The TV Addict 

He has been pretty prime time conference-happy. More so than other presidents, Bush included.Will he be bumping LOST now? Do we need the stock market to drop that badly? He bumped off Chuck a while back and that pissed me off. There are a zillion ways of getting the word out on stuff. I mostly read my new online and watch news clips online. I hate watching press conferences. Having numerous prime time tv appearances just make me turn the tv off and not watch. Petty, perhaps. I just feel inundated by it already.

I’m honestly a bit surprised Fox is doing this. If it were going to interfere with Idol again it’d be one thing. But Lie to Me? Really?

If Bush were still in office (thank God he isn’t) and he wanted to have a prime time news conference, I’m sure Fox would air it. I do believe politics is playing a part in this decision, considering Lie to Me is no American Idol. It could easily be delayed.

People will miss out on the only entertainment such press conferences give us: seeing how each station sets its magenta. With all of the networks playing the same thing you can really tell the differences. Which one looks more yellow, which one gives the most unflattering angle (more of a Bush thing), which one is a word off from the others, which one seems washed out. That is the only benefit from having them all play it and it is mildly amusing for about a minute before I turn my tv off.

Why are TNT and CW and USA not anti-American for not playing it? Sure, they are not the big four, but still. When expressing your Americanism you can never go too far. I say they’ve not gone far enough. Every station down to the one that plays polka dancing and cattle auctions should wear their flag lapel pin, I mean show the press conference.

I really think it is a matter of the quantity of press conferences that Obama has been holding rather than the fact that he is a democrat. I’d be upset if I was a TV station too. It seems like every other week he is taking more than an hour of primetime. And yes, what he is saying is important and the Federal government (in the US anyway) does provide the broadcast signals for the stations (hence why we have the FCC and they can enforce the crazy digital switch), but TV stations have a right to make money with that station. Bush pretty much interrupted TV twice a year. I’m a fan of Obama, but he says the same thing at each conference and I think one every 3 months or so for half an hour should be plenty.

I could care less what the two-faced politician has to say.

And if he makes me miss one minute of LOST, I’ll dislike him even more than I do now, if that’s even possible.

Great post, shanna.