WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Barack Obama's U.S. presidential campaign has purchased a half hour of prime time on CBS, NBC and MSNBC, sources told The Hollywood Reporter.
The TV buy is the first of a large primetime block by a presidential candidate since H. Ross Perot, who ran on the reform party line in 1992. Larry Sabato, executive director of the Center of Politics at the University of Virginia, said the practice was more common in the early days of television.