[NYTr] Demand Kucinich, Paul, Gravel, et al. be Included in TV Debate

[All the News That Doesn't Fit]

IndependentPrimary.Com - Jan 3, 2008

Action - Demand Kucinich be Included in TV Debate


Once again, the corporate media is trying to tell you which candidates
you're allowed to vote for.

ABC and Fox News are sponsoring debates just before the New Hampshire
presidential primary.

Both ABC and FOX are ruthlessly using their control of these debates
to limit the choice of American voters -- before the first vote is
cast!

To take action, go to http://action.independentprimary.com

Here's what they've done:

ABC NEWS HAS EXCLUDED KUCINICH, GRAVEL, AND OTHERS:  In an arbitrary
decision that shakes our democracy to its very core, ABC News has
set debate criteria that exclude Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel, Chris
Dodd, Joe Biden and Duncan Hunter from their Saturday debates.  New
Hampshire has a recent history of open debates. As a result of these
exclusions the New Hampshire Union Leader newspaper has decided not
to co-sponsor the debate.

FOX NEWS HAS EXCLUDED RON PAUL: Fox News has done ABC one step worse
by calling it's Sunday debate a "candidate forum" to avoid setting
any criteria at all.  They're using this technicality to exclude
Ron Paul - even though the co-sponsoring New Hampshire Republican
Party issued a statement saying they want all the candidates included.

FOX and ABC are using arbitrary criteria to exclude the diverse and
anti-war voices in the Democratic and Republican primaries and limit
the participation of independent voters.

IndependentPrimary.com is the independent watchdog on the electoral
process -

Join us in flooding ABC and Fox News with emails and phone calls
demanding that all the candidates be included in the televised
debates. Go to http://action.independentprimary.com

Thank you for working to take our country back from the party bosses,
big money, and corporate media,

Jim Mangia & Linda Curtis
IndependentPrimary.Com