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Part 1 of this short series appears here: http://www.opednews.com/articles/Utah-s-Moral-Compass-With-by-Daniel-Geery-120928-789.html
This part focuses on the media collusion to exclude third party candidates
from public debate. I will start with a letter that I and two other senatorial
candidates put together, which summarizes the situation here in
The following letter was sent to all newspapers in
Dear Editor,
With a Democrat and Republican Congress at a 10% approval rating, the
exclusion of three candidates from political debate is a disservice to those
concerned with real solutions to urgent problems. The recent U.S.
Senatorial debate, televised by KUED and KBYU, excluded candidates with
important ideas on climate change, education, drones, citizen rights, and the
Constitution, to cite a few examples.
Are we going to hand our children an impossible world to live in because
we fail to consider solutions beyond business-as-usual? This approach has
created the mess we now face. We are long overdue for a move from dominant party
politics and must engage in a broad diversity of ideas and strategies.
As a service to present and future generations who long for the best world
possible, we challenge the print and broadcast media, and especially KUED and
KBYU, to include the voices of all candidates running for election, as a proper
service to citizens of Utah. Burning issues such as those above are too
important to be crushed by the chilling of voices by
Sincerely,
Bill Barron, Unaffiliated, barronforussenate.com
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