While Obama's prime-time news conference aired on three Big Three broadcast networks -- ABC, NBC, and CBS -- Fox opted out, and instead aired an episode of the drama "Lie to Me."
That move seems to have paid off: Fox drew 7.9 million viewers and won the 8pm time slot, according to TVNewser. However, approximately 19 million viewers tuned into Obama on the Big Three combined. (That's according to Nielsen overnight numbers, with final ratings out later today).
Obama's presser aired on Fox News, although Major Garrett was the only one of the major networks' White House correspondents not to get a question.
I called it.
Fox also got to collect advertising revenue that the Big 3 didn't get. A win in all categories for Fox, even if Major Garrett didn't get a question. That just made Obama look petty.
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