Fwd: Fair Coverage for Kucinich

[Guest guest]

" Will Pitt, Kucinich Press Secretary " <talkback

TO:

CC:

Mon Feb 09, 2004 11:27:36 AM PST

Fair Coverage for Kucinich

 

 

 

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

 

 

Tell CNN You Want Fair Coverage For Kucinich

 

Dennis Kucinich has finished both the Washington and Maine caucuses ahead

of candidates John Edwards, Wesley Clark and Al Sharpton. This represents the

strongest back-to-back showing of his campaign to date. One would think that

such a clear surge would require coverage from the national media. One would be

wrong.

 

On the evening of February 8th, as Dennis Kucinich was running strong in

Maine, and a day after defeating Edwards, Clark and Sharpton in Washington, CNN

put out a report on the Maine caucuses. In this report, CNN stated that, " Dean,

struggling to revive his once-promising campaign, was the only candidate who

campaigned in the state Sunday, making stops in six cities. " ; The facts fully

dispute CNN's version of events.

 

Dennis Kucinich spoke at the Bangor Civic Center caucus site which was

filled with television cameras, as well as caucus sites in Lewiston, Auburn,

Portland and Westbrook. Clearly, Howard Dean was not the only candidate in Maine

on February 8th.

 

The behavior of CNN is not unique. The international media watchdog group

Media Tenor, after performing an exhaustive review, determined that the nightly

half-hour national news broadcasts from ABC, CBS and NBC devoted exactly 0.94%

of their coverage to the Kucinich campaign.

 

Dennis Kucinich has begun a strong surge in the race for the Democratic

nomination. He is in this race to the end. The time has come for the national

media to get wise to this, and at a minimum, to begin reporting basic facts with

accuracy and integrity.

 

Encourage CNN to give Dennis fair coverage. Write CNN at

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/ . The most effective letters are original, brief,

polite, and stick to the facts.

 

 

 

 

 

Contribute Online Now

 

Please forward this Email quickly and widely.

(Delete the opt-out link at the very bottom, so that no one accidentally

cancels your subscription.)

 

If you received this Email from a friend and would like to receive them

directly, http://kucinich.us/alerts-signup.htm

 

Contact us:

Kucinich for President

11808 Lorain Avenue - Cleveland, OH 44111

216-889-2004 / 866-413-3664 (toll-free)

http://www.kucinich.us