[Vision2020] ABC

[Joe Campbell]

I don't think every event needs to be fair and ballanced (though I  
agree with Mo that this seems relatively f&b). He is the president; he  
was elected by a majority of the people. He has a right to state his  
case on this matter to the people in something other than the context  
of a full fledged debate. There is plenty of time for debate. Were I  
ABC, or Fox for that matter, I would want to show the event, no matter  
who the president was. It has more to do with ratings -- having an  
exclusive event with the president -- than bias.

Joe Campbell

On Jun 17, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Mo Hendrickson <hend5953 at vandals.uidaho.edu 
 > wrote:

> Just so we can all have the correct information.  Here is the link  
> to the ABC News information.
>
> http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/06/white-house-to-host-primetime-televised-conversation-june-24.html
>
> http://tinyurl.com/m5arwz
>
> It is not on Saturday, it is Wednesday.  It is hosted by Diane  
> Sawyer and Charlie Gibson on a special edition of Primetime.  This  
> is a moderated event, people can submit their questions to ABC and  
> the President will answer them.  From the five minute read that I  
> took, it seems like this will be more fair and balanced than  
> anything I have EVER seen on FoxNews.  (I was not always a left  
> leaning Democrat, so I have watched Fox from a right leaning  
> position, and found most of it too bitter and nasty even then.)   
> Granted there maybe something on Saturday, but I did not find any  
> such information on the ABC website, it didn't take too long to find  
> the correct information.
>
> -Mo
>
> > Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:41:47 -0700
> > From: lfalen at turbonet.com
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: [Vision2020] ABC
> >
> > According to Sean Hannity, Lars Larsen and Matt Drudge ABC will  
> host a program on healthcare from the Whitehouse this Saturday. This  
> will be a presentation of Obama's plan. No one else will be allowed  
> to present an alternative plan. ABC and or the White house will  
> select the audience.
> > Questions
> > 1. Do they have their facts right?
> > 2. If they do will it be paid for for the Democrats, since it  
> would be an infocommercial? If it is for free then the Republicans  
> and AARP should be allowed to present their plans.
> > Roger
> >
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