There is no public right to information in the US print or broadcast media, or in Canada, especially the right to cast an informed vote. The media puts their rights ahead of all others and uses it to suppress and misinform an any issue their corporate or political master command. Why is it that in the so-called land of the free and the home of the brave that the only broadcasters or newspapers that covered the 2012 Third Party Presidential Debate moderated by Larry King with the leaders of the Green and Libertarian parties (who were on the ballot in enough places to actually elect a President) two other were Russia Today (RT), Al Jazerra (English) and a few internet news services like HuffingtonPost and US News? Four third-party candidates, who were not invited to the presidential debates between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, have faced each other in Chicago.The participants included former Salt Lake City mayor Rocky Anderson, former Virginia congressman Virgil Goode, former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, and Green Party nominee Jill Stein. Its a two-party system, but not a two-party system by law, King said. The Canada elections act, Broadcasting Act and 3. of the Canadian Charter of Right all require the public to be able to cast an informed vote and the broadcast media has more specific balance requirements and prohibitions against partisan political coverage and yet our Supreme Court say they can do whatever they want on their news and public affairs programming, and neglect to even mention or include more than two parties or candidates in their programming. The Court ruled that our leaders debates are not partisan and the licenced media can exclude any one or view they choose, so long as two or more of the as many as 20 or more accredited party leaders are included. The media has no obligation to even inform the electorate about the number of registered parties, their leaders or their nominated candidates. There no balance obligation and they are free to endorse any party they choose, including the right to cover only two parties with the same view on issues and exclude others. It does seem that the British Prime Minister and public will force the Broadcasters to include the Green Party along with other smaller parties regulator in the Leaders debates even though their regulator refuses to do so, as was the case in Canada when the Green we allowed in 2008. #DemocracyEh? Not in Canada or the USA I say. Third-party candidates spar in US debate aljazeera/.../10/20121023185635673481.html Larry King Moderating Third-Party Debate usnews/.../larry-king-moderating-debate... RT presents third-party presidential debate rt/usa/third-party-debate-rt-745/ David Cameron will refuse TV debates if Greens excluded bbc/news/uk-politics-30726499
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 20:43:39 +0000
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