Convention, not reruns, ABC, CBS!

[Commentary] It’s official. Neither NBC, ABC, nor CBS is planning to air any coverage of the Republican National Convention opening night on Monday, when Ann Romney will be speaking. Instead? ABC and CBS are airing reruns, of “Castle” and “Hawaii Five-0” respectively.

The argument of the networks seems to be that this is only parity — the Democratic National Convention is just three nights long, and a fourth night would be, er, a half-hour of extra publicity for the GOP, and Up With That We Cannot Put. “Why,” the network brass shouts, “if people were allowed to hear Ann Romney speak for any length of time at all, especially in prime-time, it would ALL be OVER! We might as well forget the next 60-odd days. America would rise up as one and go surging off to the polls with whatever ID was necessary!”