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Obama and Clinton    Date Range: 2008/03/13 To 2008/03/20
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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 WANTED. OBAMA SOT "DESPITE THE TEMPTATION TO VIEW MY CANDIDACY THROUGH A PURELY RACIAL LENS, WE WON COMMANDING VICTORIES IN STATES WITH SOME OF THE WHITEST POPULATIONS IN THE COUNTRY. GIVING RACE RELATIONS THE SAME TREATMENT AS HEALTHCARE OR THE ECONOMY, SENATOR OBAMA EXPOSED IT AS A PROBLEM, AND OFFERED SOLUTIONS. OBAMA SOT "FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, THAT PATH MEANS EMBRACING THE BURDENS OF OUR PAST WITHOUT BECOMING VICTIMS OF OUR PAST. COMMUNITY, THE PATH TO A MORE PERFECT UNION MEANS ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WHAT AILS THE AFRICAN- AMERICAN COMMUNITY DOES NOT JUST EXIST IN THE MINDS OF BLACK PEOPLE. SOT RICHARD NORTON SMITH ABC NEWS CONSULTANT/HISTORI AN HE DELIVERED HIS TUESDAY MORNING ADDRESS FROM THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE, CONDEMNING INCENDIARY COMMENTS ABOUT WHITE AMERICA BY HIS FORMER PASTOR, REV ... SOT WRIGHT: NO, NO, NO NOT GOD BLESS AMERICA GOD AMERICA SOT OBAMA "I CAN NO MORE DISOWN HIM THAN I CAN MY WHITE GRANDMOTHER ONCE CONFESSED HER FEAR OF BLACK MEN WHO PASSED BY HER ON THE STREET, AND WHO ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION HAS UTTERED RACIAL OR ETHNIC STEREOTYPES THAT MADE ME CRINGE. 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.
 
52.  WAPT-ABC  JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90    
MAR 19 2008  5:00AM CT  Nielsen Audience: 6,333 
WAPT MORNING NEWS   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $472 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $2,360 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $65 
[**05:20:30 AM**] NOW TO OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE. SENATOR BARACK OBAMA IS SCHEDULED TO CAMPAIGN IN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY, WITH A MAJOR SPEECH ON IRAQ. BUT IT WAS YESTERDAY'S SPEECH ON RACE THAT MAY WELL BE THE BIGGEST OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER. ABC'S VIVIANA HURTADO IS IN WASHINGTON, WITH THE LATEST PKG SCRIPT: BARACK OBAMA NEVER WANTED TO BE KNOWN AS THE "BLACK CANDIDATE. SOT OBAMA "I AM THE SON OF A BLACK MAN FROM KENYA AND A WHITE WOMAN FROM KANSAS. BUT RACE HAS COME TO DOMINATE THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. CLINTON SUPPORTER GERALDINE FERRARO SAID OBAMA WAS GETTING SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR BEING A BLACK MAN, A STANCE CLINTON REJECTED. THEN THERE WERE THE PROVOCATIVE SERMONS BY OBAMA'S FORMER PASTOR. IN AN EXCLUSIVE INRVIEW WITH A- BC, OBAMA SAYS ADDRESSING RACE BECAME A MUST. SOT/OBAMA I CAN NO MORE DISOWN HIM THAN I CAN DISOWN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. I CAN NO MORE DISOWN HIM THAN I CAN MY WHITE GRANDMOTHER A WOMAN WHO HELPED RAISE ME, WHO ONCE CONFESSED HER FEAR OF ACK MEN WHO PASSED BY HER ON THE STREET, AND WHO ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION HAS UTTERED RACIAL OR ETHNIC STEREOTYPES THAT MADE ME CRINGE. ARE A PART OF ME. ... STANDUP CLINTON CAMPAIGNING IN MICHIGAN ON DAY HER PERSONAL PAPERS WHILE SHE WAS FIRST LADY, ARE FINALLY BEING RELEASED. VIVIANA HURTADO, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. SEVERE THREAT IS OVER FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE BUT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 6AM FOR SOME OF OUR EASTERN COUNTIES.
 
53.  WAPT-ABC  JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90    
MAR 19 2008  6:00AM CT  Nielsen Audience: 15,679 
WAPT MORNING NEWS   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $671 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $3,355 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $110 
[**06:03:38 AM**] STATE LEGISLATORS WERE CONSIDERING A SECOND PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, BUT THE PROPOSAL IS NOW BEING HELD-UP. THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE STRIPPED FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN OF DELEGATES BECAUSE THE STATES MOVED UP PRIMARIES. SENATOR BARACK OBAMA IS SCHEDULED TO CAMPAIGN IN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. AND A MAJOR SPEECH ABOUT IRAQ IS EXPECTED. BUT SOME BELIEVE IT WAS YESTERDAY'S SPEECH ON RACE THAT MAY WELL BE THE BIGGEST OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER. ABC'S VIVIANA HURTADO IS IN WASHINGTON, WITH THE LATEST BARACK OBAMA NEVER WANTED TO BE KNOWN AS THE "BLACK CANDIDATE. SOT OBAMA "I AM THE SON OF A BLACK MAN FROM KENYA AND A WHITE WOMAN FROM KANSAS. BUT RACE HAS COME TO DOMINATE THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. CLINTON SUPPORTER GERALDINE FERRARO SAID OBAMA WAS GETTING SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR BEING A BLACK MAN, A STANCE CLINTON REJECTED. THEN THERE WERE THE PROVOCATIVE SERMONS BY OBAMA'S FORMER PASTOR. IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH A- BC, OBAMA SAYS ADDRESSING RACE BECAME A MUST. SOT/OBAMA I CAN NO MORE DISOWN HIM THAN I CAN DISOWN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. I CAN NO MORE DISOWN HIM THAN I CAN MY WHITE GRANDMOTHER A WOMAN WHO HELPED RAISE ME, WHO ONCE CONFESSED HER FEAR OF BLACK MEN WHO PASSED BY HER ON THE STREET, AND WHO ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION HAS UTTERED RACIAL OR ETHNIC STEREOTYPES THAT MADE ME CRINGE. ARE A PART OF ME. ... STANDUP CLINTON CAMPAIGNING IN MICHIGAN ON DAY HER PERSONAL PAPERS WHILE SHE WAS FIRST LADY, ARE FINALLY BEING RELEASED. VIVIANA HURTADO, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON.
 
54.  WAPT-ABC  JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90    
MAR 19 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 
[**05:06:39 PM**] THE WAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HOT TOPIC ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, AND TODAY THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS WERE WEIGHING IN WITH THEIR VIEWS. 16 WAPT'S SALLY KIDD HAS THE STORY TONIGHT FROM WASHINGTON. DEMOCRATS HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA HAVE BOTH PLEDGED TO END THE WAR. BOTH PROMISE A PHASED WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS, IF ELECTED. BOTH CANDIDATES PROPOSE LEAVING BEHIND ENOUGH TROOPS TO FIGHT AL QAEDA.
 
55.  WAPT-ABC  JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90    
MAR 19 2008  10:00PM CT  Nielsen Audience: 34,498 
WAPT 10 PM REPORT   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $2,213 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $11,065 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $400 
[**10:22:32 PM**] NEW TIDE WITH DAWN STAINSCRUBBERS. THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AGREED ON ONE THING TODAY: PULL US TROOPS FROMM IRAQ. ON THIS ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR, HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA ATTACKED ADMINISTRATION. BUT AS AB-C'S YUNJI DE NIES EXPLAINS IN THIS COMMITMENT 2008 REPORT THAT'S WHERE THE HARMONY ENDED BARACK OBAMA USED THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IRAQ WAR, TO REPEAT AN ARGUMENT HE'S BEEN MAKING FOR MONTHS THAT HE, NOT HILLARY CLINTON, WILL END THE CONFLICT. SOT OBAMA WHO DO YOU TRUST TO END A WAR SOMEONE WHO OPPOSED THE WAR FROM THE BEGINNING, OR SOMEONE WHO STARTED OPPOSING IT WHEN THEY STARTED PREPARING A RUN FOR PRESIDENT? MRS. CLINTON CHALLENGED OBAMA TODAY AS WELL, NOT ON HIS IRAQ POLICY, BUT OVER SEATING FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN'S DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES. BOTH STATES HELD UNSANCTIONED PRIMARIES IN JANUARY SHE WANTS THEIR VOTES TO COUNT, EVEN IF THAT MEANS A DO OVER. OBAMA HAS YET TO TAKE A POSITION ON A RE-VOTE, THOUGH HIS CAMPAIGN HAS PUSHED BACK AGAINST THE IDEA. SOT CLINTON: IF DEMOCRATS SEND THE MESSAGE THAT WE DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR VOTES I'M SURE JOHN MCCAIN AND THE REPUBLICANS WILL BE GLAD TO HAVE THEM. JOHN MCCAIN IS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HE HAS SAID THAT IF ELECTED, HE WILL KEEP TROOPS IN IRAQ FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES. ... YUNJI DE NIES ON CAMERA: AFTER MONTHS OF PRESSURE, CLINTON HAS RELEASED MORE THAN 11-THOUSAND PAGES OF HER DAILY SCHEDULE AS FIRST LADY. THE DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT SHE WORKED TO WIN CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR NAFTA A TREATY SHE NOW CRITICIZES AND SAYS SHE WANTS TO CHANGE. YUNJI DE NIES, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. BOTH BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON BOTH MADE CAMPAIGN STOPS IN THE METRO THIS MONTH. CLINTON SPOKE AT A DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISER IN CANTON WHILE OBAMA SPOKE AT JACKSON STATE. OBAMA WON THE PRIMARY OVER CLINTON HERE IN MISSISSIPPI. ONE OF THEM WILL BE BACK IN MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS YEAR WHEN OLE MISS HOST A DEBATE. OLE MISS IS TIPPING OFF THEIR POSTSEASON DREAMS AT HOME.
 
56.  WJTV-CBS  JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90    
MAR 19 2008  6:30AM CT  Nielsen Audience: 27,355 
WJTV 630AM MORNING NEWS   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $250 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $1,250 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $125 
[**06:40:42 AM**] TRAFFIC UPDATE, NEWS CHANNEL 12'S JOE WELDON JOINS US LIVE WITH YOUR "TRAFFIC TRACKER" REPORT. SLOW GO WITH A LITTLE GIVE AND TAKE OF LIGHT RAIN LEFT OVER FOR THIS COMMUTE FOR TRACKER BUT NOT FOR THE EASTBOUND OF I-55 COMMUTE COULD STILL BE UNDER WEATHER ADVISORIES. AD-LIB A GOOD LOOK AT I-220 NORTH OF CLINTON BLVD. WITH GOOD DRIVING NO DELAYS BUT ROADS COULD REMAIN SLICK IN SPOTS. AD-LIB I-55 HIGHLAND COLONY AND SUNNYBROOK JUST WATCH OUT FOR FLAG MEN ALONG HIGHLAND COLONY PARKWAY AS SUNNYBROOK ROAD IS BEGINNING THE STRIPPING AFTER COMPLETING THE OVERLAY OF ASPHALT AND THE REMAINING WORK WRAPPING UP FROM RIDGELAND TO JACKSON ST. SO DRIVERS CAN TRAVEL THE ROAD IN RIDGELAND. WITH YOUR TRAFFIC TRACKER REPORT, JOE WELDON WJTV NEWS CHANNEL 12 PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL BARACK OBAMA TAKES A BOLD STANCE BY ADDRESSING RACE AND HOW IT HAS BECOME AN ISSUE IN HIS QUEST FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, IN A SPEECH IN PENNSYLVANIA, HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE NATION'S TROUBLED RACIAL HISTORY. HE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR HE DOES NOT SUPPORT CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENTS HIS LONG TIME MENTOR AND PASTOR HAS MADE. MANY POLITICAL ANALYSTS SAY THIS IS THE BEST SPEECH ON RACE SINCE MARTIN LUTHER KING'S "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH.
 
57.  WJTV-CBS  JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90    
MAR 19 2008  7:00AM CT  Nielsen Audience: 13,454 
WJTV 700AM MORNING NEWS   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $150 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $750 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $75 
[**07:02:58 AM**] BARACK OBAMA'S SPEECH ON RACE WAS THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGE YET FOR HIM AND HIS CAMPAIGN. THE ISSUE WAS THRUST UPON HIM BY THE WORDS OF HIS LONG-TIME PASTOR. BYRON PITTS REPORTS FROM PHILADELPHIA. REPORTER: IF CRITICS HOPED SENATOR BARACK OBAMA WOULD DISOWN THEIR CONTROVERSIAL PASTOR, THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED. I HAVE ALREADY CONDEMNED IN UNEQUIVOCAL TERMS THE STATEMENTS OF REVEREND WRIGHT THAT HAVE CAUSED SUCH CONTROVERSY. REPORTER: CONDEMN THE SIN AND NOT THE SINNER WAS OBAMA'S MESSAGE, BUT IT WAS THE MESSAGE OF JEREMIAH WRIGHT ABOUT RACE IN AMERICA. BARACK KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A BLACK MAN LIVING IN A COUNTRY AND A CULTURE THAT IS CONTROLLED BY RICH WHITE PEOPLE. REPORTER: THAT TOOK THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN OFF MESSAGE AND FORCED TUESDAY'S SPEECH. AS SUCH, REVEREND WRIGHT'S COMMENTS WERE NOT ONLY WRONG, BUT DIVISIVE. DIVISIVE AT A TIME WHEN WE NEED UNITY. REPORTER: BEYOND CONDEMNING HIS MINISTER'S WORDS, OBAMA TRIED BRIDGING THE RACIAL DIVIDE, ACKNOWLEDGING YEARS OF BITTERNESS AND ANGER AMONGST BLACKS AND WHITES. TO WISH AWAY THE RESENTMENTS OF WHITE AMERICANS, TO LABEL THEM AS MISGUIDED OR EVEN RACIST WITHOUT RECOGNIZING THEY ARE GROUNDED IN LEGITIMATE CONCERN, THIS, TOO, WIDENS THE RACIAL DIVIDE AND BLOCKS THE PATH TO UNDERSTANDING. REPORTER: EVEN OBAMA'S RIVAL, SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON, WHILE ADMITTING SHE DIDN'T SEE THE SPEECH, SHE WELCOMED THE SENATOR. WHILE OBAMA INVOKED THE TONE OF A PREACHER, IT WAS A POLITICIAN SPEAKING. WITH A SLIP IN THE POLLS, THE ILLINOIS SENATOR NEEDS TO TAKE THE NATION'S ATTENTION OFF RACE AND BACK ON JOBS, HEALTH CARE, AND THE WAR IN IRAQ. BYRON PITTS, CBS NEWS, PHILADELPHIA. SO DID BARACK OBAMA SCORE POINTS WITH AMERICAN VOTERS? WE'LL HAVE REACTION FROM CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS THE NATION. AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, OWE BALM YAFS A HOT TOPIC ON TALK RADIO AS WELL. ... JACKSON AND SHARPTON DID NOT, BUT HIS ASSOCIATION WITH REVEREND WRIGHT NOW THREATENS THIS, THE ASSOCIATION WITH REVEREND WRIGHT HAS DEMASKED OBAMA. I DON'T THINK THE MINISTER REPRESENTS HIM. YOU KNOW, WE ALL GO TO CHURCH AND HAVE A MINISTER, AND SO IT DOESN'T REPRESENT, YOU KNOW EVERYBODY IS STILL AN INDIVIDUAL. ... WELL, THE POLLS SHOW THIS INCIDENT HAS COST OBAMA SUPPORT AMONG SOME VOTERS. PUNDITS GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR TACKLING THE ISSUE HEAD ON. LET'S GO TO THE NEWS DESK FOR WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON TODAY.
 
58.  WJTV-CBS  JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90    
MAR 19 2008  7:25AM CT  Nielsen Audience: 13,454 
WJTV 7:28AM Cut-in   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $727 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $3,635 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $75 
[**07:30:54 AM**] RACE IN UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY AND A COLUMNIST FOR "MOTHER JONES" MAGAZINE. GOOD MORNING TO BOTH OF WHERE YOU ZOOSH GOOD MORNING. BY MANY ACCOUNTS, THIS WAS A RESCUEY SPEECH FOR BARACK OBAMA. AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT DO YOU THINK? WILL IT TRANSLATE INTO MORE VOTES FOR HIM OR FOR HILLARY CLINTON? WELL, IT WAS A RISKY HEDGE TO TAKE. I THINK HE ALSO WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THIS SPEECH, YOU ALSO GET A SENSE THAT HE FELT HIS HUMANITY WAS AT STAKE, THE NEED TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING WITHOUT MAKING EXCUSE FOR IT OR BEING EMBARRASSED BY IT.
 
59.  WJTV-CBS  JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90    
MAR 19 2008  12:00PM CT  Nielsen Audience: 44,093 
WJTV NOON NEWS   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $500 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $2,500 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $250 
[**12:17:33 PM**] THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ACKNOWLEDGED THAT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, THE WAR EFFORT WAS FALTERING, BUT SAYS THAT CHANGED ONCE THE TROOP SURGE STRATEGY BEGAN. "THE SURGE HAS DONE MORE THAN TURN THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AROUND IT HAS OPENED THE DOOR TO A MAJOR STRATEGIC VICTORY IN THE BROADER WAR ON TERROR. BOTH BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON ARE MEETING WITH VETERANS TODAY. AND, THEY ARE RENEWING THEIR PLEDGES FOR A PLAN TO BRING THE WAR TO A CLOSE IF ONE OF THEM IS ELECTED PRESIDENT. AS THE WAR DEBATE CONTINUES ON THE HOME FRONT, THE MISSION CONTINUES FOR THE MORE THAN 150-THOUSAND AMERICAN FORCES STILL IN THE BATTLE ZONE.
 
60.  WLBT-NBC  JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90    
MAR 19 2008  6:30AM CT  Nielsen Audience: 45,636 
WLBT 630AM MORNING NEWS   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $75 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $375 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $160 
[**07:00:25 AM**] EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE DETAILS OF HILLARY CLINTON'S DAILY SCHEDULE AS FIRST LADY RELEASED THIS MORNING. WILL THERE BE ANY SURPRISES? AS HER OPPONENT, BARACK OBAMA, HITS THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL A DAY AFTER HIS HIGH STAKES SPEECH ON RACE AND HIS CONTROVERSIAL PASTOR.
 
61.  WLOX-ABC  BILOXI-GULFPORT, MS, MARKET RANK: 160    
MAR 19 2008  5:00AM CT  Nielsen Audience: 7,453 
Good Morning MS   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $1,305 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $6,525 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $225 
[**05:12:57 AM**] DEMONSTRATORS ARE PLANNING A BLOCKADE AROUND THE IRS OFFICE TO PROTEST THE USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THE IRAQ WAR. THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS ARE EXPECTED FOR WHAT'S BILLED AS A DAY OF COORDINATED "NON- VIOLENT" CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AIMED AT INTERRUPTING BUSINESS AS USUAL. MORE THAN 11 THOUSAND PAGES OUTLINING HILLARY CLINTON'S SCHEDULES AS FIRST LADY WILL BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC THIS MORNING. THE MOVE COMES AFTER MONTHS OF PRESSURE AND CRITICISM THAT THE CLINTONS WERE DELAYING MAKING THE PAPERS PUBLIC. FELLOW DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARACK OBAMA AND REPUBLICANS HAVE CRITICIZED CLINTON ABOUT NOT RELEASING THE DOCUMENTS. MEANWHILE, DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARACK OBAMA IS URGING THE NATION TO BREAK "A RACIAL STALEMATE HE SAYS BEEN STUCK IN FOR YEARS. THOSE WORDS CAME FROM A SPEECH HE MADE YESTERDAY IN PHILADELPHIA. IT WAS OBAMA'S MOST PROMINENT AIRING OF RACIAL ISSUES DURING HIS CAMPAIGN, AND FOLLOWS ATTENTION FOCUSED ON EXPLOSIVE STATEMENTS BY HIS LONG-TIME PASTOR AND MENTOR. NOW TO THE STORIES MAKING NEWS AROUND THE WORLD THIS MORNING, US TROOPS RAIDED A VILLAGE IN AFGHANISTAN THIS MORNING NEAR THE BORDER WITH PAKISTAN TODAY WHERE A SUSPECTED BOMB MAKER LIVED. SIX PEOPLE WERE KILLED, INCLUDING TWO CHILDREN AND ONE WOMAN.
 
62.  WDAM-NBC  HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168    
MAR 19 2008  6:00AM CT  Nielsen Audience: 15,047 
News 7 Today   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $330 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $1,650 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $165 
[**06:00:17 AM**] CONFRONTING CONTROVERSY; OBAMA ADDRESSES FORMER PASTOR'S OFFENSIVE REMARKS. THAT'S OUR TOP STORY THIS MORNING ON THIS SIX O'CLOCK EDITION OF NEWS SEVEN TODAY. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19TH. ... HE'S MADE SOME COMMENTS SOME FIND HIGHLY OBJECTIONABLE AND HE HAPPENS TO BE BARAK OBAMA'S MINISTER: HE MARRIED THE OBAMAS AND BAPTIZED THEIR TWO CHILDREN. SO BARACK OBAMA GAVE A SPEECH TUESDAY ON RACE, LEE COWAN, COVERING THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN IN PHILADELPHIA. LOST ON NO ONE IN THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE, BARACK OBAMA GAVE THE MOST EXPANSIVE AND MOST INTENSELY PERSONAL SPEECH ON RACE HE'S EVER GIVEN. BLACK MAN FROM KENYA AND A WHITE WOMAN FROM KANSAS I AM MARRIED TO A BLACK AMERICAN WHO CARRIES WITHIN HER THE BLOOD OF SLAVES AND SLAVE OWNERS. I HAVE BROTHERS, SISTERS, NIECES, NEPHEWS, UNCLES AND COUSINS, OF EVERY RACE AND EVERY HUE, SCATTERED ACROSS THREE CONTINENTS. ... "STRUCK HIS RIVAL, HILLARY CLINTON. GAVE IT. IT'S AN IMPORTANT TOPIC: ISSUES OF RACE AND GENDER HAVE BEEN COMPLICATED THROUGHOUT HISTORY AND COMPLICATED THOUGH THIS PRIMARY CAMPAIGN. ... "OBAMA WAS CONFRONTING AMERICA'S RACIAL DIVIDE, HILLARY CLINTON WAS NEARBY TAKING ON A VERY DIFFERENT CHALLENGE FACING AMERICANS: THE WAR. REPORTS ON CLINTON'S REACTION TO OBAMA'S ADDRESS. SENATOR CLINTON SAYS SHE DID NOT WATCH SENATOR OBAMA'S SPEECH BUT SHE'S GLAD HE DELIVERED IT. IT'S AN IMPORTANT TOPIC. ISSUES OF RACE AND GENDER HAVE BEEN COMPLICATED THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY. ... HAS SENATOR OBAMA DONE ENOUGH TO DENOUNCE REVEREND WRIGHT'S COMMENTS?
 
63.  WDAM-NBC  HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168    
MAR 19 2008  6:00AM CT  Nielsen Audience: 15,047 
News 7 Today   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $1,391 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $6,955 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $165 
[**06:05:36 AM**] DID HER SUPPORTERS INJECT RACE INTO THE CAMPAIGN? OBVIOUSLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE SERIOUSLY AND WILL REMAIN AS VIGILANT AS I CAN. SENATOR CLINTON ADDRESSED OBAMA'S SPEECH AT PHILLY CITY HALL, FLANKED BY HER SUPPORTER AND PHILLY MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER SENATOR CLINTON'S ABILITY TO END THE WAR IN IRAQ AND SERVE AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF FROM DAY ONE. AND SHE WAS EAGER TO REMIND VOTERS THAT OBAMA IS NOT THE ONLY TRAILBLAZER IN THIS CAMPAIGN. WE WILL BE NOMINATING THE FIRST AFRICAN- AMERICAN OR WOMAN FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THESE ARE DIFFICULT ISSUES. RACE AND GENDER ARE DIFFICULT ISSUES. STILL ONE POLITICAL WATCHER SAYS THE CONTROVERSY OVER BARACK OBAMA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH REVEREND WRIGHT COULD HELP CLINTON, EVEN IF SHE NEVER ADDRESSES IT AGAIN. SOME PEOPLE ARE GONNA RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS JUDGMENT AS TO WHY HE SAT THERE- AND HE HAS ACKNOWLEDGED NOW THAT HE SAT THERE DURING SOME CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WERE THOSE COMMENTS.
 
64.  WHLT-CBS  HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168    
MAR 19 2008  6:30AM CT  Nielsen Audience: 2,087 
WHLT 22 News at 630AM   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $40 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $200 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $20 
[**06:40:42 AM**] SLOW GO WITH A LITTLE GIVE AND TAKE OF LIGHT RAIN LEFT OVER FOR THIS CO COMMUTE FOR TRACKER BUT NOT FOR THE EASTBOUND OF I-55 COMMUTE COULD STILL BE UNDER WEATHER ADVISORIES. AD-LIB A GOOD LOOK AT I-220 NORTH OF CLINTON BLVD. WITH GOOD DRIVING NO DELAYS BUT ROADS COULD REMAIN SLICK IN SPOTS. AD-LIB I-55 HIGHLAND COLONY AND SUNNYBROOK JUST WATCH OUT FOR FLAG MEN ALONG HIGHLAND COLONY PARKWAY AS SUNNYBROOK ROAD IS BEGINNING THE STRIPPING AFTER COMPLETING THE OVERLAY OF ASPHALT AND THE REMAINING WORK WRAPPING UP FROM RIDGELAND TO JACKSON ST. SO DRIVERS CAN TRAVEL THE ROAD IN RIDGELAND. WITH YOUR TRAFFIC TRACKER REPORT, JOE WELDON WJTV NEWS CHANNEL 12 PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL BARACK OBAMA TAKES A BOLD S BOLD STANCE BY ADDRESSING RACE AND HOW IT HAS BECOME AN ISSUE IN HIS QUEST FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, IN A SPEECH IN PENNSYLVANIA, HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE NATION'S TROUBLED RACIAL HISTORY. HE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR HE DOES NOT SUPPORT CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENTS HIS LONG TIME MENTOR AND PASTOR HAS MADE. MANY POLITICAL ANALYSTS SAY THIS I THIS IS THE BEST SPEECH ON RACE SINCE MARTIN LUTHER KING'S "I HAVE A DREAM"SPEECH.
 
65.  WHLT-CBS  HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168    
MAR 19 2008  12:00PM CT  Nielsen Audience: 1,363 
WHLT 22 News at NOON   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $40 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $200 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $20 
[**12:17:32 PM**] "THE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, THE WAR EFFORT WAS FALTERING, BUT SAYS THAT CHANGED ONCE THE TROOP SURGE STRATEGY BEGAN. "THE SURGE HAS DONE MORE THAN TURN THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AROUND IT HAS OPENED THE DOOR TO A MAJOR STRATEGIC VICTORY IN THE BROADER WAR ON TERROR. "BOTH BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON ARE MEETING WITH VETERANS TODAY. AND, THEY ARE RENEWING THEIR PLEDGES FOR A PLAN TO BRING THE WAR TO A CLOSE CLOSE IF ONE OF THEM IS ELECTED PRESIDENT. AS THE WAR DEBATE CONTINUES ON THE HOME FRONT, THE MISSION CONTINUES FOR THE MORE THAN 150-THOUSAND AMERICAN FORCES STILL IN THE BATTLE ZONE.
 
66.  WHLT-CBS  HATTIESBURG-LAUREL, MS, MARKET RANK: 168    
MAR 19 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 
[**06:08:26 PM**] KATIE. COURIC: HARI SREENIVANSAN, THANK YOU. MEANWHILE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TODAY, HILLARY CLINTON CHALLENGED BARACK OBAMA TO AGREE TO NEW PRIMARIES IN MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA, SAYING IT'S UN-AMERICAN NOT TO HAVE THEIR DELEGATES SEATED AT THE CONVENTION. JIM AXELROD IS OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT. AND JIM, SENATOR CLINTON IS PUSHING VERY HARD FAIR REVOTE. REPORTER: THAT'S RIGHT, KATIE. SHE MADE A QUICK TRIP TO MICHIGAN TODAY, ARRANGED AT THE LAST MINUTE, TO PUSH FOR THE REDO OF THE DISPUTE PRIMARY THERE. ... REPORTER: BEHIND IN TOTAL VOTES, DELEGATES AND STATES, CLINTON WANTS ANOTHER BIG-STATE PRIMARY THAT COUNTS. OBAMA, WHO DOES BETTER IN CAUCUSES THAN BIG-STATE PRIMARIES, DOES NOT. ANOTHER FLASH POINT: CLINTON'S FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE AS FIRST LADY ALSO MADE HEADLINES. MORE THAN 11,000 PAGES OF HER SCHEDULE WERE RELEASED. AT FIRST LOOK, THEY WERE INCONCLUSIVE. ... BUT THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN QUESTIONS IF THERE WERE CONSEQUENTIAL DISCUSSIONS BEYOND TRADITIONAL FIRST LADY CONVERSATION. THE DOCUMENTS HAD NOTHING ON THAT. THE LATEST CBS NEWS POLL SHOWS CLINTON CLOSING ON OBAMA WITH DEMOCRATS. HE'S UP THREE POINTS NOW. LAST MONTH, IT WAS 16. THIS IS A BIG PLUS FOR CLINTON. THIS IS THE KIND OF MOVEMENT SHE NEEDS. SHE NEEDS FURTHER MOVEMENT, AND SHE NEEDS THE SORT OF CRISIS IN THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN TO CONTINUE. REPORTER: ONE MORE NOTE FROM THE POLL: JOHN MCCAIN NOW LEADS BOTH DEMOCRATS BY DOUBLE DIGITS WITH CRITICALLY IMPORTANT INDEPENDENT VOTERS. JUST LAST MONTH, OBAMA LED MCCAIN BY DOUBLE DIGITS WITH INDEPENDENT VOTERS. KATIE. COURIC: JIM AXELROD IN SOGGY WASHINGTON.
 
67.  WTOK-ABC  MERIDIAN, MS, MARKET RANK: 186    
MAR 19 2008  6:30AM CT  Nielsen Audience: 19,888 
Good Morning Meridian   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $200 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $1,000 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $100 
[**06:33:41 AM**] TOPPING OUR NEWS, BARACK OBAMA IS SET TO CAMPAIGN IN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY, WITH A MAJOR SPEECH ON IRAQ. HOWEVER, IT WAS YESTERDAY'S SPEECH ON RACE THAT MAY WELL BE THE BIGGEST OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER. HIS BID FOR THE WHITE HOUSE MAY DEPEND ON IT. ... BARACK OBAMA NEVER WANTED TO BE KNOWN AS THE "BLACK CANDIDATE. SOT OBAMA "I AM THE SON OF A BLACK MAN FROM KENYA AND A WHITE WOMAN FROM KANSAS. BUT RACE HAS COME TO DOMINATE THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. CLINTON SUPPORTER GERALDINE FERRARO SAID OBAMA WAS GETTING SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR BEING A BLACK MAN, A STANCE CLINTON REJECTED. NATS REV. WRIGHT: "IN WHITE AMERICA, US OF THEN THERE WERE THE PROVOCATIVE SERMONS BY OBAMA'S FORMER PASTOR. OBAMA SAYS ADDRESSING RACE BECAME A MUST. SOT/OBAMA I CAN NO MORE DISOWN HIM THAN I CAN DISOWN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. I CAN NO MORE DISOWN HIM THAN I CAN MY WHITE GRANDMOTHER A WOMAN WHO HELPED RAISE ME, BUT A WOMAN WHO ONCE CONFESSED HER FEAR OF BLACK MEN WHO PASSED BY HER ON THE STREET, AND WHO ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION HAS UTTERED RACIAL OR ETHNIC STEREOTYPES THAT MADE ME CRINGE. THESE PEOPLE ARE A PART OF ME. ... STANDUP CLINTON CAMPAIGNING IN MICHIGAN ON DAY HER PERSONAL PAPERS WHILE SHE WAS FIRST LADY, ARE FINALLY BEING RELEASED. VIVIANA HURTADO, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. MEANWHILE, HERE IN MISSISSIPPI WE'RE TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM THAT RUNOFF IN THE THIRD DISTRICT REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY.
 
68.  WAPT-ABC  JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90    
MAR 20 2008  1:05AM CT  Nielsen Audience: 1,065 
WAPT LAST NIGHT 10PM REPEAT   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $35 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $175 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $15 
[**01:26:52 AM**] SOT CLINTON: IF DEMOCRATS SEND THE MESSAGE THAT WE DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR VOTES I'M SURE JOHN MCCAIN AND THE REPUBLICANS WILL BE GLAD TO HAVE THEM. JOHN MCCAIN IS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HE HAS SAID THAT IF ELECTED, HE WILL KEEP TROOPS IN IRAQ FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES. ... YUNJI DE NIES ON CAMERA: AFTER MONTHS OF PRESSURE, CLINTON HAS RELEASED MORE THAN 11-THOUSAND PAGES OF HER DAILY SCHEDULE AS FIRST LADY. THE DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT SHE WORKED TO WIN CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR NAFTA A TREATY SHE NOW CRITICIZES AND SAYS SHE WANTS TO CHANGE. YUNJI DE NIES, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. BOTH BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON BOTH MADE CAMPAIGN STOPS IN THE METRO THIS MONTH. CLINTON SPOKE AT A DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISER IN CANTON WHILE OBAMA SPOKE AT JACKSON STATE. OBAMA WON THE PRIMARY OVER CLINTON HERE IN MISSISSIPPI. ONE OF THEM WILL BE BACK IN MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS YEAR WHEN OLE MISS HOST A DEBATE. OLE MISS IS TIPPING OFF THEIR POSTSEASON DREAMS AT HOME.
 
69.  WAPT-ABC  JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90    
MAR 20 2008  5:30AM CT  Nielsen Audience: 8,878 
WAPT MORNING NEWS   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $130 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $650 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $65 
[**05:35:56 AM**] THE MISSISSIPPI JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE COMMISSION SAYS IT WANTS DELAUGHTER'S SUSPENSION WHILE THERE IS A REVIEW OF HIS RULINGS, ALL OF THIS- OF COURSE- A WEEK AFTER EMBATTLED ATTORNEY DICKIE SCRUGGS PLED GUILTY TO BRIBING A JUDGE FOR A FAVORABLE RULING, IN THE SUSPENSION REQUEST- THE COMMISSION ALLEGES DELAUGHTER FAILED TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM A SCRUGGS CASE INVOLVING ASBESTOS FEES AFTER THE JUDGE WAS ALLEGEDLY CONTACTED AND ASKED TO RULE FAVORABLY IN THE CASE, DELAUGHTER HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING AND DEFENDED HIS RULING THAT- IN THE END- FAVORED SCRUGGS IN THE ASBESTOS FEE DISPUTE. WE SHOULD MENTION THE SUSPENSION REQUEST IS NOT A FINDING OF MISCONDUCT, ACCORDING TO THE PETITION- JUDGE DELAUGHTER HAS 30-DAYS TO PRESENT HIS SIDE OF THE ARGUMENTS, NO WORD IF THE STATE SUPREME COURT WILL TRY TO SPEED UP THAT TIMELINE, WE'RE LIVE OUTSIDE THE HINDS COUNTY COURTHOUSE- DC 16 WAPT NEWS, NOW TO COMMITMENT 2008, IT LOOKS LIKE A REVOTE IN MICHIGAN WON'T HAPPEN FOR THE DEMOCRATS. THE PLAN HAS STALLED, BUT SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON WHO NEEDS THOSE VOTES, IS DOING ALL SHE CAN TO PUSH FOR A NEW ELECTION. THE DEMOCRATS IN MICHIGAN WERE TRYING TO GET A PLAN APPROVED BEFORE THEIR STATE LAWMAKERS WENT ON A TWO- WEEK BREAK. SENATOR CLINTON HAS BEEN ASKING SENATOR BARACK OBAMA TO JOIN HER IN PUSHI FOR A NEW PRIMARY IN MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA, BUT SENATOR OBAMA APPEARS TO BE AGAINST IT. CLINTON WON BOTH STATES EASILY. THE NEXT PRIMARY WILL BE IN PENNSYLVANIA APRIL 22ND. BARRY BONDS MAY HAVE MORE LEGAL TROUBLE HEADING HIS WAY.
 
70.  WAPT-ABC  JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90    
MAR 20 2008  5:30AM CT  Nielsen Audience: 8,878 
WAPT MORNING NEWS   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $130 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $650 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $65 
[**05:50:38 AM**] FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, TO THE WEST COAST, QUESTIONS STILL RAISED ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR, WAS IT WORTH IT? BUT THE MORE PRESSING QUESTION FACING ALL THREE PRESIDENTIAL CANIDIDATES DO WE STAY, OR DO WE GO? DEMOCRATS BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON BOTH SUPPORT A PHASED WITHDRAWL, IF ELECTED. BUT REPUBLICAN JOHN MCCAIN WHO AT ONE POINT SAID ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THAT HE BELIEVED US TROOPS COULD STAY IN IRAQ FOR UP TO 100 YEARS REITERATED HIS SUPPORT FOR THE CURRENT STRATEGY. AS THE PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE TRIED TO LOOK PRESIDENTIAL DURING HIS TRIP THIS WEEK TO IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST A VERBAL SLIP-UP, WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY ACCUSED IRAN OF TRAINING AL QAEDA OPERATIVES, AND HIS POTENTIAL DEMOCRATIC RIVAL SEIZED THE OPPORTUNITY DESPITE HAVING A SLIP-UP OF HIS OWN WHEN HE MISSPOKE DURING AN EARLIER DEBATE ABOUT AL QAEDA RETURNING TO IRAQ. ... SENATOR CLINTON AND SENATOR MCCAIN ARE ON THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE AND SENATOR OBAMA IS ON THE FOREIGN RELATIONS THE ANSWER IS BLOWING IN THE WIND, 3:16:30- WE ARE HERE TODAY TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE DIED. 3:16:33 AND IN JACKSON, PEOPLE GATHERED AT THE CAPITOL TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN THE WAR IN IRAQ. ORGANIZERS SAY IT WASN'T A PROTEST, BUT THEY ARE READY FOR THE TROOPS TO COME HOME.
 
71.  WAPT-ABC  JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90    
MAR 20 2008  6:30AM CT  Nielsen Audience: 17,337 
WAPT MORNING NEWS   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $480 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $2,400 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $110 
[**06:45:55 AM**] FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, TO THE WEST COAST, QUESTIONS STILL RAISED ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR, WAS IT WORTH IT? BUT THE MORE PRESSING QUESTION FACING ALL THREE PRESIDENTIAL CANIDIDATES DO WE STAY, OR DO WE GO? DEMOCRATS BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON BOTH SUPPORT A PHASED WITHDRAWL, IF ELECTED. BUT REPUBLICAN JOHN MCCAIN WHO AT ONE POINT SAID ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THAT HE BELIEVED US TROOPS COULD STAY IN IRAQ FOR UP TO 100 YEARS REITERATED HIS SUPPORT FOR THE CURRENT STRATEGY. AS THE PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE TRIED TO LOOK PRESIDENTIAL DURING HIS TRIP THIS WEEK TO IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST A VERBAL SLIP-UP, WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY ACCUSED IRAN OF TRAINING AL QAEDA OPERATIVES, AND HIS POTENTIAL DEMOCRATIC RIVAL SEIZED THE OPPORTUNITY DESPITE HAVING A SLIP-UP OF HIS OWN WHEN HE MISSPOKE DURING AN EARLIER DEBATE ABOUT AL QAEDA RETURNING TO IRAQ. AND OBAMA ALSO POINTED THE FINGER AT HILLARY CLINTON SAYING SHE CAN'T BE TRUSTED TO END THE WAR. BUT CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN STRUCK BACK SAYING THAT OBAMA HASN'T DONE ANYTHING TO END IT, UNTIL HE STARTED RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. RIGHT NOW, THE ECONOMY SEEMS TO BE THE HOT TOPIC. COULD IRAQ RE- EMERGE AGAIN AS THE MAIN ISSUE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRIAL, AND HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE CANDIDATES' STRATEGIES? ... DEMOCRATS BARACK OBAMA GIVES A SPEECH ON THE IRAQ AND THE ECONOMY, WHILE HILLARY IS FOCUSING MORE ON THE ECONOMY IN HER CAMPAIGN VISITS TODAY.
 
72.  WAPT-ABC  JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90    
MAR 20 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 
[**06:48:02 AM**] VISITS TODAY. IN APRIL, GENERAL PETRAEUS AND AMBASSADOR CROCKER WILL BE BACK ON CAPITOL HILL WITH ANOTHER REPORT ON IRAQ. SENATOR CLINTON AND SENATOR MCCAIN ARE ON THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE AND SENATOR OBAMA IS ON THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE. THE MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD ANNOUNCED THE DEATH OF ANOTHER MISSISSIPPI SOLDIER. 27 YEAR OLD SPECIALIST LERANDO BROWN OF POPLARVILLE DIED IN BALAD IRAQ AS A RESULT OF A NON COMBAT INJURY SATURDAY.
 
73.  WLBT-NBC  JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90    
MAR 20 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 
[**05:31:34 AM**] O88THURSDAY MORNING. STILL AHEAD THIS HALF HOUR, HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA CONTINUE TO BATTLE FOR EVERY DELEGATE THEY CAN GET, BUT THE FATE OF MICHIGAN'S DELEGATES IS STILL UP IN THE AIR. AND AFTER FIVE YEARS AT WAR IN IRAQ WE'LL LOOK AT ITS IMPACT HERE IN MISSISSIPPI WE'LL GET TO ALL THE NEWS IN A MOMENT. BUT FIRST, METEOROLOGIST ERIC LAW HAS A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. ... THE PLAN HAS STALLED, BUT SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON WHO NEEDS THOSE VOTES IS TRYING TO REVIVE IT. TRACIE POTTS REPORTS, FLORIDA'S PRETTY MUCH SCRAPPED PLANS TO RE-DO ITS VOTE. SO HILLARY CLINTON NEEDS MICHIGAN AND SHE'S CHALLENGING BARACK OBAMA TO JOIN HER IN PUSHING FOR A NEW PRIMARY THERE: 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE "SENATOR OBAMA SPEAKS PASSIONATELY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL ABOUT EMPOWERING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. TODAY I AM URGING HIM TO MATCH THOSE WORDS WITH ACTIONS. BUT OBAMA QUESTIONED CLINTON'S MOTIVES AS MORE ABOUT MATH THAN DEMOCRACY. AND ON THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF IRAQ, HE URGED MILITARY FAMILIES TO TRUST HIM TO END THE WAR. 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE "ASK YOURSELF: WHO DO YOU TRUST TO END A WAR: SOMEONE WHO OPPOSED THE WAR FROM THE BEGINNING, OR SOMEONE WHO STARTED OPPOSING IT WHEN THEY STARTED PREPARING A RUN FOR PRESIDENT? ... OBAMA'S STILL TRYING TO PROVE HIS AND CLINTON FACES THE RELEASE OF WHITE HOUSE DOCUMENTS THAT SHOW, AS FIRST TWO MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE STRUGGLING MORTGAGE MARKET ARE GETTING A LIFELINE FROM THE GOVERNMENT. THE GOVERNMENT IS LETTING FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 200-BILLION DOLLARS FOR HOME LOANS. THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT ANNOUNCED THE MOVE YESTERDAY.
 
74.  WLBT-NBC  JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90    
MAR 20 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 
[**06:31:30 AM**] AD LIBS WEATHER, THEN TOSSES TO ANCHORS. CONTINUING OUR DECISION 2008 COVERAGE THIS MORNING, THE CONTEST IS STILL A FEW WEEKS AWAY, BUT PENNSYLVANIANS ARE ALREADY MAKING PREPARATIONS. RESIDENTS ARE RUSHING IN RECORD NUMBERS TO SIGN UP AS DEMOCRATS SO THEY CAN VOTE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY BETWEEN BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON ON APRIL 22ND. ONLY REGISTERED DEMOCRATS CAN VOTE FOR THEIR PARTY'S CANDIDATES IN THE STATE'S PRIMARY. AT STAKE ARE 158 DELEGATES, THE BIGGEST BLOC OF DELEGATES STILL TO BE AWARDED, IT APPEARS A MICHIGAN RE- VOTE MAY BE A NO-GO FOR THE DEMOCRATS. CLINTON IS TRYING TO REVIVE THAT AND SHE'S CAMPAIGNING THERE TO MAKE HER CASE. ONE POLL TAKEN LAST WEEKEND GIVES HER A SOLID LEAD OF 12 POINTS AFTER PENNSYLVANIA, MEANWHILE, OBAMA IS HOPING RECRUITS AND A HIP HOP TURN UP THE VOTE CAMPAIGN BY RUSSELL SIMMONS AND OTHER ARTISTS AND ACTORS WILL HELP HIM OVERCOME THAT COME NEXT PRIMARY. VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY IS IN AFGHANISTAN THIS MORNING TO BOLSTER THAT COUNTRY'S FRAGILE GOVERNMENT AS IT FACES RISING THREATS FROM AL-QAEDA AND TALIBAN MILITANTS. MEANWHILE, AL-QAEDA LEADER OSAMA BIN LADEN REPORTEDLY DELIVERED A NEW AUDIO MESSAGE THAT WAS PUBLISHED ON THE INTERNET LAST NIGHT.
 
75.  WLBT-NBC  JACKSON, MS, MARKET RANK: 90    
MAR 20 2008  6:30AM CT  Nielsen Audience: 45,636 
WLBT 630AM MORNING NEWS   Calculated Ad Equivalency: $80 
 Calculated Publicity Value: $400 
 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $160 
[**07:01:46 AM**] THEN, DOCUMENT DUMP. WE HAVE NOW SEEN WHAT, ABOUT 11,000 PAGES OF DOCUMENTS THAT SHOW WHAT HILLARY CLINTON DID EVERY DAY DURING HER TIME AS FIRST LADY, BUT DO THESE DAILY DIARIES, IF YOU WILL, HELP HER OR HURT HER WHEN SHE MAKES THE CASE THAT SHE'S BATTLE-TESTED AND HAS MORE EXPERIENCE THAN BARACK OBAMA?
 

Report Generated: 2008/03/20 11:55:08.281 (CT)
Total Story Count: 75
Total Nielsen Audience: 1,661,174
Total 30-Second Ad Equivalency: $14,445
Total Calculated Ad Equivalency: $48,145
Total Calculated Publicity Value: $240,710
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