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	<title><![CDATA[No Excuses: Why The TV Nets Must Carry Obama's Press Conference This Week]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-boehlert/no-excuses-why-the-tv-net_b_241199.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Just moments after the White House's tweet last Friday announcing President Obama's prime-time press conference on Wednesday to discuss health care reform, media industry speculation began swirling over which broadcast networks would refuse to carry the presidential presser, the way Fox walked away from an Obama press conference in April. </p>

<p>The chatter represented the continuation of an unprecedented pity party television executives have been throwing themselves since Obama was inaugurated and began regularly communicating with the American people through network...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Media]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-08-20T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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