NBC 1, Democracy 0: Dennis Kucinich gets left out
January 23rd, 2008 by Amy Goodman in Breaking the sound barrierOne pundit called the Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas “a lovefest.” It may well have been, but only because the corporate sponsor of the debate, General Electric-owned NBC News and its cable news channel MSNBC, rescinded its invitation to candidate Dennis Kucinich. NBC decided earlier that it would invite the top four Democratic candidates to the debate. Then New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson dropped out of the race, which elevated Kucinich to the fourth position.
Amy Goodman reads this week’s column - [mp3]
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