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On the phone, Carol Miller told me KOB-TV clearly, intentionally refused to let her join the hour-long program. Confusing, she said, because she saw stories on the KOB web site about this yearâs upsurge in independent candidacies and womenâs candidacies and also a report that
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8 months ago
Democrats and Republicans may be interested in supporting the ideas and candidacies of 3rd parties, but they won't water down their party's sure possibility of election unless their second-choice vote will count.
Other countries have this reasonable election system. We should, too.
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8 months ago
8 months ago
As long as media organizations are allowed to use the public commons, the airwaves, the cables, the roads, essentially free of charge they will do as they please. The question in this is who owns the medium, the corporation, whose interest is money, or Americans, whose interest should be a full vetting of all ideas and candidates.
KOB-TV is just doing what any financially interested party would do, toss out the one most likely not to win so as to curry favor with the eventual winner, whichever of the other two that is.
Instant runoff helps. Unfortunately, until elections are fully funded by taxpayers and the press is forced to give free, and reasonably long, slots to candidates we will have corporate money decisions ruling our public discourse.