[From Katerina van der Heuvel's Editor's Cut blog at the Nation]
URL: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut?bid=7&pid=112643
Tasini has qualified for the ballot with 40,000 signatures --
far surpassing the required 15,000 -- and he is polling at a
surprising 13 percent (or, perhaps not so surprising, if one
considers the outrage over Iraq.) But, despite Tasini's strong run,
the voters of New York might not get that vigorous debate after
all.
Cable news station, NY1 -- owned by Time-Warner -- declared that Tasini
cannot participate in its televised debate series because he hasn't
raised the arbitrarily required $500,000. Tasini nearly triples the
5 percent polling requirement but he doesn't have the cash flow NY1
is looking for to legitimize his candidacy.
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Contact NY1 and demand that it act in the public interest and
allow this debate:
URL: http://www.ny1.com/ny1/ContactUs/index.jsp
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Michael