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Monday, October 09, 2006

Media: Don't shut out independents!

The Michagan Lenawee Connection (Daily Telegram) takes a stand on inclusion of independents and third parties in the process.....
"...Democrats and Republicans, with the help of a cooperative news media, have largely managed to shut third parties out of the electoral process through restrictive ballot requirements and debates where only two candidates are invited. Maybe that’s why, even though one third of American voters don’t identify with either major political party, there are only two independents in Congress — Sen. Jim Jeffords and Rep. Bernie Sanders, both of Vermont.....We disagree with our colleagues elsewhere in the news media who have defended the practice of excluding third-party candidates from debates...." [more]

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