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=12457-4538487-.faMoh&rc=mailto

Thanks!

Morgaine Swann
morgaine@the-goddess.org