| 1. | WDAM-NBC HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168 | |
 | MAR 13 2008 5:30AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 6,351 |
| News 7 Today | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $300 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $1,500 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $150 |
| [**05:49:11 AM**] OVER FOR NOW AND THE NATIONAL CANDIDATES HAVE LEFT THE STATE. NOW A SOUTHERN MISS POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR SAYS OUR STATE GOT UNUSUAL ATTENTION THIS DEMOCRATIC RACE BETWEEN BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON IS SO CLOSE. OBAMA WON MISSISSIPPI WITH 61 PERCENT OF THE VOTE, AND TAKING A MAJORITY OF OUR STATE'S 33 CONVENTION DELEGATES. NEITHER CANDIDATE HAS ENOUGH DELEGATES TO SECURE THE NOMINATION. WE USUALLY GET BECAUSE SO OFTEN THE PRIMARY RESULTS ARE PRETTY MUCH SETTLED BY THE TIME MISSISSIPPI VOTES BECAUSE OUR PRIMARY IS SOMEWHAT LATE IN THE SPRING BUT THIS YEAR IT'S STILL ANYBODYS GAME. "SHOWDOWN FOR CLINTON AND OBAMA, IS SIX WEEKS FROM NOW, IN PENNSYLVANIA. BUT NOW DEMOCRATS ARE QUESTIONING HOW TO COUNT THE PRIMARY VOTES IN FLORIDA, AND MICHIGAN, WHILE REPUBLICAN JOHN MCCAIN IS THINKING ABOUT A RUNNING MATE. STEVE HANDELSMAN HAS THE LATEST ON THE CAMPAIGN. HILLARY CLINTON WAS LOOKING FOR DELEGATES TODAY FROM PRIMARIES HELD BACK IN JANUARY. "IF YOU ARE A VOTER FROM FLORIDA OR MICHIGAN, YOU KNOW THAT WE SHOULD COUNT YOUR VOTE. ALONE ON THE BALLOT, SHE WON IN MICHIGAN, JANUARY 15TH. AND TWO WEEKS LATER BEAT BARACK OBAMA IN FLORIDA. "THANK YOU FLORIDA! THANK YOU FLORIDA DEMOCRATS! "CLINTON KNEW HER PARTY HAD INVALIDATED THE VOTE TO PUNISH BOTH STATES FOR HOLDING PRIMARIES TOO EARLY BUT NOW, SHE NEEDS THOSE DELEGATES. "HONOR THE RESULTS OR HOLD NEW PRIMARY ELECTIONS. APPLAUSE "CLINTON CAMPAIGN SEEMS TO WANT TO MAKE UP RULES AS THEY GO ALONG. "BARACK OBAMA TODAY IS LEARY. "MY BOTTOM LINE IS I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN DELEGATES HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AT THE CONVENTION. THE LATEST DO-OVER PROPOSAL FOR FLORIDA WAS A MAIL- IN PRIMARY, LIKE THE ONE IN OREGON. |
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| 2. | WDAM-NBC HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168 | |
| MAR 13 2008 6:30AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 16,169 |
| News 7 Today | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $330 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $1,650 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $165 |
| [**06:36:29 AM**] LEADING UP TO MISSISSIPPI'S PRIMARY, OUR STATE TOOK CENTER STAGE IN THE NATIONAL ARENA, AND THAT GENERATED LOTS OF EXCITEMENT. COLLEEN DONOVAN REPORTS. WHEN TUESDAYS MISSISSIPPI PRIMARY WAS ALL SAID AND DONE ILLINOIS SENATOR BARACK OBAMA CAPTURED THE MAJORITY OF THE STATE'S VOTES, OVER 60% IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. WHILE HIS RIVAL NEW YORK SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON CAPTURED 37%PERCENT OF THE VOTE. "TYPICALLY WITH US HOLDING OUR PRIMARY A LITTLE LATER IN THE SEASON AND DON'T GET A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, AND SO THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATIC RACE IS STILL ANYBODY'S GAME AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS GO, IT MEANT THAT THOSE CANDIDATES FELT THEY HAD TO SOME HERE AND THEY SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF TIME HERE. VON HERRMANN IS THE DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND LETTERS AT SOUTHERN MISS AND SHE'S A POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR. ... VOTED IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY SUPPORTED OBAMA. BUT SEVEN OUT YESTERDAYS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY SUPPORTED CLINTON. VON HERRMANN SAYS HIGH VOTER TURNOUT ALSO HELPED OBAMA WIN THE STATE. "AND HE DID MANAGE AS HE HAS IN SOME OTHER STATE TO ENERGIZE YOUNGER VOTERS AND TO ENERGIZE AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTERS WHO SOMETIMES FEEL DISENFRANCHISED AND ARE NOT AS LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF OUR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES. "SHE SAYS CLINTON CAPTURED THE VOTE OF TRADITIONAL SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS. AND SHE SAYS SOME REPUBLICANS CROSSED PARTY LINES TO HAVE SAY IN THE PRIMARY, VOTING FOR WHO THEY THOUGHT WOULD BE THE CANDIDATE ARIZONA SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN COULD BEAT COME NOVEMBER. FOR SEVEN ON YOUR SIDE, I'M COLLEEN DONOVAN. SHOWDOWN FOR CLINTON AND OBAMA, IS SIX WEEKS FROM NOW, IN PENNSYLVANIA. BUT NOW DEMOCRATS ARE QUESTIONING HOW TO COUNT THE PRIMARY VOTES IN FLORIDA, AND MICHIGAN, AS EARLY AS TODAY THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL UNVEIL A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN DEMOCRATS AGREE ON WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN. ... NATS) IN THIS RACE OF TRAILBLAZERS, THE ONLY WOMAN TO RUN ON A MAJOR PARTY WHITE HOUSE TICKET QUIT HER ROLE: GERALDINE FERRARO IS OUT AS CLINTON FUNDRAISER AFTER REMARKS SEEMING TO ATTRIBUTE BARACK OBAMA'S POLITICAL RISE TO HIS RACE. TO NBC, FERRARO STUCK BY THAT. SUPER NOT NEEDED, NIGHTLY SUPER IS UP "WHAT I DID WAS I WAS CAMPAIGN. ... OBAMA CALLED HER COMMENTS RIDICULOUS. CLINTON AGAIN REJECTED THEM AND BOTH DEMOCRATS NOW FACE INTERPARTY WARFARE ON FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN, WHETHER THEIR DELEGATES WILL COUNT. 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE 39- 47) ARE TWO OPTIONS: HONOR THE RESULTS OR HOLD NEW PRIMARY ELECTIONS. OBAMA DISMISSED THE FIRST OPTION 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE 50- 55) AGREED THAT THEY WOULDN'T COUNT, UNTIL SHE THOUGHT MAYBE THEY SHOULD COUNT. AND NOW THE STATE'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REJECTS A REVOTE, FLORIDA 1:01-1:07) AGAINST ANOTHER ELECTION, PARTICULARLY AGAINST A MAIL IN, BECAUSE IT WILL NOT BE A CREDIBLE RACE. BUT CLINTON REJECTS THEIR PROPOSAL, TO DIVVY UP THE DELEGATES BASED ON SOME FORMULA ANALYSTS SAY RE-VOTES WOULD HELP HER MORE: GET MORE POPULAR VOTE TO SEE IF SHE CAN CATCH UP TO SENATOR OBAMA ON THAT FRONT. "REPUBLICAN JOHN MCCAIN SAYS HE'S BEGUN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING FOR A RUNNINGMATE, BUT GIVES NO HINTS. SHOWED THAT WITHOUT A RESOLUTION, A QUARTER OF FLORIDA'S DEMOCRATS SAY THEY WON'T SHOW UP IN NOVEMBER OR MAY VOTE REPUBLICAN. |
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| 3. | WDAM-NBC HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168 | |
| MAR 13 2008 5:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 25,951 |
| News 7 at Five | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $650 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $3,250 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $325 |
| [**05:02:36 PM**] THIS POSTAL PLAN WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO GET APPROVED AND HARD TO RUN. AND TOP FLORIDA DEMOCRATS SAY THE MAIN REASON THEY'LL EVEN TRY IS THE CLOSENESS OF DEMOCRATIC RACE. HILLARY CLINTON WAS ON THE SENATE FLOOR TODAY. WILDSOT: SENATE GAVEL SMACK SMACK BARACK OBAMA TOO. AS FLORIDA FLOATED A MAIL IN PLAN FOR A NEW PRIMARY. I HATE THE VOTE BY MAIL BUT I JUST THINK IT MAY BE OUR BEST AVAILABLE ALTERNATIVE TOP FLORIDA DEMOCRAT STEVE GELLER AND REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR CHARLIE CHRIST. ... HILLARY CLINTON WANTS SOME KIND OF VOTE "ONE, SHE NEEDS MORE CONTESTS, TWO, SHE WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE POPULAR VOTE TO SEE IF SHE CAN CATCH UP TO SENATOR OBAMA ON THAT FRONT. BUT BARACK OBAMA SAYS HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT VERIFYING MAIL IN SIGNATURES AND GETTING BALLOTS TO ALL FLORIDIANS. "LOGISTICAL CONCERNS ABOUT A MAIL IN SYSTEM ARE NOT UNIQUE TO US. ACTUALLY MANY OF CLINTON'S MOST PROMINENT BACKERS SHARE THOSE SAME CONCERNS. LIKE FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN KENDRICK MEEK. HE REMEMBERS 2000. ... "THIS IS YOU KNOW NOT JUST POLITICS THIS IS QUITE EMOTIONAL FOR MANY VOTERS IN FLORIDA" AND IT COULD BE CRITICAL TO THE TIGHT RACE BETWEEN CLINTON AND OBAMA. BUT BOTH CANDIDATES WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THE MAIL IN PROPOSAL. AND THE STATE PARTY CHAIR GUESSED TODAY THAT THE FLORIDA MAIL IN PRIMARY WILL MOST LIKELY NOT IN FACT BE HELD. |
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| 4. | WDAM-NBC HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168 | |
| MAR 13 2008 10:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 34,041 |
| News 7 at Ten | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $1,100 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $5,500 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $550 |
| [**10:11:36 PM**] THAT STORY TOPS OUR LOOK AT THE NATIONAL NEWS TONIGHT. FLORIDA GOVERNOR CHARLIE CHRIST MET WITH SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER STEVE GELLER TO CONSIDER THE OPTIONS. THE HEAD OF FLORIDA'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS ASKING DEMOCRATIC LEADERS, THE NATIONAL PARTY AND THE CANDIDATES HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA TO CONSIDER A COMBINED VOTE- BY-MAIL AND VOTE IN-PERSON PLAN AS THE BEST WAY TO RESOLVE THE DISPUTE. WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE CAN TRY OUT A CAUCUS IN A STATE THIS LARGE AND DIVERSE, SO THE ONLY THING WE WERE LEFT WITH WAS A PARTY-RUN AND THAT IS WHAT WE BELIEVE WE COULD DO. BUT IF THIS IS NOT WHAT THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA AND OUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WANT THEN WE'RE NO GOING TO DO IT. |
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| 5. | WHLT-CBS HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168 | |
| MAR 13 2008 5:30AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 159 |
| WHLT 22 News at 530AM | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $40 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $200 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $20 |
| [**05:33:01 AM**] RUNS: 0: 08 "HERE'S A PROJECT WHERE WE ARE FORMING A PARTNERSHIP AND WE HOPE THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF ALLEVIATING THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM IN MADISON COUNTY. "THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY 2010. THE ISSUE OF RACE IS ONCE AGAIN GRABBING HEADLINES ON THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TRAIL, DETAILS AS WE BEGIN OUR CAMPAIGN 2008 COVERAGE FORMER VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND HILLARY CLINTON SUPPORTER GERALDINE FERRARO IS AT THE CENTER OF THE LATEST CONTROVERSY. OBAMA CALLED HER COMMENTS 'SLICE AND DICE'POLITICS. SHE CLAIMS HER REMARKS ABOUT BARACK OBAMA WERE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT, AND SPUN BY THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN. RUNS: 0:XX "IF BARACK OBAMA WERE A WHITE MAN, WOULD WE BE TALKI BE TALKING ABOUT THIS AS A POTENTIAL REAL PROBLEM FOR HILLARY? IF HE WERE A WOMAN OF ANY COLOR, WOULD HE BE IN THIS POSITION? ABSOLUTELY NOT. "A SENIOR ADVISER WITH THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN SAYS SENATOR CLINTON DOES NOT SHARE FERRARO'S OPINION. OBAMA AND CLINTON ARE GETTING READY FOR PENNSYLVANIA WHERE VOTERS THERE HEAD TO THE POLLS IN A LITTLE MORE THAN SIX WEEKS. MEANWHILE, REPU BLICAN NOMINEE SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN CAMPAIGNED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AT A TOWN HALL MEETING, HE SAYS HE NEEDS TO WIN NEW HAMPSHIRE TO WIN THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. NEWS CHANNEL 12 HAS MADE IT EASY TO FIND ALL OF YOUR CAMPAIGN 2008 NEEDS. |
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| 6. | WHLT-CBS HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168 | |
| MAR 13 2008 5:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 3,349 |
| WHLT 22 News at 6PM | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $40 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $200 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $20 |
| [**06:09:07 PM**] IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, FLORIDA DEMOCRATS TODAY PROPOSED HOLDING A NEW "VOTE BY MAIL"PRIMARY, A DO-OVER BECAUSE THE XENING NEWS H@NATIONAL C EVENING NEWS FLORIDA OF ITS DELEGATES FOR HOLDING ITS FIRST PRIMARY TOO EARLY. F@NET1 MEANWHILE, THE TWO DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES WERE BACK AT WORK IN THE SENATE TODAY. BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON SAT NEXT TO EACH OTHER DURING BUDGET DEBATES. NO WORD ON WHAT THEY DISCUSSED. OVERSEAS, IMPORTANT ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD IN IRAN TOMORROW. |
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| 7. | WABG-ABC GREENWOOD-GREENVILLE, MS, MARKET RANK: 184 | |
| MAR 13 2008 10:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 20,531 |
| ABC6 NEWS AT TEN | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $651 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $3,255 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $160 |
| [**10:00:47 PM**] PRIMARY IN MISSISSIPPI IS OVER WE'LL TELL YOU WHERE THE CANDIDATES ARE NOW, IT MAY SURPRISE YOU THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS INVESTIGATING SCHOOLS IN BOLIVAR COUNTY. THAT STORY AND YOUR LOCAL NEWS START RIGHT NOW GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M BOB TROTTER AND I'M JENESE HARRIS, IT IS MARCH 13TH 2008 THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE STAKING OUT THEIR POSITIONS TODAY, ON HOW TO LET YOU KEEP YOUR MONEY, OR TAKE IT AND SPEND IT FOR YOU. SENATORS JOHN MCCAIN, HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA, ALL RETURNED TO THEIR DAY JOBS IN THE CAPITAL. THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS BIG VOTES ON TAX CUTS, SPENDING AND GETTING FAT OUT OF THE BUDGET. DANA BASH REPORTS FROM CAPITOL HILL. ... DEMOCRATS BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON RETURNED TO THE CAPITOL TOO. AFTER LONG ABSNECES WHAT LURED THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO THE SENATE? LEGISLATION TO BAN THE CONTROVERSIAL PRACTICE OF EARMAKRS FOR ONE YEAR. ... CLINTON HAD GOTTEN $342 MILLION WORTH OF EARMARKS, PORK BARRELL PROEJECTS. TH SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS BECAUSE HES JUNIOR HAD ONLY GOT ABOUT $9 2MILLION. MCCAIN IS TRYING TO APPEAL TO INDEPENDENT VOTERS FED UP WITH WASHINGTON, BY MAKING WITH WASHINGTON, BY MAKING EARMARKS A MAJOR DIVIDING LINE WITH DEMOCRATS. ... OBAMA DID SUDDENLY COMPLY WITH ONE MCCAIN DEMAND REVEALING FOR THE FIRST TIME WHAT EARMAKS HE SOUGHT IN 2005 AND 2006, HIS FIRST TWO YEARS IN THE SENATE. AND ON HIS WAY TO WASHINGOTN, OBAMA RENEWED HIS ATTACK ON MCCAIN FOR WANTING TO MAKE THE BUSH TAX CUTS HE INITIALLY OPPOSED, PEMANENT. THESE ARE ALL STEPS THAT JOHN MCCAIN LIGHTLY SAID WERE IRRESPONSIBLE WHEN THEY FIRST CAME UP, THAT CERTAINLY WERE UNPRECEDENTED AT A TIME OF WAR. BUT FOR ALL THE CAMPAIGN DISCORD, PLEASENTRIES BACK IN THE CLUB OF THE SENATE. MCCAIN AND CLINTON SAYING HELLO. AND THIS: KNOWING THE PRESS WAS WATCHING, OBAMA ENGAGED CLINTON, AND THE TWO SAT DOWN FOR SEVERAL MINUTES OF ONE ON ONE CONSERVATION, MAKING SURE TO SMILE. LEST ANYONE USE THIS TO REKINDLE TALK OF A S-CALLED DREAM TICKET, ACROSS THE CAPITOL, THE HOUSE SPEAKER WARNED, NO WAY. TAKE IT FROM ME, THAT WON'T BE THE TICKET. |
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| 8. | WTOK-ABC MERIDIAN, MS, MARKET RANK: 186 | |
| MAR 13 2008 6:00AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 18,605 |
| Good Morning Meridian | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $200 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $1,000 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $100 |
| [**06:06:59 AM**] WE HAVE COMPLETE RESULTS FROM ALL RACES IN OUR AREA, BOTH DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN. ON THE PRESIDENTIAL FRONT, THE PRIMARY CALENDAR IS NOW CLEAR UNTIL APRIL 22ND, WHEN PENNSYLVANIA WILL BE THE BIG PRIZE. IN THE MEANTIME, SENATOR CLINTON IS LOOKING BACK TO THE FUTURE, FOR VOTES ALREADY CAST, BUT NOT CLAIMED. ABC'S TJ WINICK EXPLAINS. TRAILING BARACK OBAMA BY OVER A HUNDRED PLEDGE DELEGATES, HILLARY CLINTON IS PUSHING FOR THE VOTES OF FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN TO BE COUNTED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. SOT CLINN WE HAVE A BASIC OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY VOTE IN AMERICA COUNTS AND I HOPE THAT SENATOR OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN WILL JOIN ME IN WORKING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THE TWO SIDES NOW HAVE SIX WEEKS TO SLUG IT OUT BEFORE THE NEXT CONTEST, IN PENNSYLVANIA. THAT MEANS THE RACE BECOMES MORE ABOUT BROAD THEMES THAN INDIVIDUAL VOTERS. ... FORMER VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GERALDINE FERRARO, WHO WAS FORCED TO RESIGN FROM THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN LATE WEDNESDAY, APPEARED ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA AFTER SUGGESTING OBAMA WOULDN'T STILL BE A PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER IF HE WERE A WHITE MAN OR A WOMAN, SOT FERRARO I WAS CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAS COME OUT WITH A PRIDE IN HIS HISTORY CANDIDACY, AND HAS SHOWN ITSELF AT THE POLLS. OBAMA CALLEDFERRARO'S COMMENTS "SLICE AND DICE"POLITICS. WITH REGARD TO NATIONAL SECURITY, THE ILLINOIS SENATOR WENT ON THE OFFENSIVE HOLDING AN EVENT IN CHICAGO WITH HIS OWN TEAM OF RETIRED GENERALS. SOT GENERAL MCPEAK/FORMER AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF14:03:15 WHEN THE PHONE RINGS AT 3AM, YOU WANT A GUY WITH THIS TEMPERAMENT TO ANSWER THE PHONE. STANDUP WINICK OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER SAID HE IS AGAINST A MAIL-IN VOTE IN MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA, BUT THAT HE WOULD SUPPORT A CAUCUS, A FULL-PRIMARY, OR A 50/50 SPLIT OF THE DELEGATES. TJ WINICK, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. MEANWHILE, OBAMA CARRIED LAUDERDALE COUNTY BY A WIDE MARGIN IN TUESDAY'S PRIMARIE, WITH ALL OF THE VOTES COUNTED NOW, YOU CAN SEE THE SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS GOT ABOUT 72 PERCENT OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY'S DEMOCRATIC VOTERS CLINTON GOT JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THOSE VOTERS. IN CRIME NEWS, PIKE COUNTY CORONER PERCY PITTMAN HAS IDENTIFIED THE SHOOTER WHO KILLED THREE PEOPLE IN AN APPARENT DOMESTIC DISPUTE AS ROBERT LANHAM. LANHAM ALLEGEDLY SHOT AND KILLED TWO PEOPLE IN A MCCOMB BANK AND LATER KILLED A WOMAN IDENTIFIED AS HIS FORMER WIFE. |
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| 9. | WTOK-ABC MERIDIAN, MS, MARKET RANK: 186 | |
| MAR 13 2008 5:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 19,297 |
| 5 PM News | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $931 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $4,655 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $115 |
| [**05:07:37 PM**] SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. THE CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. THE VOTES ARE NOW COUNTED, AND THEY SHOW THAT SENATOR BARACK OBAMA PICKED UP FIVE MORE DELEGATES THAN HILLARY CLINTON IN MISSISSIPPI'S PRIMARY TUESDAY. AN ANALYSIS BY E ASSOCIATED PRESS FINDS THAT OBAMA WON 19 DELEGATES TO CLINTON'S 14 DELEGATES. THOSE DELEGATES WILL REPRESENT THEIR RESPECTIVE CANDIDATES AT THE UPCOMING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. OBAMA WON THE POPULAR VOTE WITH MORE THAN 60 PERCENT TO CLINTON'S 40 PERCENT. A STATE SENATE PANEL TODAY APPROVED A BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW COUNTY OFFICIALS TO HIKE THE PAY OF EMPLOYEES BY UP TO TEN PERCENT. THE INCREASE WOULD BE UP TO THE DISCRETION OF COUNTY OFFICIALS. |
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| 10. | WLOX-ABC BILOXI-GULFPORT, MS, MARKET RANK: 160 | |
| MAR 14 2008 5:00AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 7,453 |
| Good Morning MS | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $450 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $2,250 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $225 |
| [**05:12:36 AM**] BUT MANY OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S TAX CUTS WILL HAVE TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THESE INCREASES. THE THREE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES RETURNED TO THE SENATE TO VOTE. MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS ARE CLOSE TO AN AGREEMENT WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA, ON HOLDING A DO-OVER PRIMARY. ANY PLAN WOULD REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF THE TWO CAMPAIGNS, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, STATE PARTY LEADERS AND MICHIGAN GOVERNOR JENNIFER GRANHOLM. THE CONTEST MUST BE HELD BY JUNE 10TH FOR THE RESULTS TO COUNT. |
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| 11. | WLOX-ABC BILOXI-GULFPORT, MS, MARKET RANK: 160 | |
| MAR 14 2008 6:30AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 30,407 |
| Good Morning MS | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $1,630 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $8,150 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $300 |
| [**06:48:00 AM**] BUT MANY OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S TAX CUTS WILL HAVE TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THESE INCREASES. THE THREE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES RETURNED TO THE SENATE TO VOTE. MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS ARE CLOSE TO AN AGREEMENT WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA, ON HOLDING A DO-OVER PRIMARY. ANY PLAN WOULD REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF THE TWO CAMPAIGNS, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, STATE PARTY LEADERS AND MICHIGAN GOVERNOR JENNIFER GRANHOLM. THE CONTEST MUST BE HELD BY JUNE 10TH FOR THE RESULTS TO COUNT. |
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| 12. | WLOX-ABC BILOXI-GULFPORT, MS, MARKET RANK: 160 | |
| MAR 14 2008 6:30AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 30,407 |
| Good Morning MS | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $2,100 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $10,500 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $300 |
| [**07:00:22 AM**] THIS MORNING, NEW MOVE BY THE WHITE HOUSE TO BOOST THE ECONOMY. AND WE SHOW YOU NEW TECHNOLOGY TO HELP YOU COME OUT A WINNER IN THE HOUSING MARKET. WHAT A WEEK IT WAS FOR CLINTON VERSUS OBAMA. JERRY, YOU'RE NOT HELPING. ARGUMENTS ABOUT RACE, GENDER, RESUMES AND SERMONS, WE TELL WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON. |
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| 13. | WDAM-NBC HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168 | |
| MAR 14 2008 6:30AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 16,169 |
| News 7 Today | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $1,171 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $5,855 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $165 |
| [**06:46:04 AM**] THIS POSTAL PLAN WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO GET APPROVED AND HARD TO RUN. AND TOP FLORIDA DEMOCRATS SAY THE MAIN REASON THEY'LL EVEN TRY IS THE CLOSENESS OF DEMOCRATIC RACE. HILLARY CLINTON WAS ON THE SENATE FLOOR TODAY. WILDSOT: SENATE GAVEL SMACK SMACK BARACK OBAMA TOO. AS FLORIDA FLOATED A MAIL IN PLAN FOR A NEW PRIMARY. I HATE THE VOTE BY MAIL BUT I JUST THINK IT MAY BE OUR BEST AVAILABLE ALTERNATIVE TOP FLORIDA DEMOCRAT STEVE GELLER AND REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR CHARLIE CHRIST. ... HILLARY CLINTON WANTS SOME KIND OF VOTE "ONE, SHE NEEDS MORE CONTESTS, TWO, SHE WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE POPULAR VOTE TO SEE IF SHE CAN CATCH UP TO SENATOR OBAMA ON THAT FRONT. BUT BARACK OBAMA SAYS HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT VERIFYING MAIL IN SIGNATURES AND GETTING BALLOTS TO ALL FLORIDIANS. "LOGISTICAL CONCERNS ABOUT A MAIL IN SYSTEM ARE NOT UNIQUE TO US. ACTUALLY MANY OF CLINTON'S MOST PROMINENT BACKERS SHARE THOSE SAME CONCERNS. LIKE FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN KENDRICK MEEK. HE REMEMBERS 2000. ... "THIS IS YOU KNOW NOT JUST POLITICS THIS IS QUITE EMOTIONAL FOR MANY VOTERS IN FLORIDA" AND IT COULD BE CRITICAL TO THE TIGHT RACE BETWEEN CLINTON AND OBAMA. BUT BOTH CANDIDATES WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THE MAIL IN PROPOSAL. AND THE STATE PARTY CHAIR GUESSED TODAY THAT THE FLORIDA MAIL IN PRIMARY WILL MOST LIKELY NOT IN FACT BE HELD. ... SOME SOUTH FLORIDIANS FEEL IN JANUARY VOTERS WERE STILL UNEDUCATED ABOUT SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA. CANDIDATES WEREN'T ALLOWED TO CAMPAIGN IN THE SUNSHINE STATE SINCE FLORIDA MOVED IT'S PRIMARY DATE. SOT CHARLES MARTIN FLORIDA DEMOCRAT 53 58 "NEITHER OF THEM CAMPAIGNED HERE. ... WANT FLORIDA'S DELEGATES SEATED AT THE CONVENTION, VOTERS WE SPOKE WITH SAY THE CLINTON AND OBAMA CAMPAIGNS SHOULD DIP INTO THEIR WAR CHESTS AND PONY UP. SOT NINA SOFFER CONCERNED VOTER 1:14 1:22 "THE CANDIDATES HAVE RAISED ENOUGH CASH TO SPLIT THE TAB. LET THEM PAY FOR IT PERHAPS WITH A KICK-IN FROM HOWARD DEAN. |
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| 14. | WDAM-NBC HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168 | |
| MAR 14 2008 5:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 25,951 |
| News 7 at Five | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $650 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $3,250 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $325 |
| [**05:03:09 PM**] WARNED THAT TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT ACTION COULD MAKE THINGS WORSE. STEVE HANDELSMAN HAS THE LATEST ON AMERICA'S ECONOMY FROM WASHINGTON. DEMOCRATS UP HERE, INCLUDING HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA, ARE CALLING FOR MORE INTERVENTION, TO STOP THE BAD ECONOMIC NEWS THAT SPREAD TODAY. BUT PRESDIENT BUSH SAYS NO DESPITE THE NEWS TODAY ABOUT BEAR STEARNS. THE BEAR STEARNS'CRISIS SLAMMED WALL STREET. |
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| 15. | WABG-ABC GREENWOOD-GREENVILLE, MS, MARKET RANK: 184 | |
| MAR 14 2008 6:30AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 10,735 |
| Good Morning MS | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $264 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $1,320 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $40 |
| [**06:17:28 AM**] BUT LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE MORNING WE HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND DRYER SUNDAY. WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT NOW IT'S TIME FOR DAVID LUSH AT BUCK'S RESTAURANT, WHERE BARACK OBAMA VISITED. I HEARD HE BOUGHT EVERYONE BREAKFAST, AND WE DIDN'T EVEN GET INVITED. WE ARE AT BUCK'S RESTAURANT. ... THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WAS HERE, BARACK OBAMA. HE CAME IN, HAD BREAKFAST, HAD A CONFERENCE, WENT OUTSIDE. WE HAD ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE WAITING TO SEE HIM AND SHAKE HIS HAND. ... I BELIEVE SENATOR CLINTON SAYS SHE'S GOING TO BE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. WAS THERE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT IN HERE, OR DID ANYONE CARE? DIDN'T ANYONE CARE BECAUSE HE'S WAY AHEAD. |
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| 16. | WABG-ABC GREENWOOD-GREENVILLE, MS, MARKET RANK: 184 | |
| MAR 14 2008 5:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 19,422 |
| ABC6 NEWS AT FIVE | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $353 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $1,765 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $100 |
| [**05:05:43 PM**] THE OTHER TWO WILL GO TO PRISON. THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE STAKING OUT THEIR POSITIONS TODAY, ON HOW TO LET YOU KEEP YOUR MONEY, OR TAKE IT AND SPEND IT FOR YOU. SENATORS JOHN MCCAIN, HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA, ALL RETURNED TO THEIR DAY JOBS IN THE CAPITAL. THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS BIG VOTES ON TAX CUTS, SPENDING AND GETTING FAT OUT OF THE BUDGET. DANA BASH REPORTS FROM CAPITOL HILL. ... DEMOCRATS BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON RETURNED TO THE CAPITOL TOO. AFTER LONG ABSNECES WHAT LURED THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO THE SENATE? LEGISLATION TO BAN THE CONTROVERSIAL PRACTICE OF EARMAKRS FOR ONE YEAR. ... CLINTON HAD GOTTEN $342 MILLION WORTH OF EARMARKS, PORK BARRELL PROEJECTS. TH SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS BECAUSE HES JUNIOR HAD ONLY GOT ABOUT $9 2MILLION. MCCAIN IS TRYING TO APPEAL TO INDEPENDENT VOTERS FED UP WITH WASHINGTON, BY MAKING EARMARKS A MAJOR DIVIDING LINE WITH DEMOCRATS. ... OBAMA DID SUDDENLY COMPLY WITH ONE MCCAIN DEMAND REVEALING FOR THE FIRST TIME WHAT EARMAKS HE SOUGHT IN 2005 AND 2006, HIS FIRST TWO YEARS IN THE SENATE. AND ON HIS WAY TO WASHINGOTN, OBAMA RENEWED HIS ATTACK ON MCCAIN FOR WANTING TO MAKE THE BUSH TAX CUTS HE INITIALLY OPPOSED, PEMANENT. THESE ARE ALL STEPS THAT JOHN MCCAIN LIGHTLY SAID WERE IRRESPONSIBLE WHEN THEY FIRST CAME UP, THAT CERTAINLY WERE UNPRECEDENTED AT A TIME OF WAR. BUT FOR ALL THE CAMPAIGN DISCORD, PLEASENTRIES BACK IN THE CLUB OF THE SENATE. MCCAIN AND CLINTON SAYING HELLO. AND THIS: KNOWING THE PRESS WAS WATCHING, OBAMA ENGAGED CLINTON, AND THE TWO SAT DOWN FOR SEVERAL MINUTES OF ONE ON ONE CONSERVATION, MAKING SURE TO SMILE. LEST ANYONE USE THIS TO REKINDLE TALK OF A S-CALLED DREAM TICKET, ACROSS THE CAPITOL, THE HOUSE SPEAKER WARNED, NO WAY. TAKE IT FROM ME, THAT WON'T BE THE TICKET. |
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| 17. | WTOK-ABC MERIDIAN, MS, MARKET RANK: 186 | |
| MAR 14 2008 10:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 22,888 |
| 10 PM News | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $550 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $2,750 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $275 |
| [**10:02:28 PM**] D CAPTIONING OF NEWSCENTER 11 IS PROVIDED BY PEARL RIVER RESORT. FORTY PERCENT OF A SMALL TENNESSEE TOWN IS DESTROYED BY ENING, I'M TOM DANIELS. FIRST, WHILE THE DEMOCRATS ARE TORN BETWEEN BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON THE REPUBLHAVE ONE CANDIDATE TO GET BEHIND FOR NOVEMBER. WINICK REPORTS. SCRIPT: AS DEMOCRATS TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE FINAL STRETCH OF THEIR PRIMARY SEASON WILL LOOK LE, IT IS FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR JOHN MCCAIN. ... BUT HILLARY CLINTON DID STRIKE A PARTISAN TONE, WHILE SPEAKING IN PITTSBURGH. THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE ATTACKED PRESIDENT BUSH FOR INSISTING, EARLIER IN THE DAY, THAT THE ECONOMY REMAINS STRONG. SOT HILLARY/PITTSBURGH TOO LITTLETOO LATE IS NOT AN ECONOMIC STRATEGY. ... WHILE CLINTON, ALONG WITH BARACK OBAMA, CONTINUE TO COURT SUPER-DELEGATES, STATE OFFICIALS WORK ON RE-VOTES IN MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA. A MAIL-IN VOTE IS BEING DISCUSSED IN FLORIDA. BUT BARACK OBAMA EXPRESSED LOGISTICAL CONCERNS CONCERNS HE CLAIMS ARE SHARED BY MANY CLINTON SUPPORTERS. SOT BARACK OBAMA THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF FLORIDA RESIDENTS WHO DON'T LIVE IN FLORIDA DURING THE SUMMER, THAT THEY WOULD ALL BE MISSING AND DISENFRANCHISED. TJ WINICK ON CAMERA: "LATE FRIDAY OBAMA ASKED THE PASTOR AT HIS CHICAGO CHURCH, THE REVERNED JEREMIAH WRIGHT, TO STEP DOWN FROM THE CAMPAIGN. WRIGHT HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF MAKING INFLAMMATORY ANTI-AMERICAN REMARKS. TJ WINICK, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. |
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| 18. | WAPT-ABC JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90 | |
| MAR 15 2008 4:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 9,907 |
| NASCAR | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $312 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $1,560 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $75 |
| [**04:38:34 PM**] NOW TO PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS IN THIS COUNTRY. AND AN ATTEMPT BY BARACK OBAMA TO RESOLVE TWO FLOOBS HAVE BEEN DOGGING HIS CANDIDACY OF LATE. ONE INVOLVES OBAMA'S LONG-TIME PASTOR, THE OTHER INVOLVES A CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISER WHO IS NOW ON TRIAL FOR CORRUPTION CHARGES. HERE IS JOHN COCHRAN. REPORTER: WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD WEEK FOR BARACK OBAMA HAS TURNED INTO ONE OF THE WORST OF HIS CAMPAIGN. DESPITE WINNING A PRIMARY, HE WAS THROWN OFF STRIDE BY DEALINGS WITH A FORMER FUND-RAISER AND INFLAMMATORY REMARKS BY HIS ONE TIME PASTOR GETTING WIDE PLAY ON YOUTUBE AND TV. NOT "GOD BLESS AMERICA" GOD DAMN AMERICA. REPORTER: OBAMA WORKED HARD LAST NIGHT ON CABLE CHANNELS, TRYING TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM REVEREND WRIGHT'S REMARKS. COMPLETELY UNACCEPT NL AND INEXCUSABLE. REPORTER: TODAY HE SAID WRIGHT NEVER MADE SINDARY STATEMENTS IN HIS PRESENCE. ... IT WAS POSSIBLE THIS CONTROVERSY WAS GOING TO ENGEFL OBAMA'S CANDIDACY HE HAD TO SMEEK OUT AND END WHAT HAS BEEN SEVERAL DAYS OF VERY TOXIC AND DANGEROUS COVERAGE FOR HIS CANDIDACY. REPORTER: OBAMA ACKNOWLEDGED IN NEWSPAPER INTERSTLUS INDICTED BUSINESSMAN REZKO RAISED MORE MONEY FOR PAST CAM PAINS THAN PREVIOUSLY KNOWN. KREZ COULD ADVISED HIM ON HOME BUYING. TODAY, HILLARY CLINTON GAVE A CAREFULLY CALIBRATED RESPONSE TO OBAMA'S PROBLEMS. WELL, I THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND THOSE QUESTIONS DESERVE ANSWERS. REPORTER: THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN SHOT BACK THAT IT'S HEIGHT OF HIP KRAES FOR SENATOR CLINTON TO DEMAND THE LEASE OF DOCUMENTS ALREADY ON OUR WEBSITE WHILE SHE REFUSES TO RELEASE MANY OF HER RECORDS. SENATOR OBAMA HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF HAVING A GLASS JAW AND WHAT HE TRIED TO PROVE THIS WEEK IN RESPONDING TO ALLEGATIONS ABOUT TONY REZKO AS WELL AS ABOUT THE WORD WAS REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT IS HE CANNOT ONLY TAKE A PUNCH BUT CAN GIVE ONE BACK. REPORTER: SO, WHO PROBABLY GAINS THE MOST FROM THE LATEST EXCHANGE OF CHARGES AND COUNTERCHARGES? HE DOES. |
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| 19. | WABG-ABC GREENWOOD-GREENVILLE, MS, MARKET RANK: 184 | |
| MAR 15 2008 10:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 8,742 |
| ABC6 NEWS AT TEN | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $330 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $1,650 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $165 |
| [**10:07:14 PM**] FROM THE 216 DELEGATES REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT, 7 DELEGATES WILL BE CHOSEN FOR THE STATE CONVENTION WHICH IS JUNE 7TH IN JACKSON. AT THE STATE CONVENTION, DEMOCRATS WILL PICK 33 PROPORTIONAL DELEGATES TO SEND TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION WHICH IS TO BE HELD IN DENVER LATER THIS YEAR. THE STATE'S PROPORTIONAL DELEGATES WERE ALLOTED EARLIER THIS WEEK WHEN ILLINOIS SENATOR BARACK OBAMA WON THE MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, OBAMA GETS 19 OF THE STATE'S 33 DELEGATES, AND 14 WILL GO TO SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON. THE STATE'S REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL HOLD CAUCUSES AND CONVENTIONS ON APRIL 26 IN EVERY COUNTY. STAYING WITH ELECTION NEWS, THE COAHOMA COUNTY SHERIFF ASKS THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT FOR A SECOND EXTENSION. |
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| 20. | WTOK-ABC MERIDIAN, MS, MARKET RANK: 186 | |
| MAR 15 2008 10:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 6,768 |
| 10 PM News | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $420 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $2,100 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $210 |
| [**10:21:04 PM**] BILL CLION IS POINTING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY AS A KEY TO NEW ORLEANS' COMEBACK FROM HURRICANE KATRINA. THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS IN THE CRESCENT CITY THIS WEEKEND ADDRESSING COLLEGE STENTS AS PART OF HIS CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE UNIVERSITY. HE COMMENDED THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO USE GREEN TECHNOLOGY AND BUILDING TECHNIQUES IN REPAIRING DAMAGED STRUCTURES. BILL CLINTON)"AND THIS IS A SIMPLE AND PROFOUNDLY AND IMPORTANT HISTORICAL IDEA THAT WILL GIVE US THE CHANCE TO SIMULTANEOUSLY AND AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE COST PRESERVE THE STORIES AS WELL AS THE HISTORICAL RECORD OF THINGS GOING ON AROUND THE WORLD THAT AS PLEDGED TO FOLLOW A TEN YEAR PLAN TO MAKE THE CITY GREEN. PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS, AND AN ATTEMPT BY BARACK OBAMA TO RESOLVE TWO PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN DOGGING HIS CANDIDACY. ONE INVOLVES OBAMA'S LONGTIME PASTOR, THE OTHER INVOLVES A CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISER NOW ON TRIAL ON CORRUPTION CHARGES IN CHICAGO. HERE IS ABC'S JOHN COCHRAN. WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD WEEK FOR BARACK OBAMA HAS TURNED INTO ONE OF THE WORST OF HIS CAMPAIGN. DESPITE WINNING A PRIMARY, HE WAS THROWN OFF STRIDE BY DEALINGS WITH A FORMER FUNDRAISER, AND INFLAMMATORY REMARKS BY HIS ONE TIME PASTOR GETTING WIDE PLAY ON YOUTUBE AND TV, BLESS AMERICA. GOD DAMN AMERICA, OBAMA WORKED HARD LA NIGHT ON CABLE CHANNELS, TRYING TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM REVEREND WRIGHT'S REMARKS, BARACK OBAMA ON FOX: COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AND INEXCUSABLE. TODAY, HE SAID WRIGHT NEVER MADE INCENDIARY STATEMENTS IN HIS PRESENCE. OBAMA IN PLAINFIELD, INDIANA: BUT IF ALL I KNEW WAS THOSE STATEMENTS THAT I SAW ON TELEVISION, I WOULD BE SHOCKED. MARK HALPERIN, ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR: IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT THIS CONTROVERSY WAS GOING TO ENGULF OBAMA'S CANDIDACY. HE HAD TO SPEAK OUT AFTER WHAT HAD BEEN SEVERAL DAYS OF VERY TOXIC AND VERY DANGEROUS COVERAGE FOR HIS CANDIDACY. STANDUP BRIDGE) OBAMA ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED IN NEWSPAPER INTERVIEWS THAT INDICTED BUSINESSMAN TONY REZKO RAISED MORE MONEY FOR HIS PAST POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS THAN PREVIOLY KNOWN. REZKO ALSO ADVISED HIM ON BUYING A HOME. V/O) TODAY HILLARY CLINTON GAVE A CAREFULLY CALIBRATED RESPONSE TO OBAMA'S PROBLEMS. HILLARY CLINTON ON BOARD CAMPAIGN PLANE: WELL, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND THOSE QUESTIONS DESERVE TO BE ANSWERED. THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN SHOT BACK THAT "IT'S THE HEIGHT OF HYPOCRISY FOR SENATOR CLINTON TO DEMAND THE RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS ALREADY ON OUR WEBSITE WHILE SHE, REFUSES TO RELEASE MANY OF HER)RECORDS. DONNA BRAZILE, ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR: SENATOR OBAMA HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF HAVING A GLASS JAW. AND WHAT HE TRIED TO PROVE THIS WEEK IN RESPONNG TO ALLEGATIONS ABOUT TONY REZKO AS WELL AS ABOUT THE WORDS OF REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT IS THAT HE CAN NOT ONLY TAKE A PUNCH BUT HE CAN GIVE ONE BACK. SO, WHO PROBABLY GAINS THE MOST FROM THE LATEST EXCHANGE OF CHARGES AND COUNTERCHARGES? |
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| 21. | WLOX-ABC BILOXI-GULFPORT, MS, MARKET RANK: 160 | |
| MAR 16 2008 10:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 39,502 |
| News 10 PM | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $4,815 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $24,075 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $675 |
| [**10:11:52 PM**] TODAY, THE NATION'S HIGHEST-RANKING DEMOCRAT, HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI, WADED INTO THE RACE. OFFICIALLY, PELOSI REMAINS NEUTRAL. BUT HER COMMENTS, DID NOT SIT WELL WITH ONE CAMPAIGN, JOHN COCHRAN HAS MORE IN OUR LOOK AROUND AMERICA TONIGHT, NO MATTER WHO IS AT THE TOP, OBAMA-CLINTON OR CLINTON- OBAMA FOR MANY DEMOCRATS THIS IS THE DREAM TICKET. NOT GONNA HAPPEN, ACCORDING TO THE HIGHEST ELECTED DEMOCRAT IN THE COUNTRY. HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI ON THIS WEEK: WE WILL HAVE A DREAM TICKET. ... HER VIEW ANGERS THE CLINTON CAMP WHICH HAS TRIED TO WIN DELEGATES BY FOSTERING THE PROSPECT OF A JOINT TICKET. MARK HALPERIN, ABC NEWS POLITICAL CONSULTANT: NANCY PELOSI PROBABLY THINKS WHAT A LOT OF DEMOCRATS THINK, THAT BARACK OBAMA WILL BE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE AND SHE DOESN'T THINK THERE IS ANY CHANCE OBAMA WILL PICK CLINTON. THAT'S WHY SHE DOESN'T THINK THERE WILL BE A JOINT TICKET. IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR CLINTON TO OVERCOME OBAMA 'S LEAD IN ELECTED DELEGATES. JUST THIS WEEKEND, OBAMA NETTED A GAIN OF 10 DELEGATES IN IOWA PRIMARILY FROM SUPPORTERS OF JOHN EDWARDS. BUT, CLINTON COULD WIN WITH HEAVY SUPPORT FROM NON-ELECTED SUPERDELEGATES. HERE AGAIN, PELOSI'S VIEWS WILL NOT ENDEAR HER TO HILLARY CLINTON. PELOSI IF THE VOTES OF THE SUPERDELEGATES OVERTURN WHAT HAPPENED IN THE ELECTIONS, IT WOULD BE HARMFUL TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. EVEN SO THE CLINTON CAMP HOPES SUPERDELEGATES WILL TAKE A LOOK AT OBAMA'S PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS BY HIS FORMER PASTOR. REV. WRIGHT: GOD DAMN AMERICA. TODAY, OBAMA'S CHURCH DENOUNCED THE MASSIVE COVERAGE OF REVEREND WRIGHT'S REMARKS AND SAID IT WAS "AN ATTACK, ON THE HISTORY OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH. SO FAR OBAMA HAS SAID HE WILL NOT ABANDON HIS CHURCH. BUT AFTER THE CHURCH' S STATEMENT, WHICH DID NOT CRITICIZE WRIGHT'S REMARKS, OBAMA MAY FACE NEW QUESTIONS. JOHN COCHRAN, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. SEVERE WEATHER IN GEORGIA HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF 2 PEOPLE THIS WEEKEND, JUST 24 HOURS AFTER A TORNADO, WITH WINDS UP TO 130 MILES PER HOUR HEAVILY DAMAGED DOWNTOWN ATLANTA, ANOTHER SERIES OF STORMS HIT SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA. |
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| 22. | WABG-ABC GREENWOOD-GREENVILLE, MS, MARKET RANK: 184 | |
| MAR 16 2008 10:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 16,487 |
| ABC6 NEWS AT TEN | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $330 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $1,650 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $165 |
| [**10:08:46 PM**] FROM THE 216 DELEGATES REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT, 7 DELEGATES WILL BE CHOSEN FOR THE STATE CONVENTION WHICH IS JUNE 7TH IN JACKSON. AT THE STATE CONVENTION, DEMOCRATS WILL PICK 33 PROPORTIONAL DELEGATES TO SEND TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION WHICH IS TO BE HELD IN DENVER LATER THIS YEAR. THE STATE'S PROPORTIONAL DELEGATES WERE ALLOTED EARLIER THIS WEEK WHEN ILLINOIS SENATOR BARACK OBAMA WON THE MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, OBAMA GETS 19 OF THE STATE'S 33 DELEGATES, AND 14 WILL GO TO SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON. THE STATE'S REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL HOLD CAUCUSES AND CONVENTIONS ON APRIL 26 IN EVERY COUNTY. IN RELIGION NEWS, CHRISTIANS COMMEMORATE PALM SUNDAY IN JERUSALEM PALM SUNDAY COMMEMORATES JESUS CHRIST'S TRIUMPHANT ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM, AND IS THE START OF THE CHURCH'S HOLY WEEK WHICH INCLUDES THE GOOD FRIDAY MEMORIAL OF CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION AND DEATH AND RESURRECTION ON EASTER SUNDAY. |
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| 23. | WTOK-ABC MERIDIAN, MS, MARKET RANK: 186 | |
| MAR 16 2008 10:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 20,416 |
| 10 PM News | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $550 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $2,750 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $275 |
| [**10:06:07 PM**] IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE IT CONSISTENTLY RANKS AS ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES FOR VOTERS, WITH CANDIDATES STAKING OUT STRONG POSITIONS AND TAKING BIG POLITICAL RISKS, ABC'S JOHN BERMAN HAS CLOSER LOOK. FOR THE CANDIDATES VYING TO BE THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, THE DIFFERENCES COULDN'T BE MORE CLEAR. MCCAIN SOT: "I WILL DEFEND THE DECISION TO DESTROY SADDAM HUSSEIN'S REGIME" MCCAIN ON MARCH 4, IN TEXAS) CLINTON SOT: "THERE IS NO MILITARY SOLUTION AND IT IS TIME TO BRING OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS HOME. MARCH 7, IN WYOMING)OBAMA SOT: "I WILL BRING THIS WAR TO AN END IN 2009. MARCH 7, IN WYOMING) SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN NOT ONLY HAS STOOD BY HIS SUPPORT OF THE INVASION OF IRAQ, BUT STAKED HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN BEHIND THE IDEA THAT THE TROOP SURGE MUST AND WILL SUCCEED. O'HANLON 57:02 MCCAIN REALLY STOOD BY HIS POSITION AND IN THE FACE OF A MISSION THAT WAS GOING SOUTH CONTINUED TO ARGUE THAT A MORE ROBUST USAPPROACH WOULD WORK. ... HILLARY CLINTON WOULD START WITHIN 60 DAYS OF TAKING OFFICE. BARACK OBAMA HOPES TO HAVE ALL TROOPS OUT WITHIN 16 MONTHS. BUT THAT MAY NOT BE REALISTIC. THEY CAN'T WIND DOWN THIS WAR AS FAST AS THEY SOMETIMES SUGGEST THEY WILL, OR AS FAST AS A LOT OF THEIR SUPPORTERS WOULD LIKE. |
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| 24. | WTOK-ABC MERIDIAN, MS, MARKET RANK: 186 | |
| MAR 16 2008 10:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 20,416 |
| 10 PM News | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $550 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $2,750 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $275 |
| [**10:07:24 PM**] THE DEBATE OVER THE START OF THE WAR STILL LOOMS LARGE IN THE DEMOCRATIC RACE. OBAMA ARGUES THAT HIS ORIGINAL OPPOSITION TO THE WAR IN 2002 SHOWS HIS SUPERIOR JUDGEMENT ON NATIONAL SECURITY. OBAMA SOT: IT WAS BECAUSE OF GEORGE BUSH, WITH AN ASSIST FROM HILLARY CLINTON AND JOHN MCCAIN, THAT WE ENTERED INTO THIS WAR. BUT JUST WHO AMERICANS BELIEVE IS BEST SUITED TO WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTER IN IRAQ MAY DETERMINE WHO WILL BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT. MARK HALPERIN 10:20 MY SUSPICION IS THAT BY NOVEMBER, AMERICANS WILL RECOGNIZE THAT THE CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT RELATES A LOT TO WHAT HAPPENS IN IRAQ GOING FORWARD PRAYING FOR RIDERS, THAT'S WHAT TOOK PLACE TODAY AT HIGHLAND PARK. |
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| 25. | WJTV-CBS JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90 | |
| MAR 17 2008 10:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 59,280 |
| WJTV 10 PM REPORT | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $1,300 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $6,500 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $650 |
| [**10:10:00 PM**] MICHIGAN APPEARS HEADED FOR RE-DO PRIMARY JUNE 3RD. BOTH STATES WERE STRIPPED OF THEIR DELEGATES AFTER HOLDING PRIMARIES TOO EARLY. RIGHT NOW, BARACK OBAMA IS UP BY ONLY 111 DELEGATES. HE HAS 1,598 TO HILLARY CLINTON'S 1,487. A CANDIDATE NEEDS 2,025 TO WIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S NOMINATION. THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS THE TOPIC OF TONIGHT'S ONLINE POLL. ... RIGHT NOW, 47-PERCENT OF YOU SAY BARACK OBAMA. TO CAST YOUR VOTE LOG ONTO WJTVDOT-COM. LOOK FOR THIS POLL RIGHT ON OUR HOMEPAGE. |
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| 26. | WLBT-NBC JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90 | |
| MAR 17 2008 4:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 8,914 |
| WLBT 4 PM NEWS | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $140 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $700 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $70 |
| [**04:09:09 PM**] A MINIBUS PACKED WITH EXPLOSIVES BLEW UP IN BAGHDAD MONDAY, AND A SUICIDE BOMBER KILLED DOZENS IN KARBALA, AS SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN TOURED IRAQ AND TALKED ABOUT PROGRESS. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE "WE FIND THE CONTINUE SUCCESS OF THE STRATEGY, CONTINUED TRAINING AND EQUIPPING OF THE IRAQI MILITARY. BUT SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON SAYS AMERICA, WITH ITS STRUGGLING ECONOMY, CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO BE IN IRAQ. SHE CRITICIZED BARACK OBAMA FOR NOT TRYING TO END THE WAR UNTIL HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT AND BLASTED SENATOR MCCAIN AND PRESIDENT BUSH'S COMMITMENT TO STAY. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE "THEY BOTH WANT TO KEEP US TIED TO ANOTHER COUNTRY'S CIVIL WAR. A WAR WE CANNOT WIN. ... AS AMERICA NEARS THE 5-YEAR MARK OF ITS INVASION OF IRAQ, OBAMA CONTINUES TO HAMMER CLINTON FOR VOTING TO GO TO WAR, SAYING HE IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO OPPOSED IT. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE "IT'S NOT ENOUGH AFTER FIVE YEARS TO STAND UP AND SAY THE WAR WAS WRONG, YOU HAVE TO BE READY FROM DAY ONE, YOU'VE GOT TO BE RIGHT ON DAY ONE. WITH THE WAR COSTING ABOUT 100-BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, ALL OF THE CANDIDATES AGREE IT HAS STRAINED AMERICA'S ECONOMY, BUT THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS DISAGREE ON WHETHER AMERICAN CAN NOW AFFORD TO GET OUT. |
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| 27. | WLBT-NBC JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90 | |
| MAR 17 2008 5:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 48,806 |
| WLBT 5 PM NEWS | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $2,244 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $11,220 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $265 |
| [**05:09:29 PM**] THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS BLASTED HIM FOR NOT DOING MORE NOW. SOT SEN. BARACK OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE "AFTER MONTHS OF INACTION AND HALF- MEASURES PRESIDENT BUSH WENT TO NEW YORK LAST WEEK AND SAID THERE WAS A DANGER IN DOING TOO MUCH AND IMPLIED DOING NEITHER WOULD BE PREFERABLE. SOT: SEN. HILLARY CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE "NOW WE ARE IN THE SOUP AND WE HAD BETTER GET OUT OF IT OR THE CONSEQUENCES ARE GOING TO BE DRASTIC SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. WHILE INVESTORS ARE RUNNING SCARED OTHERS SEE AN OPPORTUNITY. SOT: STUART MILLER CHAIRMAN PRIVATE WEALTH ADVISORS, INC. |
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| 28. | WLOX-ABC BILOXI-GULFPORT, MS, MARKET RANK: 160 | |
| MAR 17 2008 6:30AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 30,407 |
| Good Morning MS | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $670 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $3,350 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $300 |
| [**07:00:22 AM**] IS YOUR PERSONAL BANK AT RISK? IS THE ECONOMY UNDER CONTROL? AND AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH BILL CLINTON. A MESSAGE ON THE DUEL BETWEEN HIS WIFE AND BARACK OBAMA. IF WE JUST CHILL OUT HERE AND LET ALL THE VOTERS HAVE THEIR SAY, MY GUT IS IT'S GOING TO COME OUT ALL RIGHT. ROBIN ROBERTS ONE ON ONE WITH THE MAN MAKING SO MUCH NEWS IN THIS RACE. |
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| 29. | WLOX-ABC BILOXI-GULFPORT, MS, MARKET RANK: 160 | |
| MAR 17 2008 11:00AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 8,617 |
| Midday News | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $200 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $1,000 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $100 |
| [**11:02:59 AM**] A WOMAN AND ANOTHER CONSTRUCTION WORKER ARE STILL BELIEVED TO BE INSIDE THE DEMOLISHED TOWN HOUSE. WITH THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IRAQ WAR THREE DAYS OFF, THE CONFLICT CONTINUES TO LOOM LARGE IN DOMESTIC POLITICS. HILLARY CLINTON DELIVERED A MAJOR ADDRESS ON THE WAR, WHILE TWO TOP REPUBLICANS ARE IN IRAQ TODAY. ABC'S VIVIANA HURTADO REPORTS. AFTER MAKING A SURPRISE VISIT TO IRAQ, VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY WAS BRIEFED ON THE CURRENT SITUATION THERE BY AMERICA'S TOP MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC MEN ON THE GROUND. ... CLINTON AND OBAMA SAID THE SURGE WOULD NEVER WORK. IT'S WORKED. NOW THEY SAY THAT THEY CAN'T FUNCTION POLITICALLY. ... SOT/CLINTON: "IT'S TIME TO END THIS WAR AS QUICKLY AND RESPONSIBLY AS POSSIBLE. THAT WILL BE MY MISSION ON DAY ONE. VIVIANA HURTADO ON CAMERA; OBAMA SEES BEING AGAINST THE WAR SINCE THE BEGINNING AS AN ASSET IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. BUT SENATOR CLINTON SAYS HE HAS DONE LITTLE TO END IT IN HIS YEARS IN THE SENATE. VIVIANA HURTADO, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON LOOKS LIKE FORMER BEATLE, PAUL MCCARTNEY, WILL HAVE TO PAY HIS EX-WIFE HEATHER MILLS NEARLY 50-MILLION DOLLARS AS PART OF THEIR DIVORCE SETTLEMENT. A BRITISH JUDGE AWARDED MILLS 48 POINT 6 MILLION DOLLARS. |
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| 30. | WDAM-NBC HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168 | |
| MAR 17 2008 5:30AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 6,351 |
| News 7 Today | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $720 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $3,600 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $150 |
| [**05:51:29 AM**] MORE DAMAGE CONTROL FOR DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE BARACK OBAMA. HE ONCE AGAIN CONDEMNED HIS LONGTIME PASTOR FOR INFLAMMATORY REMARKS. AS WE HEAR FROM NBC'S LEE COWAN. THE LONG SHADOW OF BARACK OBAMA'S FORMER PASTOR REACHED ALL THE WAY INTO A RALLY OUTSIDE INDIANAPOLIS TODAY. THOSE STATEMENTS ON TV, I WOULD BE SHOCKED"BLESS AMERICA, GOD DAMN AMERICA! "TO THE FLOOD OF IMAGES LATELY OF JEREMIAH WRIGHT THE SENATOR'S FRIEND AND RELIGIOUS CONFIDANT LONG KNOWN FOR MAKING INFLAMMATORY COMMENTS. ... WRIGHT FROM OBAMA'S RELIGIOUS ADVISORY COMMITTEE YESTERDAY AND FORCED THE SENATOR TO COME FORWARD AND CRITICIZE HIS FRIEND IN THE STRONGEST TERMS YET. THAT HAVE BEEN PLAYED ARE ONES THAT ARE CONTRARY TO WHAT I BELIEVE, WHAT I THINK OF THIS COUNTRY, THE LOVE THAT I HAVE FOR THIS COUNTRY, AND ARE ONES THAT ANGER AND DISTRESS ME. "FRONTS BARACK OBAMA FOUND HIMSELF FIGHTING LATE FRIDAY AND INSTEAD OF JOURNALIST RUNNING AFTER HIM HE CAME TO THEM NOT ONLY TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM WRIGHT, BUT FROM ANOTHER ASSOCIATE: TONY REZKO HIS FORMER FUNDRAISER NOW ON TRIAL ON FEDERAL CORRUPTION CHARGES. IN MY RELATIONSHIP WITH REZKO THAT IN ANY WAY RELATES TO THE CORRUPTION TRIAL HE'S INVOLVED WITH RIGHT NOW. "ROUND OF CABLE INTERVIEWS, OBAMA AGREED TO BACK- TO-BACK MEETINGS WITH REPORTERS AND TOP BRASS AT CHICAGO'S LARGEST NEWSPAPERS YESTERDAY. HE REVEALED RESKO RAISED ABOUT THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE MONEY FOR THE SENATOR'S EARLY CAMPAIGNS THAN WAS PUBLICLY THOUGHT. OF DAMAGE CONTROL. ... "BOTH CONTROVERSIES, HILLARY CLINTON DECLINED TO COMMENT BUT HER CAMPAIGNS LATER SUGGESTED THAT ON RESKO OBAMA WAS LETTING INFORMATION OUT IN DRIBS AND DRABS. AND STILL AHEAD, THIS MORNINGS BUSINESS BRIEF. |
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| 31. | WDAM-NBC HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168 | |
| MAR 17 2008 6:30AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 16,169 |
| News 7 Today | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $1,397 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $6,985 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $165 |
| [**06:33:08 AM**] SUPER: FILE 00- 10) THE CHAIR OF THIS SUMMER'S DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI SAID TODAY SUPERDELEGATES SHOULD SUPPORT THE CANDIDATE WHO WINS THE MOST PRIMARIES. HOUSE SPEAKER LOWER RIGHT CORNER "IF THE VOTES OF THE SUPERDELGATES OVERTURN WHAT HAPPENED IN THE ELECTIONS, IT WOULD BE HARMFUL TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. IF SUPERDELEGATES FOLLOW PELOSI'S LEAD BARACK OBAMA COULD BENEFIT. HE HAS MORE POPULAR VOTES AND PLEDGED DELEGATES, BUT LACKS ENOUGH SUPERDELEGATES TO CLINCH THE NOMINATION. GO AGAINST THE WILL OF PEOPLE OR THE WILL OF THESE ELECTED DELEGATES, THERE COULD BE A RIOT AT THE DENVER CONVENTION. ... CLINTON AND OBAMA SUPPORTERS FLOODED THE SUNDAY TALK SHOWS TODAY DISCUSSING THE CANDIDATES, AND WHETHER FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN'S VOTES SHOULD COUNT. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WEDNESDAY 48- 55) "I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN DELEGATES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AT THE CONVENTIONS. "PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE YESTERDAY 56-1:04) "2. |
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| 32. | WDAM-NBC HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168 | |
| MAR 17 2008 5:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 25,951 |
| News 7 at Five | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $650 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $3,250 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $325 |
| [**05:03:10 PM**] A MINIBUS PACKED WITH EXPLOSIVES BLEW UP IN BAGHDAD MONDAY, AND A SUICIDE BOMBER KILLED DOZENS IN KARBALA, AS SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN TOURED IRAQ AND TALKED ABOUT PROGRESS. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SUCCESS OF THE STRATEGY, CONTINU ED TRAINING AND EQUIPPING OF THE IRAQI MILITARY. BUT SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON SAYS AMERICA, WITH ITS STRUGGLING ECONOMY, CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO BE IN IRAQ. SHE CRITICIZED BARACK OBAMA FOR NOT TRYING TO END THE WAR UNTIL HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT AND BLASTED SENATOR MCCAIN AND PRESIDENT BUSH'S COMMITMENT TO STAY. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE US TIED TO ANOTHER COUNTRY'S CIVIL WAR. A WAR WE CANNOT WIN. ... "THE 5-YEAR MARK OF ITS INVASION OF IRAQ, OBAMA CONTINUES TO HAMMER CLINTON FOR VOTING TO GO TO WAR, SAYING HE IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO OPPOSED IT. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FIVE YEARS TO STAND UP AND SAY THE WAR WAS WRONG, YOU HAVE TO BE READY FROM DAY ONE, YOU'VE GOT TO BE RIGHT ON DAY ONE. WITH THE WAR COSTING ABOUT 100-BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, ALL OF THE CANDIDATES AGREE IT HAS STRAINED AMERICA'S ECONOMY. |
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| 33. | WDAM-NBC HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168 | |
| MAR 17 2008 10:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 34,041 |
| News 7 at Ten | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $1,100 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $5,500 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $550 |
| [**10:11:45 PM**] A MINIBUS PACKED WITH EXPLOSIVES BLEW UP IN BAGHDAD MONDAY, AND A SUICIDE BOMBER KILLED DOZENS IN KARBALA, AS SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN TOURED IRAQ AND TALKED ABOUT PROGRESS. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE 12- 23)"WE FIND THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THE STRATEGY, CONTINU ED TRAINING AND EQUIPPING OF THE IRAQI MILITARY AND TEHM FUNCTIONING MORE EFFICIENTLY. "BUT SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON SAYS AMERICA, WITH ITS STRUGGLING ECONOMY, CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO BE IN IRAQ. SHE CRITICIZED BARACK OBAMA FOR NOT TRYING TO END THE WAR UNTIL HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT AND BLASTED SENATOR MCCAIN AND PRESIDENT BUSH'S COMMITMENT TO STAY. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BOTH WANT TO KEEP US TIED TO ANOTHER COUNTRY'S CIVIL WAR. A WAR WE CANNOT WIN. ... "THE 5-YEAR MARK OF ITS INVASION OF IRAQ, OBAMA CONTINUES TO HAMMER CLINTON FOR VOTING TO GO TO WAR, SAYING HE IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO OPPOSED IT. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE 1:02-1:08) "IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO STAND UP FIVE YEARS LATER IN THE HEAT OF THE CAMPAIGN AND SAY YOU'RE READY ON DAY ONE. YOU HAVE TO BE RIGHT ON DAY ONE. |
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| 34. | WHLT-CBS HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168 | |
| MAR 17 2008 10:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 1,709 |
| WHLT 22 News at 10PM | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $80 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $400 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $40 |
| [**10:10:01 PM**] RIGHT NOW, BARACK OBAMA IS UP BY ONLY 111 DELEGATES. HE HAS 1,598 TO HILLARY CLINTON'S 1,487. A CANDIDATE NEEDS 2,025 TO WIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S NOMINATION. THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS THE TOPIC OF TONIGHT'S ONLINE POLL. ... RIGHT OF YOU SAY BARACK OBAMA. TO CAST YOUR VOTE LOG ONTO LOOK FOR THIS POLL RIGHT ON OUR HOMEPAGE. WHILE YOU'RE AT OUR WEB-SITE, BE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPECIAL CAMPAIGN 2008 SECTION. |
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| 35. | WTOK-ABC MERIDIAN, MS, MARKET RANK: 186 | |
| MAR 17 2008 10:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 22,888 |
| 10 PM News | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $550 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $2,750 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $275 |
| [**10:03:27 PM**] SOT PAULSON IT'S THE JOB OF REGULATORS TO COME TOGETHER IN TIMES OF FINANCIAL STRESS AND TO TAKE ACTION THAT PROTECTS OUR CAPITAL MARKETS. OUT ON IC CANDIDATES ASSAILED THE PRESIDENT FOR NOT ACTING FAST ENOUGH, AND CHARACTERIZING CURRENT POLICIES AS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. SOT OBAMA WE CAN'T JUST TINKER AROUND THE EDGES, WE'VE GOT TO BRING AROUND A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE TO OUR ECONOMY, ONE THAT'S NOT JUST ABOUT REPRESENTING WALL STREET BUT REPRESENTING MAIN STREET. SOT CLINTON WHEN I FIRST CALLED FOR A LOT OF THESE STEPS, I WAS RIDICULED BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND, FRANKLY, MY DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT. NOW WE ARE IN THE SOUP, AND WE'D BETTER GET OURSELVES OUT OF IT BEFORE THE CONSEQUENCES ARE DRASTIC WINICK ON CAMERA: THE FED MEETS AGAIN TOMORROW, WHEN IT'S EXPECTED TO ISSUE ANOTHER INTEREST RATE CUT, POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS A HALF POINT TO A POINT. TJ WINICK, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. |
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| 36. | WAPT-ABC JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90 | |
| MAR 18 2008 5:30AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 8,878 |
| WAPT MORNING NEWS | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $403 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $2,015 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $65 |
| [**05:51:34 AM**] BUT FOR SOME, NOT SOON ENOUGH. THE ECONOMY ALSO CONTINUES TO BE A BIG ISSUE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. BOTH HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA HAVE CRITICIZED PRESIDENT BUSH, SAYING HE ISN'T DOING ENOUGH TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE, BUT THEY BOTH SAY THE FED IS DOING THE RIGHT THING TO STABILIZE THE FINANCIAL MARKETS. WITH THE STATE OF THE ECOMONY, PEOPLE NOT LOOKING FOR JOBS, MAY BE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO KEEP THE ONES THEY ALREADY HAVE, EXPERTS HAVE A FEW SUGGESTIONS TO RECESSION- PROOF YOUR JOB, ONE KEY ISSUE: COMMUNICATION. THEY SUGGEST TALKING WITH MANAGERS AND CO- WORKERS FACE-TO- FACE, RATHER THAN IN EMAILS, AND PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN STAYING EMPLOYED: NETWORKING, SOME OTHER SUGGESTIONS TO SECURE YOUR JOB INCLUDE LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGE, GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, AND OF COURSE, KEEPING YOUR SKILLS UP- TO-DATE. |
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| 37. | WAPT-ABC JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90 | |
| MAR 18 2008 6:30AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 17,337 |
| WAPT MORNING NEWS | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $220 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $1,100 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $110 |
| [**06:48:55 AM**] AND THAT'S THE SENTIMENT OF A LOT OF AMERICANS. THIS WEEK A NEW OPINION RESEARCH POLL SHOWS THAT THREE- QUARTERS OF AMERICANS THINK THE US ECONOMY IS NOW IN RECESSION. OF COURSE- THE ECONOMY OF COURSE- THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO BE A BIG ISSUE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, BOTH HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA RECENTLY CRITICIZED PRESIDENT BUSH, SAYING HE ISN'T DOING ENOUGH GET THE ECONOMY UNDER CONTROL, BUT THEY BOTH SAID THE FED IS DOING THE RIGHT THING TO STABILIZE THE FINANCIAL MARKETS, NOW TO COMMITMENT 2008 AND THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. FLORIDA DEMOCRATS DECIDED NOT TO HOLD A DO- OVER PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. FLORIDA'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS SAY OFFICIALS RESEARCHED EVERY ANGLE FROM A CAUCUS TO CONVENTIONS, EVEN A MAIL-IN ELECTION. ... PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL BARACK OBAMA IS SET TO ADDRESS THE TOPICS OF RACE AND RELIGION TODAY. THIS COMES AFTER HIS PASTOR MADE CONTRAVERSIAL REMARKS. OBAMA HAS DENOUNCED THOSE COMMENTS AND SAYS HE TOTALLY DISAGREES WITH WRIGHT'S STATEMENTS. THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE WILL SPEAK IN PHILADELPHIA TODAY, DELIVERING WHAT'S CALLED A MAJOR ADDRESS ON UNIFYING THE COUNTRY. AN APARTMENT FIRE BROKE OUT IN SAN FRANCISCO LEAVING SEVERAL RESIDENTS HOMELESS THIS MORNING. |
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| 38. | WAPT-ABC JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90 | |
| MAR 18 2008 5:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 28,275 |
| WAPT 5 PM REPORT | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $430 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $2,150 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $215 |
| [**05:03:15 PM**] DELPHINE BERRY DIED THURSDAY IN HER HOME ON POPLAR SPRINGS ROAD. THE HOME WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. BERRY'S FUNERAL IS TOMORROW AT 2 PM AT WORD OF FAITH CHURCH ON CLINTON BOULEVARD IN JACKSON. IT WILL TAKE A POLICE CRACKDOWN TO LIMIT SPEEDING ON I-220, FOR NOW. JACKSON POLICE CHIEF MALCOLM MCMILLIN WANTS TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT ON I-220 FROM 70 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR. ... DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARACK OBAMA CONFRONTED THE ISSUE OF RACE HEAD ON TODAY DURING A SPEECH IN PHILADELPHIA. OBAMA WAS SEEKING TO CALM THE UPROAR OVER THE RACIALLY TINGED SERMONS BY HIS FORMER PASTOR, REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT THAT SURFACED LAST WEEK. 16 WAPT'S SALLY KIDD IS LIVE IN WASHINGTON WITH MORE. SALLY. ... BARACK OBAMA SAYS AMERICA HAS BEEN STUCK IN A RACIAL STALEMATE FOR YEARS. SO HE LAID IT ALL OUT, DESCRIBING HIS OWN BI-RACIAL HERITAGE, AND WHAT HE SEES AS THE ANGER FELT BY AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE RESENTMENT BY WHITES. |
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| 39. | WAPT-ABC JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90 | |
| MAR 18 2008 5:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 28,275 |
| WAPT 5 PM REPORT | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $430 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $2,150 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $215 |
| [**05:06:12 PM**] BUT OBAMA SAYS AS IMPERFECT AS WRIGHT MAY BE, HE'S BEEN LIKE FAMILY. SOME ANALYSTS SAY THE SPEECH WAS A POLITICALLY RISKY MOVE. HILLARY CLINTON SAYS SHE DIDN'T SEE THE SPEECH, BUT IS GLAD HE DELIVERED IT. NOT FROM PRESUMED NOMINEE JOHN MCCAIN, HE'S CURRENTLY TRAVELING NOT FROM PRESUMED NOMINEE JOHN MCCAIN, HE'S CURRENTLY TRAVELING IN THE MIDDLE EAST. CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATOR RUSH LIMBAUGH WEIGHED IN, ACCUSING OBAMA OF WANTING TO BE THE NATION'S RACIAL- HEALER-IN-CHIEF, RATHER THAN ITS COMMANDER-IN- CHIEF. THANKS SALLY. NEXT UP FOR THE DEMOCRATS A DEBATE IN PHILADELPHIA ON APRIL 16TH ONE WEEK BEFORE THE PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARY. |
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| 40. | WAPT-ABC JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90 | |
| MAR 18 2008 10:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 34,498 |
| WAPT 10 PM REPORT | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $1,413 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $7,065 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $400 |
| [**10:10:58 PM**] OBAMA HAS TRANSCENDED RACE. THE QUESTION NOW: CAN HE TRANSCEND HIS FORMER REVEREND AND CONVINCINGLY PROVE HE THOUGHT WRIGHT'S COMMENTS, WERE WRONG? LINSEY DAVIS ON CAMERA: SENATOR CLINTON WAS ALSO IN PHILADELPHIA TODAY AND BRIEFLY ADDRESSED SENATOR OBAMA'S SPEECH, SAYING SHE DID NOT READ OR SEE IT BUT WAS "GLAD" HE ADDRESSED THE ISSUE. LINSEY DAVIS, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK JUST LAST WEEK, BARACK OBAMA VISITED JACKSON FOR THE SECOND TIME ON HIS CAMPAIGN TRAIL. HE SPOKE AT JACKSON STATE MONDAY A DAY BEFORE THE STATE'S PRIMARIES. OBAMA WOULD GO ON TO DEFEAT HILLARY CLINTON. BARACK OBAMA'S SPEECH TODAY HAS SPARKED REACTION FROM BOTH THE POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS SECTORS. WE TALKED TO 16 WAPT POLITICAL ANALYST HARVEY JOHNSON WHO THINKS OBAMA'S SPEECH WAS THE RIGHT WAY TO HANDLE HIS FORMER PASTOR'S COMMENTS, I THINK HE STILL FEELS THAT HIS PASTOR IS A GREAT RELIGIOUS LEADER AND HE BELIEVES IN THE SAME RELIGOUS BELIEFS BUT WE NOT HIS POLITICS 11:09 A LOCAL BISHOP HAS KNOWN OBAMA'S FORMER PASTOR TO BE A "SHOCK JOCK". BISHOP RONNIE CRUDUP OF NEW HORIZON CHURCH SAID THAT HE KNOWS REVEREND WRIGHT TO SAY THINGS TO GRAB ATTENTION BUT NEVER AS A RACIST. CRUDUP SAYS OBAMA SHOULD NOT BE BLAMED FOR WHAT SOMEONE ELSE SAID. 1:08 WELL I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. ONCE AGAIN, IT IS SOMETHING THAT HIS PASTOR SAID AND NOT OBAMA HIMSELF AND THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT I KNOW HIS PASTOR PERSONALLY, JEREMIA H WRIGHT, AND HE IS NOT A RACIST BISHOP CRUDUP ADDED THAT DESPITE OBAMA'S EFFORTS, AMERICA HAS TURNED THIS ELECTION INTO A RACE ISSUE. COMING UP. THE NEW GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK MAKES STUNNING REVELATIONS ABOUT HIS MARRIAGE. |
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| 41. | WJTV-CBS JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90 | |
| MAR 18 2008 5:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 51,022 |
| WJTV 5 PM REPORT | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $600 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $3,000 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $300 |
| [**05:06:24 PM**] RUNS: 0:XX 6:37:00-6:37:05 "THEY ALMOST HIT ME AND HIM SO I JUMPED OVER THE CURB, THAT'S WHEN HE HIT THIS FELLOW BACK HERE" POLICE BELIEVE THE DRIVER OF THE PONTIAC MAY HAVE BEEN SPEEDING. TOXICOLOGY TESTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO DETERMINE IF ALCOHOL WAS A FACTOR. PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL SENATOR BARACK OBAMA ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF RACE HEAD-ON TODAY. OBAMA HAS BEEN WORKING TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM STATEMENTS MADE BY HIS LONG TIME MINISTER REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT. TONIGHT NEWS CHANNEL 12'S SUSAN ROBERTS TELLS US HOW THE CANDIDATE STILL EMBRACED THE MAN HE CALLS HIS SPIRITUAL MENTOR. RUNS: 1:14 OUTCUE: STANDARD HIS MESSAGE WAS SIMPLE: THIS COUNTRY CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO IGNORE THE ISSUE OF RACE. ... BUT BARACK OBAMA'S SPEECH ABOUT RACE IN AMERICA WAS ALSO DESIGNED TO REJECT SOME CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS, MADE IN THE PAST BY HIS FORMER PASTOR. "BARACK KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A BLACK MAN LIVING IN A COUNTRY AND A CULTURE THAT IS CONTROLLED BY RICH WHITE PEOPLE! WRIGHT HAS ALSO CLAIMED THE UNITED STATES BROUGHT THE NINE-ELEVEN ATTACKS ON ITSELF. ... BUT OBAMA ALSO SPOKE OF HIS WHITE HERITAGE. NOW HE WANTS TO SHIFT THE FOCUS AWAY FROM WRIGHT'S COMMENTS, AND TOWARDS UNITING HIS PARTY, AND THE COUNTRY. "WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN MOVE BEYOND SOME OF OUR OLD RACIAL WOUNDS, AND THAT IN FACT WE HAVE NO CHOICE IF WE ARE TO CONTINUE ON THE PATH OF A MORE HILLARY CLINTON PRAISED HIM FOR GIVING THAT SPEECH. MEANWHILE FOLKS HERE IN THE METRO ARE REACTING TO THE CONTROVERSY. AS NEWS CHANNEL 12'S ROSS ADAMS TELLS US, SOME JACKSON RESIDENTS SAY THE ISSUE OF RACE AND RELIGION IS BEING USED AGAINST OBAMA TO HURT HIS CAMPAIGN. |
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| 42. | WJTV-CBS JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90 | |
| MAR 18 2008 5:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 51,022 |
| WJTV 5 PM REPORT | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $1,940 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $9,700 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $300 |
| [**05:08:24 PM**] 11:14:42 I THINK ITS UNFAIR TO TIE OUTCUE: 11:14:42 I THINK ITS UNFAIR TO TIE THOSE COMMENTS TO HIM EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN OPINION AND YOU CAN'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STATEMENTS SOMEONE ELSE MAKES. JACKSON RESIDENT LORETTA MOORE BELIEVES OBAMA'S OPPONENTS ARE USING THE WORDS OF HIS FORMER PASTOR TO A MAKE A POLITICAL POINT. AND PEOPLE TRY TO USE NEGATIVE COMMENTS TO DISTRACT FROM WHAT THE REAL ISSUES. THE REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT'S PAST SERMONS HAVE SPARKED CONTROVERSY WHERE AMONG OTHER THINGS, HE BLAMES THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION FOR THE 9-11 TERRORIST ATTACKS. SOME PEOPLE SAY HE SHOULD HAVE LEFT THE CHURCH BECAUSE THE PASTOR WAS MAKING COMMENTS LIKE THAT IN MY OPINION THE REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO TAKE THIS ISSUE AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING TO DISCREDIT OBAMA. ED FRAZIER SAYS PEOPLE ARE MAKING TOO MUCH OF THE MINISTER'S STATEMENTS. 11:11:44 I SEEN THE CLIPS MYSELF AND MY OPINION THAT THE PASTOR WAS ONLY GIVING HIS OPINION JUST LIKE MANY OTHER PASTORS DID ABOUT THE 9-11 INCIDENT. ... OBAMA AND SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON WILL FACE ON FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARY APRIL 22. SOUND FULL COMING UP ON NEWS CHANNEL 12 AT FIVE, UMC GETS RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY. FIND OUT HOW THEIR HARD WORK HAS PAID OFF. |
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| 43. | WJTV-CBS JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90 | |
| MAR 18 2008 6:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 49,002 |
| WJTV 6 PM REPORT | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $900 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $4,500 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $450 |
| [**06:08:03 PM**] OBAMA. RA WJTV NEWS CHANNEL 12. ANALYSIS OF MISSISSIPPI'S DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY SHOW THAT VOTERS WERE SPLIT ALONG RACIAL LINES BETWEEN OBAMA AND SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME IN COMING AND NOW THE JACKSON STATE LADY TIGERS ARE BACK IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. NATS, LSU TAKING ON JACKSON STATE, RUNS: 0:XX LAST NIGHT THE 15-TH RANKED TIGERS FOUND OUT THEY'LL PLAY NUMBER TWO RANKED LSU. |
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| 44. | WJTV-CBS JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90 | |
| MAR 18 2008 10:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 59,280 |
| WJTV 10 PM REPORT | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $1,300 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $6,500 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $650 |
| [**10:09:16 PM**] IN GENERAL, INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE LESS THAN $75-THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR WILL RECEIVE $600 DOLLARS. COUPLES FILING JOINTLY MAKING LESS THAN 150-THOUSAND WILL GET $12-HUNDRED DOLLARS. THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $300 DOLLAR CREDIT PER CHILD DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARACK OBAMA IS ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF RACE IN AMERICA. TODAY IN HIS SPEECH IN PENNSYLVANIA DESIGNED TO PROMOTE UNITY, OBAMA REJECTED SOME CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS MADE BY HIS FORMER PASTOR. THE STORY IN THIS CAMPAIGN 2008 UPDATE. RUNS: 0:10 OBAMA IS OBAMA IS DENOUNCING THESE STATEMENTS BY JEREMIAH WRIGHT. OBAMA SAYS WRIGHT'S COMMENTS OFFENDED BLACKS AND WHITES ALIKE. OBAMA CREDITS WRIGHT FOR INSPIRING HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH. HE ALSO OFFICITED AT HIS WEDDING, BAPTIZED HIS TWO DAUGHTERS, AND HAS BEEN HIS SPIRITUAL GUIDE FOR NEARLY 20-YEARS. RUNS: 0:05 "I CAN NO MORE DISOWN HIM THAN I CAN DISOWN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. NEWS CHANNEL 12'S ROSS ADAMS TALKS WITH A MADISON COUNTY PASTOR WHO BELIEVES ITS UNFAIR TO HOLD OBAMA RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT SOMEONE SAYS FROM THE PULPIT. RUNS: 1:17 OUTCUE: STANDAR D NATS, REVEREND CHARLES MILLER WATCHED OBAMA'S SPEECH WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ADDRESSED RACE AND RELIGION 11:08:01 I THINK HE DID A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING ABOUT HIS PASTOR. MILLER HAS BEEN PASTOR OF THE NEW BIRTH FELLOWSHIP CHURCH IN RIDGELAND FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS. ... HE SAYS THAT'S WHY ITS UNFAIR TO TIE OBAMA TO THE CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS OF HIS FORMER PASTOR. 10:56:47 ANY PASTOR THAT'S PASTORING THERE'S GONNA BE SOME DISAGREEMENT FOR THE PARISHIONERS THAT ATTEND THAT CHURCH. MILLER BELIEVES OBAMA GENUINELY WANTS TO MOVE THE NATION BEYOND ISSUES OF RACE. 11:06:30 THERE'S MORE PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY THAT WANT BLACK PEOPLE WHITE PEOPLE JEWS AND GENTILES ALL TO GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A RELATIONSHIP THAN THOSE THAT DON'T. IN THE WAKE OF THE CONTROVERSY PASTOR MILLER TELLS US A GROUP OF JACKSON MINISTERS ARE CONSIDERING TRAVELING TO PENNSYLVANIA TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOSEN. OBAMA. RA WJTV NEWS CHANNEL 12. DURING MISSISSIPPI'S DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, VOTERS WERE CLEARLY SPLIT ALONG RACIAL LINES. EXIT POLLS SHOWED WHITE WOMEN PRIMARILY VOTED FOR HILLARY CLINTON WHILE BLACKS SUPPORTED OBAMA. WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT? RIGHT NOW, 47-PERCENT OF YOU SAY BARACK OBAMA TO CAST YOUR VOTE LOG ONTO WJTVDOT-COM. LOOK FOR THIS POLL RIGHT ON OUR HOMEPAGE. WHILE YOU'RE AT OUR WEB-SITE, BE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPECIAL CAMPAIGN 2008 SECTION. |
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| 45. | WLBT-NBC JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90 | |
| MAR 18 2008 5:30AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 28,175 |
| WLBT 530AM MORNING NEWS | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $140 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $700 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $70 |
| [**05:33:13 AM**] BACK TO YOU. FLORIDA DEMOCRATS HAVE ABANDONED THE IDEA OF RE-DOING THE FLORIDA PRIMARY DEMOCRATS VOTED IN A PRIMARY ON JANUARY 29TH, BUT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE DISCOUNTED IT, SAYING THE STATE BROKE THE RULES BY MOVING THE DATE OF THE PRIMARY UP. THE DNC ALSO STRIPPED FLORIDA OF ITS DELEGATES, WHICH WOULD HAVE GONE TO HILLARY CLINTON. PARTY LEADERS HAD EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE MAIL-IN PROPOSAL TO RUN A SECOND PRIMARY TO SEAT THE STATE'S DELEGATES AT THE AUGUST CONVENTION. DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL BARACK OBAMA IS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK IN PHILADELPHIA TODAY, DELIVERING WHAT'S BEING CALLED A "MAJOR" ADDRESS. OBAMA WILL SPEAK ABOUT RACE AND RELIGION TWO TOPICS RECENTLY CONTROVERSIAL TO HIS CAMPAIGN. A FIRESTORM ERUPTED LAST WEEK, AFTER IT CAME TO LIGHT THAT OBAMA'S PASTOR AND CAMPAIGN RELIGIOUS ADVISOR HAD MADE REMARKS ABOUT RACE THAT SOME CONSIDER "INFLAMMATORY". JEREMIAH WRIGHT HAS SINCE LEFT THE CAMPAIGN. TODAY IS NEW YORK'S NEW GOVERNOR'S FIRST FULL DAY ON THE JOB. |
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| 46. | WLBT-NBC JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90 | |
| MAR 18 2008 6:30AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 45,636 |
| WLBT 630AM MORNING NEWS | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $320 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $1,600 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $160 |
| [**06:31:38 AM**] WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE ECONOMY? SOME ANSWERS ARE COMING UP. DEMOCRAT BARACK OBAMA TRIES TO CALM THE UPROAR OVER CONTROVERSIAL SERMONS FROM HIS FORMER PASTOR. AND, JACKSON STATE HEADS TO THE NCDOUBLE- A, FIND OUT WHO THE LADY TIGERS WILL FACE. WE'LL GET TO ALL THE NEWS IN A MOMENT, FIRST, AN UPDATE ON OUR WEATHER. ... ALL OF THOSE DELEGATES WOULD HAVE GONE TO HILLARY CLINTON WHO WON BOTH STATES. WHILE FLORIDA'S DECISION LEAVES THAT STATE'S DELEGATES IN LIMBO, MICHIGAN IS MOVING CLOSER TO HOLDING ANOTHER PRIMARY ON JUNE THIRD. PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL BARACK OBAMA WILL ADDRESS RACE AND RELIGION TODAY IN PHILADELPHIA, TWO TOPICS RECENTLY CONTROVERSIAL TO HIS CAMPAIGN. A FIRESTORM ERUPTED LAST WEEK, AFTER IT CAME TO LIGHT THAT OBAMA'S PASTOR AND CAMPAIGN RELIGIOUS ADVISOR HAD MADE REMARKS ABOUT RACE THAT SOME CONSIDER "INFLAMMATORY". PASTOR JEREMIAH WRIGHT HAS SINCE LEFT THE CAMPAIGN. ELSEWHERE THIS MORNING, THE SEVENTH AND LAST BODY HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THE RUBBLE, WHERE A CRANE COLLAPSED IN NEW YORK CITY SATURDAY. |
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| 47. | WLBT-NBC JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90 | |
| MAR 18 2008 6:30AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 45,636 |
| WLBT 630AM MORNING NEWS | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $203 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $1,015 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $160 |
| [**07:01:19 AM**] I'M MEREDITH VIEIRA. AND I'M MATT LAUER. FROM TIME TO TIME YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAY THAT BARACK OBAMA HAS LED KIND OF A CHARMED POLITICAL LIFE. HIS OPPONENT, HILLARY CLINTON SAYS HE'S GOTTEN A FREE PASS ON SOME THINGS. TODAY, HE'S FACING A MAJOR CHALLENGE IN HIS BID FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. HE'S BEEN FEELING THE HEAT BECAUSE OF SOME THINGS HIS LONGTIME PASTOR, THE REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT SAID, CALLING THE UNITED STATES FUNDAMENTALLY RACIST, THE REVEREND HAS. |
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| 48. | WLBT-NBC JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90 | |
| MAR 18 2008 5:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 48,806 |
| WLBT 5 PM NEWS | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $1,440 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $7,200 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $265 |
| [**05:14:35 PM**] IN PHILADELPHIA TODAY, BARACK OBAMA DELIVERED A SPEECH ON RACIAL DIVISION AND HIS AIDES SAY IT MAY BE PIVOTAL IN HIS RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. THE DEMOCRATIC FRONT-RUNNER WAS KNOCKED OFF MESSAGE LAST WEEK AFTER CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENTS BY HIS LONGTIME PASTOR MADE THE HEADLINES. BRIAN MOOAR REPORTS. FOR BARACK OBAMA IT WAS A SPEECH THAT MAY DEFINE HIS RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. SOT: SEN. BARACK OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE "RACE IS AN ISSUE THAT I BELIEVE THIS NATION CANNOT AFFORD TO IGNORE RIGHT NOW. AND IT WAS A LEAP OF FAITH INTO THE RACIAL DIVIDE HE FOUGHT TO RISE ABOVE. SOT: SEN. BARACK OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE "IF WE SIMPLY RETREAT INTO OUR RESPECTIVE CORNERS, WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER" HIS CAMPAIGN MESSAGE HAS BEEN DROWNED OUT IN RECENT DAYS BY OLD SERMONS FROM HIS PASTOR AND FRIEND OF TWENTY YEARS THE REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT. SOT: REV. JEREMIAH WRIGHT "WE TOOK THIS COUNTRY BY TERROR. ... JEREMIAH WRIGHT "HILLARY AIN'T NEVER BEEN CALLED A OBAMA BOOTED WRIGHT FROM HIS CAMPAIGN AND CONDEMNED HIS WORDS. SOT: SEN. BARACK OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE "REVEREND WRIGHT'S COMMENTS WERE NOT ONLY WRONG BUT DIVISIVE, DIVISIVE AT A TIME WHEN WE NEED UNITY; BUT HE SAID THE MINISTER'S GOOD DEEDS OUTWEIGHED HIS INCENDIARY STATEMENTS. SOT: SEN. BARACK OBAMA "I CAN NO MORE DISOWN HIM THAN I CAN MY WHITE GRANDMOTHER. A LOVING GRANDMOTHER HE SAYS WAS RACIALLY INSENSITIVE ON OCCASION. OBAMA USED WRIGHT'S CONTROVERSIAL WORDS AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE RESENTMENT WE'VE ALL SEEN AMONG BLACKS AND WHITES BUT SELDOM WORK TO HEAL. CHALLENGER HILLARY CLINTON SAID SHE HADN'T HEARD THE SPEECH BUT APPLAUDED THE SENTIMENT. SOT: SEN. HILLARY CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE "I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES OF RACE AND GENDER. A WEIGHTY SPEECH THAT COULD TIP THE SCALES IN A DELICATELY BALANCED RACE FOR A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF SENATOR OBAMA'S SPEECH, LOG ONTO OUR WEBSITE, WLBT DOT COM. THE FEDERAL RESERVE MOVED AGAIN TODAY TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY AND HELP EASE STRAINS ON STRUGGLING FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, THEY SLASHED THE FEDERAL FUNDS RATE BY THREE-QUARTERS OF A PERCENTAGE POINT. THE LATEST ACTION BROUGHT THE FEDERAL FUNDS RATE DOWN TO 2. |
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| 49. | WHLT-CBS HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168 | |
| MAR 18 2008 5:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 3,349 |
| WHLT 22 News at 6PM | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $40 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $200 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $20 |
| [**06:10:16 PM**] COURIC: DEBORAH DICKERSON, JIM WALLIS AND JEFF GREENFIELD, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KATIE. COURIC: HILLARY CLINTON ALSO CAMPAIGNED IN PHILADELPHIA TODAY AND SAID SHE'S GLAD OBAMA SPOKE AT LENGTH ABOUT RACE CALLING IT AN IMPORTANT AND COMPLICATED ISSUE. MEANWHILE, IT LOOKS AS IF MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS WILL NOT HOLD A DO-OVER OF THEIR PRIMARY. LAWMAKERS IN THE STATE CAN'T AGREE ON THE RULES FOR A REVOTE. |
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| 50. | WHLT-CBS HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168 | |
| MAR 18 2008 10:00PM CT | Nielsen Audience: 1,709 |
| WHLT 22 News at 10PM | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $80 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $400 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $40 |
| [**10:09:20 PM**] TODAY IN HIS SPEECH IN PENNSYLVANIA DESIGNED TO PROMOTE UNITY, OBAMA REJECTED SOME CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS MADE BY HIS FORMER PASTOR. THE STORY IN THIS CAMPAIGN 2008 UPDATE. RUNS: 0:10 OBAMA IS OBAMA IS DENOUNCING THESE STATEMENTS BY JEREMIAH WRIGHT. OBAMA SAYS WRIGHT'S COMMENTS OFFENDED BLACKS AND WHITES ALIKE. OBAMA CREDITS WRIGHT FOR INSPIRING HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH. HE ALSO OFFICITED AT HIS WEDDING, BAPTIZED HIS TWO DAUGHTERS, AND HAS BEEN HIS SPIRITUAL GUIDE FOR NEARLY 20-YEARS. RUNS: 0:05 "I CAN NO MORE DISOWN HIM THAN I CAN DISOWN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. "NEWS CHANNEL 12'S ROSS ADAMS TALKS WITH A MADISON COUNTY PASTOR WHO BELIEVES ITS UNFAIR TO HOLD OBAMA RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT SOMEONE SAYS FROM THE PULPIT. RUNS: 1:17 OUTCUE: STANDAR D NATS, REVEREND CHARLES MILLER WATCHED OBAMA'S SPEECH WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ADDRESSED RACE AND RELIGION 11:08:01 I THINK HE DID A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING ABOUT HIS PASTOR. MILLER HAS BEEN PASTOR OF THE NEW BIRTH FELLOWSHIP CHURCH IN RIDGELAND FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS. ... HE SAYS THAT'S WHY ITS UNFAIR TO TIE OBAMA TO THE CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS OF HIS FORMER PASTOR. 10:56:47 ANY PASTOR THAT'S PASTORING THERE'S GONNA BE SOME DISAGREEMENT FOR THE PARISHIONERS THAT ATTEND THAT CHURCH. MILLER BELIEVES OBAMA GENUINELY WANTS TO MOVE THE NA NATION BEYOND ISSUES OF RACE. 11:06:30 THERE'S MORE PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY THAT WANT BLACK PEOPLE WHITE PEOPLE JEWS AND GENTILES ALL TO GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A RELATIONSHIP THAN THOSE THAT DON'T. IN THE WAKE OF THE CONTROVERSY PASTOR MILLER TELLS US A GROUP OF JACKSON MINISTERS ARE CONSIDERING TRAVELING TO PENNSYLVANIA TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR SEN. OBAMA. RA WJTV NEWS CHANNEL 12. DURING MISSISSIPPI'S DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, VOTERS WERE CLEARLY SPLIT ALONG RACIAL LINES. EXIT POLLS SHOWED WHITE WOMEN PRIMARILY VOTED FOR HILLARY CLINTON WHILE BLACKS SUPPORTED OBAMA. WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT? RIGHT OF YOU SAY BARACK OBAMA TO CAST YOUR VOTE LOG ONTO LOOK FOR THIS POLL RIGHT ON OUR HOMEPAGE. WHILE YOU'RE AT OUR WEB-SITE, BE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPECIAL CAMPAIGN 2008 SECTION. TO GET THERE JUST TYPE IN THE KEYWORD CAMPAIGN. |
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| 51. | WAPT-ABC JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90 | |
| MAR 19 2008 1:05AM CT | Nielsen Audience: 1,065 |
| WAPT LAST NIGHT 10PM REPEAT | Calculated Ad Equivalency: $146 |
| Calculated Publicity Value: $730 |
| 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $15 |
| [**01:15:26 AM**] GOVERNOR BARBOUR SIGNED THE BILL INTO LAW BUT SAYS IT STILL NEEDS SOME FINE TUNING. HE SAYS HE DOESN'T LIKE USING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S E- VERIFY SYSTEM ONLY BECAUSE IT HAS SOME FLAWS. BARACK OBAMA WENT TO THE CRADLE OF THE NATION TODAY TO RESTORE HIS CLAIM AS THE CANDIDATE WHO RISES ABOVE RACE. SPEAKING IN PHILADELPHIA, HE REPUDIATED ANTI- AMERICAN STATEMENTS BY HIS FORMER PASTOR WHICH HE SAID OFFENDED WHITE AND BLACK ALIKE. BUT OBAMA WENT ON TO PLACE RACE IN A DEEPER AMERICAN CONTEXT. ABC'S LINSEY DAVIS EXPLAINS. "THE BLACK CANDIDATE" IS A LABEL SENATOR BARACK OBAMA NEVER WANTE |
