Commission on Presidential Debate Debunked
Those who read debatescoop.org know that I am not been a fan of the monopoly the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) of general election debates. An interview by George Farah last Thursday is worth a listen (The interview transcript and audio can be found at Democracy Now). He discusses the case for reconsidering the CPD's exclusive sponsorship.
George Farah is the executive director and founder of Open Debates, author of No Debate: How the Republican and Democratic Parties Secretly Control the Presidential Debates.
Farah is interviewed on Democracy Now!, a national news program carried by PBS and NPR stations, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. He provides the history of CPD control and questions the exclusion of candidates from the debates.
Farah referencing the Palin/Biden VP debate begins:
We don't know the extent of the rules, because, precisely because, the Obama and McCain campaigns have absolutely refused to release the detailed contract that dictates the terms of tonight's debate.
