I am really disgusted by the media lack of interest in covering third-party presidential candidates, which could provide an alternative to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. The first is a buffoon, and the second a professional politician who has abused her public office position many times.
The alternative, to politics as usual, are the Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein (I have listened to her and I favor her). However, these two have so far been excluded from presidential debates.
According to recent polls, 60 percent of all voters reject both major
party candidates (Hillary and Trump). I am an independent who has voted
for both major parties, and I too dislike both Trump and Hillary.
And yet, the media is constantly reporting on these two major-party candidates and ignoring third-party ones- by denying their candidates interviews and air time, or analyzing their ideas/plans for America. I ask myself why. Is the media being controlled by corporate interests? It seems so. Why else would they ignore the other two parties?
Third-party candidates have been systematically excluded from the presidential debates by the self-serving 15 percent rule, that major parties have devised to get rid of their competition. In spite of lack of exposure and funding, third-party candidates have over 10 percent of the vote, and counting. For, they provide right-of-center and left-of-center alternatives, with credible/honest candidates.
With the lack of reporting on third-party candidates, the media is conveying the false impression that voters' only option is to choose from the lesser of two evils. This is not a rational course of action, and surely not the only one.
In a tight election like the current one, if third-party candidates win two or three states, then no major-party candidate will attain the required number of Electoral College votes to win the White House. The presidential election will then be thrown to Congress, a real panic option for the two major-party candidates!
It is about time that the media, including the Schenectady Daily Gazette the Albany Times Union, the Capital Region radio and TV Stations, provide third-party candidates their fair share of coverage and air time. The media will be doing themselves, and the country, a great service.
And yet, the media is constantly reporting on these two major-party candidates and ignoring third-party ones- by denying their candidates interviews and air time, or analyzing their ideas/plans for America. I ask myself why. Is the media being controlled by corporate interests? It seems so. Why else would they ignore the other two parties?
Third-party candidates have been systematically excluded from the presidential debates by the self-serving 15 percent rule, that major parties have devised to get rid of their competition. In spite of lack of exposure and funding, third-party candidates have over 10 percent of the vote, and counting. For, they provide right-of-center and left-of-center alternatives, with credible/honest candidates.
With the lack of reporting on third-party candidates, the media is conveying the false impression that voters' only option is to choose from the lesser of two evils. This is not a rational course of action, and surely not the only one.
In a tight election like the current one, if third-party candidates win two or three states, then no major-party candidate will attain the required number of Electoral College votes to win the White House. The presidential election will then be thrown to Congress, a real panic option for the two major-party candidates!
It is about time that the media, including the Schenectady Daily Gazette the Albany Times Union, the Capital Region radio and TV Stations, provide third-party candidates their fair share of coverage and air time. The media will be doing themselves, and the country, a great service.
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