“I think that when you have the president of the United States standing inside the White House delivering an important speech, I think that’s something that broadcasters should be carrying."
There's a firm difference between being angry that networks skipped the speech and believing they should be legally required to air it. The fact that we're even having this conversation feels absurd to me.
Clips aren't just filler content. They're the front porch to everything else a network produces. A well-placed clip welcomes a viewer in, and if that viewer likes what they see, they'll walk through the front door.
For years, people compared a 60 Minutes correspondent chair to a Supreme Court seat: once you got it, it was yours for life. This year proved that's not actually true.