Saturday, 09 May 2009

In Passing

“Quickly, Smithers, my ‘world’s smallest violin’!”


Hollywood Reporter:

By and large, they personally forked out for his campaign, they voted for him, and they know he is capable of boosting TV ratings just by making an appearance.

But executives at the Big Four broadcast networks are seething behind the scenes that President Obama has cost them about $30 million in cumulative ad revenue this year with his three primetime news conference pre-emptions.
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Even more irksome, the White House is bailing out bankers, insurers and carmakers, but nary a nickel has gone to the struggling media industry
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“The millions of ad dollars the president is costing us could help us keep some of those people working.”
Hee.

Via:  Sean M.

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