The networks are feeling pressured by the White House to televise presidential press conferences live, reports media writer Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post. Maybe that’s because they are being pressured, Kurtz suggests in a column titled “The Prez, The Press, The…

President Barack Obama says one television network is “entirely devoted to attacking my administration.”

Obama didn’t identify the network, even when asked by CNBC chief Washington correspondent John Harwood if he meant Fox News.

Obama told CNBC that the unnamed network has a…

It appears that other networks in the future will be following the Fox network’s lead in declining White House requests to air prime-time news conferences.

A story today on ABC News’ web site — Presidential press conference to cost networks millions —…

The Fox network has told President Barack Obama it won’t show his prime-time news conference Wednesday night, AP television writer David Bauder reports.

Fox executives wouldn’t comment, but Bauder’s reporting indicates that “sweeps” numbers and advertising revenues are behind the decision —…