The Nevada Supreme Court heard oral arguments on NBC’s appeal to exclude democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich from taking part in the nationally televised democratic debate tonight in Las Vegas.
What do you think? Should Kucinich be allowed in the debate?
I am outraged that Dennis Kucinich wasn’t allowed in the debate and I rarely going to watch msnbc in the future. I watched this channel because of keith
olberman ’s monologues but this night christened another blow to Democracy.
Dennis’s voice is the true voice of the people of this country and he was silenced
once more by the coprorate media . I thought naively that msnbc had
some merit but not after tonight. Shame on you —–nbc tyrants!!!!!!
Comment by olga osborne — January 15, 2008 @ 8:53 pm
In that setting, the roundtable with little opportunity for the moderators to exclude Kucinich from the debate, Congressman Kucinich would have shone. His reasoned, courageous, sensible, intelligent answers would have garnered larger support for him. He is actually what the American public is asking for. That is why NBC fought to keep him out of the debate and out of the public eye. Our battle, dear citizens is with the corporate media and we need to storm the gates.
Comment by Sheila Jackson — January 16, 2008 @ 12:18 pm
Ironically, this is a case that proves one of Kucinich’s and others’ key points that large corporations, including the major media, have too much power to control the public discourse. That they use their public license of the public airwaves to stifle debate, and do so in the name of the First Amendment, is an ultimate hypocrisy, and should be an abomination to all those who cherish our evaporating freedoms.
Comment by Rick VanDyke — January 16, 2008 @ 10:32 pm