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Kucinich: Trashed by his own Democratic Party



"Representative Dennis J. Kucinich of Ohio was prevented from participating n the Democratic presidential debate Tuesday night after the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that MSNBC was not required to include him; ... MSNBC had no immediate comment. It is likely to be described as a First Amendment victory by the news organization, as its lawyers had argued that it had a right, as a privately owned network, to determine who to invite." Brian Stelter, New York

Somewhere, one hopes, there is a graduate student in political science looking for a dissertation topic. The strategic exclusion of Dennis Kucinich from as much public view as a "privately-owned media" could possibly engineer has been breathtaking, and a full analysis, including ramifications regarding corporate ownership of networks, is in order. One certainly would not expect an honest evaluation from a network would one? What is left but academic analysis?

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