"Fox network opts not to air Obama's news conference
NEW YORK - .... Obama's third prime-time news conference as president has caused some private grumbling among network executives because it costs them advertising revenue.
Tomorrow's news conference comes at the start of a ratings "sweeps" month, where viewership is watched closely to set local ad rates. Yet with an economy in distress, two wars, and now a swine flu outbreak, the pressure on networks to agree to Obama's request as a public service is enormous....
Oh, is that what they thing covering the president's agenda-pushing is?
Public service?
