There's nothing to file a lawsuit over, it's an invitational debate. However, what we want is to expose them and generate lots of BAD PRESS for CNN. THAT would be awesome ...
that's how you put the pressure on the journalist corporations.
Exactly. Remember, they are businesses and competitors. So tell CNN's competitors!
I haven't heard anybody talk about this ...
In 1975 the Federal Communications Commission created a loophole regarding the equal time provision. It ruled debates were "bona fide news events." That meant if debates were sponsored by some organization other than the networks, coverage of such a "news event" was exempt from the equal time requirements.
So the media gets away with the equal time provision through this loophole.
The League of Women Voters quickly volunteered to sponsor, or "initiate" the debates. (What happened to them? At least, I thought, they were honest and non-partisan.)
The job of sponsoring debates was taken over by the "Commission on Presidential Debates" (CPD) in 1988. This new commission is a SCAM headed and controled by only Democrats and Republicans. "Fringe" candidates and 3rd Party Candidates can now be hung out to dry.
Here's a link to more on this scam.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Commission_on_Presidential_Debates
WHO is behind CPD taking control? Why did the League of Women Voters reliquish control?
I dont have time but maybe somebody here can dig into this more and post what the hell is really going on.
CPD's website
http://www.debates.org/ is WAY out of date.
WHY??? There could be a hidden big story here.
Our head government servants and corporate media are in such an entangled web of lies and deceit it's unbelievable! Disgusting!