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Kucinich files complaint on ABC debate (FCC Equal Access claim re: Kucinich, Gravel & Duncan Hunter)
AP via Yahoo ^ | 1/4/2008 | DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer

Posted on 01/04/2008 6:02:56 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance

NEW YORK - 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.

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Fox News Channel is sponsoring a debate in its mobile studio Sunday that excludes Paul and Hunter. Huckabee, Giuliani, Romney, Thompson and McCain have been invited.

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(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008debates; abcmews; biasmeanslayoffs; elections; enemedia; fcc; gopdebates; gravel; howtostealanelection; hunter; kucinich; liberalmedia; mediabias; paul; riggedelection; trysellingthetruth
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To: Dante3

They consider Hunter to be a real threat to their plots to aid the Deathocrats, if he can gain momentum.


81 posted on 01/04/2008 7:56:12 PM PST by DGHoodini (The Dems no longer have the humanity to grasp that there are things worth dying for.)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

Kucinich is a whacko, but he’s right on this.

Besides, I am from the time when cartoons were played before the movie at the theaters...I missed them then, I will miss them now. ;>)


82 posted on 01/04/2008 7:57:14 PM PST by Gator113 (My short list..Fred, Hunter, Romney.)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

I emailed both.


83 posted on 01/04/2008 7:58:11 PM PST by freekitty ((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
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To: LibertyRocks

“As for Disney contributing to campaigns...”

I am very interested in this also.

Although McCain is certainly not my first or even second choice, he had IMO one of the best quotes of the evening on Fox coverage.

Chris Matthews asked what he thought of the returns.

McCain..”I don’t know, you guys are engineering this..what do you think?” (not verbatim) Very humorous and very true.


84 posted on 01/04/2008 8:23:30 PM PST by berdie
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

Thanks for the ping!


85 posted on 01/04/2008 9:12:12 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I do not support government telling media what to do or say, but I hate the media too


86 posted on 01/04/2008 9:13:56 PM PST by GeronL
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

Paul and Hunter should be included. Paul meets the Fox debate polling criteria, and Hunter is one of the best conservatives in the race.


87 posted on 01/04/2008 9:16:01 PM PST by mysterio
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
The problem is not who's on the stage but the asinine formats.

I agree with Kooch on this one.....but only because the media is running our nation's presidential elections now, and picking and choosing who shall be in or out of the debates is just another part of its Orwellian control of our political system and information.

Leni

88 posted on 01/04/2008 9:31:35 PM PST by MinuteGal (Three Cheers for the FRed, White and Blue !!!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

It makes sense to not crowd the debate by indivduals polling such low vote % that there is no realistic chance to win.
I am interested more in hearing from those who have a realistc chance to win. I would put the threshold at 5 % of total votes.


89 posted on 01/04/2008 10:07:52 PM PST by ajay_kumar (United we win, divided democrats win. How difficult is that to understand?)
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To: Bokababe

...The fact that Kucinich has some compassion for those who are still at the level of where he came from, is not a sin. It is, unfortunately, a completely unworkable political philosophy for running a country.

No garbage, I agree entirely. It would be great if Liberal prescriptions would improve the lot of people like little Dennis. Unfortunately, experience tells us that they make the poor young Dennises of this world much worse off. In countries like Zimbabwe, North Korea, they kill.


90 posted on 01/04/2008 10:22:51 PM PST by sgtyork (The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage. Thucydides)
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To: MinuteGal
I agree with Kooch on this one.....but only because the media is running our nation's presidential elections now, and picking and choosing who shall be in or out of the debates is just another part of its Orwellian control of our political system and information.

And CNN is the ratings juggernaut of the modern news scene, an unbeatable presence. And AT&T controls all long distance calling. And FedEx has defined shipping.

In the end, media networks depend upon the consumer, and upon the competition not working hard enough to steal away the consumer. CNN discovered how an upstart can utterly trash you, AT&T was gutted by MCI, and FedEx and UPS are feeling the pressure from DHL.

As for picking and choosing who will be part of the debates - they're debates hosted by these networks. No one is owed a spot on that stage, and if they decided to exclude Mike Huckabee, for example, the only response the public would have would be to not watch.

91 posted on 01/04/2008 10:24:41 PM PST by kingu (Fred08 - The Constitution is the value I'm voting for. What value are you voting for?)
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To: cripplecreek
Sad to say it but Kucinich shows more manhood than the majority of the GOP again.

...worth repeating!

92 posted on 01/04/2008 10:31:14 PM PST by glock rocks (A near majority of Americans have below average intelligence.)
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To: eleni121
"What an insult to Hunter to be placed in the same boat as the other two lunatics."

I know...the man has served his country for so long and this is how he's treated by the MSM.

93 posted on 01/04/2008 10:35:27 PM PST by miliantnutcase
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To: Bahbah; mware; MNJohnnie; holdonnow

If said parent company contributed to said candidate participating in said debate... is it legal?

How about the exclusion of debaters? Would it be something they could walk away from and set up in another venue?


94 posted on 01/04/2008 10:35:59 PM PST by AliVeritas (ah, the sheer grace! in darkness and concealment, my house being now all stilled.)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance; All

We need the donor lists... for every candidate.

Board of Directors and members... as well as moderators and sponsors.


95 posted on 01/04/2008 10:37:05 PM PST by AliVeritas (ah, the sheer grace! in darkness and concealment, my house being now all stilled.)
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To: AliVeritas; bd476; kcvl; Alamo-Girl; Cindy; nw_arizona_granny; Liz; ken5050; Richard Poe; ...
We need the donor lists... for every candidate.

Board of Directors and members... as well as moderators and sponsors.

Ping for ideas and resources besides OpenSecrets.org?

96 posted on 01/04/2008 11:13:15 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

Go get ‘em, Dennis!


97 posted on 01/04/2008 11:22:43 PM PST by unspun (God save us from egos -- especially our own.)
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To: Marine_Uncle

That’s what I’m thinking. Bureaucrats have good reason to keep anyone like Hunter out of the spotlight as he’s a direct threat to their Marxist livelihoods.

Reason #83 why I like Hunter the best.


98 posted on 01/04/2008 11:40:42 PM PST by MonicaG (Duncan Hunter!!)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

Sad news for Hunter, my favorite candidate. But I guess that’s just how it goes. They set out these rules ahead of time.


99 posted on 01/04/2008 11:43:01 PM PST by Zeon Cowboy (Pardon Ramos and Compean NOW! // Duncan Hunter '08)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

ABC’s exclusion of Kucinich, Hunter and Gravel is the Fairness Doctrine in reverse.


100 posted on 01/05/2008 5:21:27 AM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! Duncan Hunter is a Cosponsor.)
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