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Hmm, of the 3 cable news nets 1 wasn't offered the Obama 30-minute commercial, 1 turned it down, and 1 is airing it.

Posted by Ender (aka Ender) Oct 29 '08, 08:02

It breaks down exactly as you would expect.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/29/cnn-declines-obama-camp-ad-request/ (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)

Responses:

"No one will delay the World Series game with an infomercial when I'm president," John McCain said Tuesday. - emoticreature Oct 29, 08:04 7
- But NFL games? Those can wait. -- nm - ty97 Oct 29, 08:05
- The gamer isn't being delayed. The pre-game show is not happening. -- nm - Diva Oct 29, 08:05 3
  - It's delayed a little bit (17 minutes I believe). -- nm - Don Homer Oct 29, 08:06 2
    - first pitch hasn't happened until after 8:30 anyway, even if they had an 8:20 scheduled start -- nm - znufrii Oct 29, 08:06 1
      - "It's slow and boring, no one will notice" is not the same as "It's not being delayed" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 29, 08:34
- he's a douche. I've really lost *a lot* of respect for him. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 29, 08:05
- Dictator McCain? -- nm - Don Homer Oct 29, 08:05
Basically MSNBC is for sale. Yuk -- nm - Guigue Oct 29, 08:03 6
- I guess Fox and CBS are too... ?? -- nm - Don Homer Oct 29, 08:05 5
  - I take issue with a news network picking up this informercial. - ty97 Oct 29, 08:06
  - Those aren't "news" networks though. -- nm - Ender Oct 29, 08:06 3
    - Yeah I meant the news is for sale at MSNBC -- nm - Guigue Oct 29, 08:07 2
      - well it's Olberman's slot that they're taking over anyway, so I'd think it would be seen as a plus for news in that regard. :) -- nm - znufrii Oct 29, 08:08 1
        
        True, I suppose it is actually a net-positive on the objectivity scale. -- nm - Ender Oct 29, 08:14
30 minute commercial... what's he doing, selling me a Magic Bullet? - colin Oct 29, 08:03
I'll be watching Pushing Daisies. -- nm - ty97 Oct 29, 08:03

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Hmm, of the 3 cable news nets 1 wasn't offered the Obama 30-minute commercial, 1 turned it down, and 1 is airing it.

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