Media Is Sell [1]
Submitted by Diane Farsetta [2] on
"Remember how the broadcast networks explained that they would cover only three hours of each of the four-day Democratic and Republican conventions because they are nothing more than infomercials [3]?" asks Lisa de Moraes. Well, ABC and CBS will run "infomercials for products in which the networks have a financial interest" on their Friday newsmagazines. ABC will feature Victoria Gotti, of "Growing Up Gotti" on A&E, owned in part by ABC. CBS [4] will feature Yoanna House, from the "America's Top Model" reality show on UPN, owned by CBS parent company Viacom [5]. Fox will air a half-hour special on the "Alien vs. Predator" movie, from 20th Century Fox (although Fox News [6] Channel, de Moraes notes, was "all over the convention").