Moveon.org Petition to end "Gotcha" Debates
Fri Apr 18, 2008 at 02:56:55 AM PDT
According to Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post, Hillary Clinton once again put the republicans ahead of the democrats, and praised John McCain for his stance on global warming. His column, titled, Clinton Praises McCain on Global Warming, Focuses on Women, also contained a link to a Moveon.org petition I thought many would want to see.
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Apparently, Moveon.org was as disgusted with ABC's handling of the debate as the vast majority of us were. They've got a petition on their site now titled, "Enough Distractions", and on it is the following:
Editor & Publisher called this week's ABC presidential debate "perhaps the most embarrassing performance by the media in a major presidential debate in years."
Moderators George Stephanopolous and Charlie Gibson spent the first 50 minutes obsessed with distractions that only political insiders care about--gaffes, polling numbers, the stale Rev. Wright story, and the old-news Bosnia story. And, channelling Karl Rove, they directed a video question to Barack Obama asking if he loves the American flag or not. Seriously.
Enough is enough. The public needs the media to stop hurting the national dialogue in this important election year. Can you sign the petition to ABC and other media outlets and pass it on to friends who are also fed up?
Chris Cillizza reports that Moveon.org will run an ad about this if 100,000 people sign the petition. Interested in signing? Go here:
Moveon.org Petition