Move On anti ABC Ad and petition.

Enough Distractions

Editor & Publisher called this week's ABC presidential debate "perhaps the most embarrassing performance by the media in a major presidential debate in years."

Moderators George Stephanopolous and Charlie Gibson spent the first 50 minutes obsessed with distractions that only political insiders care about--gaffes, polling numbers, the stale Rev. Wright story, and the old-news Bosnia story. And, channelling Karl Rove, they directed a video question to Barack Obama asking if he loves the American flag or not. Seriously.
Enough is enough. The public needs the media to stop hurting the national dialogue in this important election year. Can you sign the petition to ABC and other media outlets and pass it on to friends who are also fed up?

A compiled petition with your individual comment will be presented to ABC and other media.

INVITATION:

Subject: Enough is enough

Hi,

If you missed the Democratic presidential debate on ABC Wednesday night, Editor & Publisher called it "perhaps the most embarrassing performance by the media in a major presidential debate in years."

Moderators George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Gibson spent the first 50 minutes obsessed with distractions that only political insiders care about--gaffes, polling numbers, the stale Rev. Wright story, and the old-news Bosnia story. And, channeling Karl Rove, they directed a video question to Barack Obama asking if he loves the American flag or not. Seriously!

I just signed a petition to ABC and other media that says: "Debate moderators abuse the public trust every time they ask trivial questions about gaffes and 'gotchas' that only political insiders care about. Enough with the distractions--ABC and other networks must focus on issues that affect people's daily lives."

Want to sign it too? We need a bunch of signers for ABC to take this concern seriously.
Click here to sign:

http://pol.moveon.org/enoughdistractions/?r_by=-472299-RxF.55&rc=paste

Thanks!

My Comment

Trash TV degrades democracy.

Worse yet, the agenda seems to have been set not by journalists but in reaction to the candidates and the right wing's media campaign.

SURELY, if ABC was trying to achieve balance it would have ALSO raised the issues of the Clinton library, the Clinton Cayman Island Bank Account, and the decisions of Ms. Clinton's church to divest from Israel. Oh yeh, there is the fact that she has her name on only two bills in eight years of the Senate, the same as BHO has after two. Can she explain that? These are all also trash issues but surely more relevant than Obama's choice to wear a flag pin or not, his membership in a Black church , or his acquaintance with a radical from the sixties.

If ABC really wanted to sink to that level .. well geee>>>

Mrs. Clinton, you once worked for a law firm devoted to the Communist Part of America, cna you tell us more about that?

Mrs. Clinton, your husband intentionally avoided the draft., do you think that was ethical?
Mrs. Clinton, essential;ly all of your charitable contributions are to your own foundation. Do you personally .....
Mrs. Clinton, your hairstyles have changed dramatically over the years, can you tell us the effects of fashion on women candidates?