive on ABC News programming.
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I for one am not shocked.
It sounds to me like they're interviewing Obama about healthcare. What am I missing?
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Drudge, are you kidding me? Drudge is not breaking news!!!
Get this off of here.
This is a friggin' OP Ed piece.
It's op ed?
DRUDGE REPORT: ABC TURNS PROGRAMMING OVER TO OBAMA 2009®
Nah... no media bias.. not at all. Could you imagine if Foxnews had done this with Bush and say... Iraq?
Who watches abc anyway?
we need to go back to when a person/company could only own one media outlet. Don't know how far that would go to fighting media bias, but it couldn't hurt.
Look at the way the piece is written. It's partisan spin at best, it's not journalism, it's not news.
Is Drudge leaving out facts and/or explanation. How would we know. There are not links to sources.
I come across stories on Drudge-like sites. I go to an NEWS SOURCE before posting the story here in BREAKING NEWS.
Drudge is such a partisan hack. At least Huff Post puts links right to the actual news story.
we need to go back to when a person/company could only own one media outlet. Don't know how far that would go to fighting media bias, but it couldn't hurt.
ABC News Teams Up With Obama White House to Present President's Health Care Plan - Political News - FOXNews.comABC News will host an hour-long special on health care reform in the U.S. next Wednesday from the White House East Room -- a move that ABC is defending but critics are calling a surrender to the Obama administration's effort to control the debate.
The prime time special -- called "Questions for the President: Prescription for America" by ABC News -- will be a nationally televised event during which President Obama will answer questions presented by audience members selected by ABC News.
Participants will present a broad range of "divergent opinions in this historic debate," according to the press release announcing the event. Viewers will also be able to submit questions via ABCNews.com.
But critics of Obama's health care reform are asking that they be allowed to voice their side of the national debate.
"In the absence of opposition, I am concerned this event will become a glorified infomercial to promote the Democrat agenda. If that is the case, this prime time infomercial should be paid for out of the DNC coffers. President Obama does not hold a monopoly on health care reform ideas or on free airtime," Ken McKay, Chief of Staff for the Republican National Committee, wrote in a letter to ABC News President David Westin.
"The president has stated time and time again that he wants a bipartisan debate. Therefore, the Republican Party should be included in this prime time event," McKay wrote.
ABC News Senior Vice President Kerry Smith returned volley to McKay in her own letter released Tuesday. She said any viewer who watches will be sure to find the network's coverage is "informative, fair and civil."
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Look at the way the piece is written. It's partisan spin at best, it's not journalism, it's not news.
Is Drudge leaving out facts and/or explanation. How would we know. There are not links to sources.
I come across stories on Drudge-like sites. I go to an NEWS SOURCE before posting the story here in BREAKING NEWS.
Drudge is such a partisan hack. At least Huff Post puts links right to the actual news story.
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