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~Kurt Vonnegut
~Kurt Vonnegut
Thursday, December 11, 2003
Outrage! Media Influence on Politics
FAIR ACTION ALERT:
Did Kucinich's criticism of Koppel influence decision?
For the record, before ABC's decision to cut back coverage, Kucinich, Sharpton and Moseley Braun had been mentioned a combined total of 10 times this year on ABC's World News Tonight, according to a search of the Nexis database. Only one of those mentions referred to the candidate's position on a policy.
Watch the clip of Kucinich taking on the media during the debate. (dsl or dialup)
The day after Dennis Kucinich took ABC debate moderator Ted Koppel to task for avoiding questions that would be useful to voters in favor of questions about endorsements, money, and polls, ABC pulled its fulltime "embedded" reporter from the Kucinich campaign.
As Big Left Outside says:
Whether you are Republican, Democrat, or Independent... whether you like Dennis Kucinich or hate him or don't care... something much larger is at stake here... and ABC should not be allowed to use our airwaves to pick and choose which candidates are in the race. ( read the comments too )
The ABC's of Media
Another good view from The Progressive in Kucinich Bests Koppel:
"I watched the Democratic Presidential debate on Tuesday night, and there was a clear winner.
No, it wasn't Howard Dean. He has yet to win a debate, at least not any of the half dozen I've watched.
It was Dennis Kucinich.
But you wouldn't have known it reading the newspaper account in The New York Times the next day, or watching the wrap-ups on TV." posted by Cyndy | link |
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