Not sure I agree, GUEST. Maybe they don't consider it that important because the appointment itself is a lame duck issue. Also, maybe they decided they gave Ventura too much press last week and they've decided to kewl their jets. The Senate will be evenly divided now and nothing will really happen until next January, maybe.

Having been in radio and some tv, I can tell you that there aren't any bigwigs who sit around and tell every little radio/tv station what they should and should not run for news. Of course, if they belong to a group, they may get told some guidelines. The ones who have MORE power to subvert the news are the advertisers. We had the son of a big advertiser get drunk and run his car into another retailer's building. We were told, through our sales rep who handled their account, that if we made a big story out of it they would pull all of their adverts, which comprised a large part of that sales rep's annual income. Unfortunately, management complied and an ugly story supressed.

Go figure, huh?

kat

So...maybe you are right...maybe there are less obvious reasons for it not getting much press. Maybe we should all write in and demand they give it more coverage? Just thinking out loud here.:-)