Thank you to RT News for organizing this debate of other presidential candidates. Main stream media refuses to give these candidates air time. This media organization just earned some more brownie points. ~e
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When the dust settles after next week’s third and final debate
between US President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney, Americans
will be left to choose between just two men to run the country. Unless,
of course, they turn to RT.
In response to widespread blackout from both the mainstream media and
political establishment alike, RT is honored to be presenting a
platform for the major third-party candidates also vying for the White
House this election year to debate. The event will be moderated by
multi-award winning broadcast journalist Larry King and will be
broadcast live from Chicago, Illinois on October 23. RT America and
RT.com will offer the event live in cooperation with the debate’s
organizers, the Free and Equal Elections Foundation.
Thom
Hartmann, the star of RT’s The Big Picture and noted radio host, is one
of a few select journalists hand-picked to hit the candidates with
questions about their campaign.
Despite having their platforms
largely silenced by the elites of a two-party political system,
Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson, Green Party candidate Jill
Stein, Constitution Party candidate Virgil Goode and Justice Party
candidate Rocky Anderson plan to continue their campaign through
Election Day. Since their thoughts on issues critical to voters has been
muted by the mainstream media, however, their arguments for how they
envision America under their own leadership has been left in the dark.
“The
previous debates between President Obama and Governor Romney have
failed to address the issues that really concern everyday Americans.
From foreign policy, to the economy, to taboo subjects like our
diminishing civil liberties and the drug war, Americans deserve a real
debate, real solutions and real electoral options,” Free & Equal Founder Christina Tobin tells the press.
Larry
King, who retired from his role as CNN commentator just last year, says
in a press release for the event that being given the opportunity to
test the wits of the third-party candidates is “a truly exciting opportunity.”
“I
have interviewed every US President since Nixon, and lest people
forget, I helped usher Ross Perot into the national conversation during
the 1992 presidential contest. I appreciate the importance of providing a
platform to those with real alternative visions for our country’s
future,” King says.
RT America will begin its pre-debate
coverage at 8pm US Eastern on October 23 (00:00GMT and 04:00MSK October
24) with a panel of journalists and commentators including our own Thom
Hartmann weighing in on this year’s election. Arguments from the
candidates themselves will be underway an hour later when Mr. King takes
over.
http://rt.com/usa/news/third-party-debate-rt-745/
