In a convergence of politics, sports and broadcast media, Major League Baseball has agreed to push back the start time of a potential World Series Game 6 by eight minutes to allow Barack Obama to run a long-form 30-minute "ad" on CBS, NBC and Fox.
The Obama presidential campaign has purchased time on the 3 networks for October 29 between 8-8:30 p.m.
From The Hollywood Reporter: “Fox will accommodate Senator Obama’s desire to communicate with voters in this long-form format,” network spokesman Lou D’Ermilio said in a statement. “We are pleased that Major League Baseball has agreed to delay the first pitch of World Series Game 6 for a few minutes in order for Fox to carry his program on Oct. 29. If requested, the network would be willing to make similar time available to Senator McCain’s campaign.”
Senator McCain's activities have been equally invasive into prime-time sports schedules. In early September, the NFL moved up the kickoff time of the opening-night game (on NBC) to 7 p.m. to make sure that the game would be over before McCain accepted the nomination of the Republican party during the RNC.
