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Rahm Emanuel Called Media CEOs Personally To Lobby For Obama Airtime

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rather than calling ABC, the White House chief of staff phoned Bob Iger, chief executive of parent company Disney. Instead of contacting NBC, Emanuel ...

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Fox Declines Obama Press Conference, NBC Says Yes Only After Time Switch

The Live Feed | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fox declined outright to air the news conference. NBC and ABC fell into line late Monday after the White House shifted the event's time from the previ...

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Obama A Reliable Ratings Magnet For Struggling Networks

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Even President Barack Obama, a gleam in his eye as he talked at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner two weeks...

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The Obamercial: Half Campaign Ad, Half "60 Minutes"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here Obama was the storyteller, the narrator presenting the facts about the struggles afflicting real American families — recounted in his own familiar voice. That rang real and authentic, and drove home that Obama is a leader who listens.

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