WGME cuts off Obama press conference

[newsbot]

The Sinclair-owned CBS outlet abruptly cut away at 11:57AM to present its midday newscast without a word of explanation to viewers. Did this also happen at other CBS (or other network) affiliates?

 

[Walter Graff]

Guess like everyone else, they are tired of his rhetoric.

 

[brandy00]

AT LEAST IT HASN'T BEEN 8 YEARS AS IT WAS WITH "W"

 

[newsbot]

Let's keep this focused on broadcasting, not politics. The last thing I want is for this discussion to be moved to "Take it Outside."

 

[Maine-i-ac]

WABI 5, WLBZ 2 and WVII 7 in Bangor carried the conference to completion. WFVX Fox 22 did not carry it at all.

 

[newsbot]

Thanks Maine-i-ac! WGME briefly faded to black before starting the newscast so I was almost 100% certain it was a local decision and nothing to do with CBS.

 

[Mainedude2007]

no doubt a local decision, perhaps made because CBS had tennis at 12:30 so WGME didn't want to PO the advertisers of the noon news

 

[Maine-i-ac]

WABI started their noon news as soon as the conference got over and ran the full 1/2 hour. They joined tennis in progress.

 

[Schuyler]

It's a safe bet that other CBS affiliates did NOT cut off the President, but other SINCLAIR-owned stations did. They're the Salem of TV.