Democratic Debates: Is It Time to Get the Corporate TV Stars off the Stage?
By Thom Hartmann A...
The democratic debate, operating entirely within the context of corporate TV stars' questions and largely Republican frames, shows once again why a for-profit "news" operation shouldn't be running a presidential debate. In 1988, the Democratic and Republican parties set up a corporation to handle the debates, and the League of Women Voters for the first time in generations refused to participate, saying the political parties had turned it into a sham. And a sham is exactly what we saw last night, with no questions at all about the environment, corporate power, media concentration (which gave Trump $2 billion in free publicity last time around), or why Congress only passes legislation to benefit the top 1%.It's time to bring back deep and meaningful conversations like the league used to have, and get the multimillionaire TV stars off the stage.
-Thom
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