The networks aren't showing the Democratic Response.

[tridim]

I thought they were required to show the response by law?

[Jeanette in FL]

1. Msnbc is showing Dick Durbin n/t

[CatholicEdHead]

2. MSNBC did

[Kelly Rupert]

3. I don't recall any such law n/t

[tridim]

13. They always show the SOTU response.

Maybe it's just a courtesy.

Regardless, it's pathetic that the nets wouldn't show the opposing view.

[Kelly Rupert]

18. I'd bet courtesy/tradition there.

As for this, I don't think the opposition party traditionally gets equal time for every speech the president gives.

[malaise]

4. MSNBC did but CSpan is

carrying the questions

[Viva_La_Revolution]

16. callers!!

Portland caller opposes (of course) :)

[Clark2008]

5. Nope.

Certainly not since the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine, but they may never have been.

[doublethink]

6. go to CSPAN it's still on .......

[Dinger]

I Saw Durbin On MSNBC (nt)

[bluewave]

7. CBS immediately cuts away to Gloria Borger

Dick Cheney's pal.

Disgusting.

[Bluerthanblue]

8. Go to PBS- !

[Alamom]

CNN showed Durbin's speech. n/t

[DFLer4edu]

9. I think that law went out the window in the 70s

Does anyone have a link where I could see the democratic response?

[Roxy66]

10. NETWORKS....not cable. They cut it off

[Bluerthanblue]

17. Webb and Theune on Public Brodcasting (rabbit ear antenna tv)now

[tridim]

11. I'm watching it on CSPAN, but what about the cable-less folks out there?

They get nothing.

[951-Riverside]

Did CBS, NBC or ABC show it?

I'm not talking about the local stations I'm talking about the same national break in that carried Bush's speech

[tridim]

14. No. I checked all the non-cable networks and none showed it.

[Bluerthanblue]

21. Do you have public broadcasting network- educational tv? it's there-

[951-Riverside]

23. It should have been on the top 3 networks but

Thankfully my local station decided to carry it.

[Alamom]

12. Obama is on CNN now. n/t

[Gregorian]

15. MSNBC's Olbermann and Tweety are really doing a good job.

They're towing the Dem line. Showed the Dem response.

I'm more optimistic now than I was before the speech.

Bush fucked up.

[senseandsensibility]

20. Is tweety actually being fair to the Dems?

details, please, if you would be so kind. I'm not near a TV.

[BlooInBloo]

19. The BBC carried it - they're better Americans than the networks - lol! sigh.

[gkhouston]

24. I get a lot more of my news from the BBC than I did five years ago.

They had better coverage of the run-up to the midterms than most of the US networks.

[The Gunslinger]

22. That damn liberal media is at it again.