Networks Refuse Obama Request for Primetime to Announce Obamacare Hitting 7 Million Mark

According to a report via BuzzFeed’s Evan McMorris-Santoro, President Barack Obama requested the opportunity to address the nation in prime time on the major broadcast networks on Tuesday night to announce that the Affordable Care Act had reached 7 million enrollees. Those networks did not, however, accommodate the White House’s request.

“Three sources familiar with the request confirmed the White House asked for the prime time slot in their effort both to emphasize a bright moment following the challenging roll out and, more important, to try to reintroduce the country to a law that remains unpopular,” McMorris-Santoro reported.

The White House declined to comment on the revelations.

The president has only delivered prime time addresses to the nation on a handful of occasions, including occasions like the death of Osama bin Laden and during the effort to make the case for intervention in the Syrian civil war to the American people. On this occasion, however, Obama announced the number of ACA enrollees from the Rose Garden of the White House.

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