MSM hand-picks presidential candidates
First, CNN bans Gravel; now Fox bans Ron Paul.
After six long years of going to hell in a handbasket under the Bush administration, Americans finally see a light at the end of the tunnel held by presidential hopefuls Ron Paul and Mike Gravel.
But, America's media monarchy is determined to make sure that they're never heard:
Fox News will have a say in deciding which Republican presidential candidates participate in next month's debate in South Carolina.State Party chairman Katon Dawson and a spokesman for the news channel said Thursday that they had agreed on a criteria, including polling numbers, for choosing which of the 10 GOP candidates will take part in the May 15 debate.
"We understand there's not room for everybody on a nationwide political stage for a Republican debate," Dawson said.
Marty Ryan, executive producer of political programming for Fox News Channel, said the polling criteria would ensure "that serious candidates were taking part in our debate."
The party sent a letter to the candidates saying they must have filed papers establishing an exploratory committee or full-blown candidacy and paid the fees associated with the state primary.
They also must have "garnered at least 1 percent in recent state and national polls leading up to the registration deadline, as determined by Fox News Channel and the South Carolina Republican Party," according to Rob Godfrey, the state party's communications director.
In a variety of national and state polls, seven of the 10 candidates hover around 1 percent or less. Only Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Mitt Romney easily meet the criteria based on polling.
ALL ISRAEL FIRSTERS.
The standard has the potential to bar several candidates from the debate and anger the lesser-known GOP hopefuls.
Dawson said the criteria was jointly developed so "we wouldn't have people who were just willing to pay a filing fee and think that they could show up and be on the stage. There are a lot of people who would like to be able to vent their special interests on a presidential stage."
Instead, only those whose "special interests" they support will be allowed to be heard.
"If you're not in the poll number and you haven't met the criteria, no, you won't be able to get on the stage," he said.
But, how do you "get in the poll numbers" if you're never given a chance to "get on stage???"
For decades, the Mainstream Media has been dictating who we can and cannot see on our airwaves.
It's time to dethrone these gatekeepers and demand REAL democracy in America!
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It is time to make sure that the unelected media will experience a good old fashioned regime change. Let us introduce democracy in the media, which form a vital part of the democratic process of opinion making. If the US can attack Iraq for the purpose of regime change to introduce democracy it should certainly not forget to fight for democracy at home, and I am sure that it will be introduced on the political agenda without delay!
The first thing to do is to ensure journalistic freedom and provide protection for whistle blowers. Today journalists can even be forced to spread lies at the bidding of the media owners, who have court rulings which support their privilege of deceiving the public and stealing its money at the same time! That will of course have to be corrected as well.
The next thing is to force media owners to sell themselves down proportionately to the size of the population group, which they represent. That means that Zionist media cannot be Jewish owned over and above the percentage of Jews in the US. That is generous considering that not all Jews are Zionists.
...through the power of media influence that decide what candidates should be accepted while resoundingly rejecting other, more noble candidates to bury into oblivion.
America will be in sad shape if the mainstream media is given the power to run the debates where the candidates are "pre-screened" with exception of 'popular & recognizable' candidates.
JFK had enough charm to influence the media to his advantage, and he debated with Dick Nixon in the history-making televised debate & ended up winning the battle.
Imagine the present-day mainstream media refusing to give JFK some exposure. Media influence the majority of the people to vote for either of the popular nominated candidates in Democrat & Republican party -- and the popular candidates have no care for patriotic integrity and American sovereignty as long as their corrupt practices of favor-currying and accepting bribes remain swept under the rug.
Corruption will befall this republic in the future. All because of the corrupt media that serve as a primary vehicle for Elitist & Zionist propaganda that lie and deceive so much the public didn't even care for the truth; they love drinking the water from a poisoned well because it tastes good.
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