Mr. Paleoconservative
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« on: January 01, 2008, 03:57:11 PM » |
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I am not a Ron Paul supporter for President (but his voice does need to be heard in Congress), but this is an utterly unfair thing to be done to him and Congressman Hunter. The news media should not be allowed to exclude candidates from these debates is they can meet one of these criteria; get on the ballot of at least 5 states; register over 5% in a single State on average in public opinion polls; or have raised over a certain amount of money.
Fox News Channel may be cable and not under the regulation of the FCC, but to see ABC follow this decision also makes one question how the media boxes in what choices voters have available. The people own the airwaves which ABC broadcasts on, and ABC should be forced as a public service to allow into the debates all serious contenders (which could be determined by the three criteria previously mentioned).
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