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Democrats cancel CBS Debate - 11/29/2007 10:20:45 AM   
GetJiggy

 

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WASHINGTON (AdAge.com) -- It's official: Democrats are canceling their Dec. 10 presidential debate on CBS due to the Writers Guild of America dispute with CBS News.

The Democratic National Committee made the official announcement tonight.

"Due to the uncertainty created by the ongoing labor dispute between CBS and the Writers Guild of America, the DNC has canceled the December 10th debate in Los Angeles. There are no plans to re-schedule," said DNC communications director Karen Finney.

Most if not all of the Democratic candidates had already said they planned to boycott the debate if the long-running labor dispute wasn't resolved, so the announcement was little surprise. But the formal announcement was still a setback to CBS News. The debate had been scheduled to be moderated by CBS News anchor Katie Couric.

CBS News in a statement said it regrets not being able to offer the Democratic debate.

"The possibility of picket lines set up by the Writers Guild of America and the unwillingness of many candidates to cross them made it necessary to allow the candidates to make other plans," CBS News said in a statement.
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RE: Democrats cancel CBS Debate - 2/5/2008 12:06:34 AM   
purplestates

 

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Status: offline 		It's funny to think about the effect that this type of unreliability in the national television media can have.

That's largely why sites like Purple States are becoming so popular for political commentary and why CNN and Fox News are more widely read online then viewed on the small screen.

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RE: Democrats cancel CBS Debate - 2/5/2008 8:02:58 AM   
Right_is_Right

 

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ORIGINAL: purplestates

It's funny to think about the effect that this type of unreliability in the national television media can have.

That's largely why sites like Purple States are becoming so popular for political commentary and why CNN and Fox News are more widely read online then viewed on the small screen.


What exactly are purple states?

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