Fox Won't Broadcast Obama Speech To Congress

Unlike CBS, ABC, NBC and PBS, Fox will not be broadcasting Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, September 9.

Wilshire & Washington reports that the network issued a statement: "The Fox Broadcasting Company will not air the Presidential Address to Congress on Wednesday, September 9 at 8:00 PM (ET). FOX's sister networks, Fox News Channel and the Fox Business Network will air the presidential address in its entirety. FOX will alert viewers with an on-screen graphic at the top of the 8:00 PM (ET) hour that the presidential address is available on Fox News Channel and the Fox Business Network."

And Broadcasting & Cable reports that the network will instead broadcast the premiere of the new season of "So You Think You Can Dance" at 8 p.m. as well as the first new episode of "Glee" at 9 p.m.:

Fox did not carry the President's July 22 press conference, which was also on a Wednesday night. So You Think You Can Dance wound up beating the press conference rating on any of its competitors that time around. Instead, the network directed viewers to sister cable network Fox News Channel.

Comments

[livingmoderate]

11:19 PM on 09/21/2009

FIrst of all, we need to remember that Fox Broadcasti­ng does not have a news outlet. It has to borrow local news from other local stations. No one is criticizin­g the CW for not airing the speeches.

Second, I never recalled Fox ever airing any of the Presidents­' speeches. I remember watching American Idol during Bush's State of the Union address. I did not hear anyone complainin­g about that.

I have always criticized networks like NBC that do not need to air news stuff during its shows since it has MSNBC and my local NBC network has its own news network PCNC. Why show the same thing on two channels that are owned by the same company. It is repetitive and unnecessar­y.

[sunflower68]

02:41 PM on 09/11/2009

It makes me sad to see the Hate all the way around. But regarding this issue, I think it's clear: The entire country has been discussing health care reform for months and months, including Fox News. But a "Fair and Balanced" "We Report, You Decide" 24 hour news channel that does not even BROADCAST a speech from our democratic­ally elected President that focuses on this issue? Unbelievab­le. In all seriousnes­s, how can their viewers defend that? Saying that this is the most aired President in history doesn't do it. This was a specific, special address to the joint sessions of Congress. How could ANY 24 hour news channel not broadcast that???

[Winthorpe]

10:33 PM on 09/09/2009

I just checked in on Hannity. "He just called insurance companies bad people!"

They rolled the tape. "Not because they're bad people." Minor detail that he said the opposite of what you said he did, Sean. Frank Luntz didn't call him on it -- shocking.

[Veratruth]

05:10 PM on 09/08/2009

Dear President Obama,

I just want you to know that former first lady Laura Bush expressed support for your decision to speak to the nations' school children, saying it is "really important for everyone to respect the president of the United States." Thanks to the former first lady, and thanks President Obama for your hard work. Veratruth

[Veratruth]

04:21 PM on 09/08/2009

Isn't that nice of FOX to accommodat­e all their fans who dislike the POTUS. GO FOX GO!!!

[68-lukeburlington]

03:18 AM on 09/08/2009

Had Bill O'Reilly over for dinner.... I wish I had invited Jon Stewart http://www­.suburbane­mpire.com

[hhayden]

07:54 AM on 09/08/2009

When you have free speech, you even have free speech for me'an ha'teful people. But the good thing is that we see them for who they are. Fox has three times the audience that MSNBC has and growing. I guess this guy just can't get over that.

[Veratruth]

10:23 AM on 09/08/2009

I bet that is about the same ratio for horror movies compared to decent ones. Of course, I won't swear to it. (R) Oops. I typed the wrong letter ... just like someone did on FOX twice.

[Eykis]

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[hhayden]

12:38 PM on 09/07/2009

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[Veratruth]

02:23 PM on 09/07/2009

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[Trekie]

12:08 PM on 09/07/2009

Their not even tring to be be fair anymore. This is why the President is not making headway on healthcare­; the jerks who own the news keep blocking him from getting his message across.

[hhayden]

12:13 PM on 09/07/2009

Are you kidding. He on TV with his message almost every day. ABC gave him a day long Obamathon. No president has been on the air more. He's been on so much many people are getting sic'k of him.

[edthebruce]

12:17 PM on 09/07/2009

Must you respond to EVERY comment on here? Don't you have something better to do?

[Veratruth]

12:38 PM on 09/07/2009

You mean FOX never mentions President Obama. I'm surprised. They sure had enough Bushathons­.

[MrUniteUs]

12:49 PM on 09/07/2009

True they rather promote lies about the President than let their audience hear from the man himself. Rightwing censorship is a growing threat to our democracy. Television audiences and
school children are being blocked from hearing the President of the United States. Meanwhile
the daily hate mongering continues to escalate. This is not good for America.

[edthebruce]

12:08 PM on 09/07/2009

I've noticed something very interestin­g in looking at progressiv­e blogs in comparison to the "right" leaning ones. There seems to be an awful lot of "trolling" going on here with people who spend a lot of time watching and defending FOX. Do you see the sheer number of comments from those who seem to support that channel and the ideology they promote? Pretty high number for people who don't agree with the viewpoints of Huffpo. Why is that? Why are they here? FOX employees, maybe?

I was on one of the right blogs (I won't dignify it by name) the other day and you should have seen the hateful and down right nasty things that they had to say about Anna Marie Cox's hosting of Rachel's show Friday night. Oh, and when she revealed her Teddy Kennedy T-shirt she wore in honor of the Senator, well that set off some kind of right wing hate bomb. It was awful.

These are not decent people. Hate is their religion and when you call them on it they play the victim. It would be funny if they weren't so dangerousl­y misguided.

[hhayden]

12:27 PM on 09/07/2009

Perhaps you mean me. I post a lot of comments and I am in media but I do a program on a far left leaning radio station. If you don't think there are a lot of ha'teful people here you haven't read many comments. Or perhaps the ha'te is OK if you agree with it. What is this "trolling" anyway - just posting an alternativ­e view? Can't you counter anything someone like me posts? In fact I think you should. Does free speech have a limit? Actually, I don't buy cable, so I almost never see Fox news, but I do hear good things about it. There should be at least one station who is not in the tank for the left.

I don't know about others, but I find just talking to those who agree with me rather boring. What will I learn from that?

I'm glad you listen to other views even if you disagree.

[Eykis]

01:05 PM on 09/07/2009

Go to Faux Notion's hatesite. That is where you belong.

[Ron1951]

01:06 PM on 09/07/2009

Nonsense!!­!!!! If you were really involved with left wing radio you would know what the World Net Daily is--Jason Linkins did a good story on them for the HP.

Free speech does have it's limits. The Supreme Court has ruled on this, and by the way, to participat­e in the HP's Comments you need to abide by certain rules that limit what you can say.

What kind of left wing radio announcer does not know about Fox News

HHayden, you are a phony, planting your "alternati­ve" views under cover of internet anonymity.

[Maxamillionair]

12:04 PM on 09/07/2009

what are they afraid of?

[hhayden]

12:15 PM on 09/07/2009

A socialist Americe where big government dominates every aspect of out lives.

[Veratruth]

12:44 PM on 09/07/2009

Are you trying to rename "America" now, and "aspect of our lives"?

[Krisgi]

05:54 PM on 09/07/2009

You work for a leftist radio station cleaning the bathrooms and making coffee.

[Veratruth]

12:45 PM on 09/07/2009

Going down the tube or not getting on the "tube" enough.

[GayGrandpa]

11:52 AM on 09/07/2009

Glee or Obama....

[Krisgi]

11:49 AM on 09/07/2009

I heard that they are going to do a Chuck Norris marathon instead.

[hhayden]

11:54 AM on 09/07/2009

I'll bet even that would turn better numbers than another worn out Obamathon.

[Krisgi]

05:55 PM on 09/07/2009

Among Fox viewers, hell yeah it would. Obama uses too many big words.

[Veratruth]

10:37 PM on 09/07/2009

I love it when KO shows Limbaugh jiggling while bashing people like me, but I do get tired watching him rehash what FOX has done or said.

[Krisgi]

11:48 AM on 09/07/2009

Do people who get FOX only get FOX, or can they watch the speech on another channel?!!­!!! I imagine that most people have about 6000 channels to choose from.

Duh... the "FOX viewers" who are interested (and capable of understand­ing) will tune in somewhere else to hear the speech; those who don´t would not have been swayed anyway.

No love lost.

[hhayden]

11:56 AM on 09/07/2009

Don
't worry, Ithink most people will understand the same tired message we've been getting all along.

[Eykis]

01:08 PM on 09/07/2009

This is actually a "fake" story. Fox News will cover it, not your local Fox channels. Another big lie from the RIGHT to make people think Fox News is not carrying it -- they do this often.

[LeftLeaner]

11:24 AM on 09/07/2009

I thought "we" the public own the "public" air waves - not FOX Nonsense

[hhayden]

12:01 PM on 09/07/2009

Don't be naive. How do they own the air waves more than MSNBC or any of the other network? The only difference is that you don't like what they have to say and want to shut out any other ideas.

[DEMatHEART]

10:51 AM on 09/07/2009

Heaven forbid that viewers should hear the President'­s comments first-hand and think for themselves­, instead of absorbing inaccurate soundbites from the pundits and pontificat­ors.

Dance competitio­ns trump health care? WOW, that figures. Hope the couch potatoes have good health care plans!

[hhayden]

11:12 AM on 09/07/2009

The president will be all over the airwaves for all to hear if they want to. More channels will not be showning his propaganda than will. Conservati­ves are about choice generally speaking, not a takeover of the media.

[LeftLeaner]

02:11 PM on 09/07/2009

Choice would be to air it, and let the public decide to watch it and if they do to make their own informed decision.