Should Disney/ABC, which contributed to Hillary & Obama, Be Able to Omit Candidates from a Debate?

[RichardV8458]

More importantly, does Democracy belong to the People-who might be interested in what ALL the candidates have to say-or to the Corporate Media who arbitrarily sets standards to eliminate the less Corporate friendly "second tier?"

Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich filed a complaint with the FCC on Friday after ABC News excluded him, fellow Democrat Mike Gravel and Republican Duncan Hunter from its prime-time debates on Saturday.

Kucinich argued that ABC is violating equal-time provisions by keeping him out of the debate and noted that ABC's parent Walt Disney Co. had contributed to campaigns involving the four Democrats who were invited."ABC should not be the first primary," the Ohio congressman said in papers filed at the Federal Communications Commission.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080105/ap_po/abc_debate

http://whitehouseforsale.org/
ABC News announced today that Dennis Kucinich will not be
allowed to participate in tomorrow's nationally televised debate
from St. Anselm College in New Hampshire.

The Democratic Debate tomorrow is about figuring out what real
Democrats care about. Real Democrats want to vote for someone
who:

- has opposed the Iraq War from the beginning
- has defended the Constitution from the Bush Administration
- will give our country single payer not-for-profit health care.

Mainstream America needs to hear about the one real Democrat -
Dennis Kucinich.

(Dennis Kucinich is interviewed by Bill Moyers on PBS Journal tonight)

http://www.dennis4president.com/home/

[gary]

its their tv show, they can do what they want

[llllarry1]

The world is corrupt.

[STEPHENR]

No, unless they want 2.& NO dont delete candidates from Debates
Keep OPEN MIND
or lose being credible.
Your call.

[GetDressed]

I don't know about banning debates.

But perhaps, something as sacred as democracy, should be given a government-sponsered platform.

I'm a libertarian but perhaps the presentation of candidates is one thing that perhaps the government should deliver.

I don't think anyone has the right to tell Disney/ABC what to do, as sick and anti-American as their little "debate" is.

[ohiofirefighter423415]

They also left out these two democratic candidates
Emperor Caesar (D-FL), Richard E. "Mad Dog" Caligiuri (D-PA),

There were somewhere around 60 candidates that declared as democrats. They have to have a cutoff someplace, or do you suggest they allow all 50 candidates to debate including mad dog?

The link below lists every single person that ran for the office....perhaps if I want to get some TV face time I should throw my hat into the ring too..... Then you can show your outrage when Im not invited to the debate.....face it Kucinich is not a legitimate candidate

[Justmyopinion]

Yes if they want to. It may not be fair but it is their right. Some programs only invite one at a time for an interview.