On AlterNet: presidential debates

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Shocking: Iraq Vet Crushed By Police Horse Outside Presidental Debate

I-Witness VideoOctober 23, 2008.

Nick Morgan is being hospitalized after being trampled during a protest outside Hofstra University.

Will Low Expectations Give Palin an Edge in Tonight's Debate?

John Neffinger, Huffington Post. October 2, 2008.

People aren't expecting much out of Sarah Palin tonight, and that's exactly the way the McCain camp wants it.

Show Me the Women Moderators

Carol Jenkins, Huffington Post. September 30, 2008.

For four Presidential cycles -- 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 -- the networks have deemed no woman journalist "worthy" of moderating a post-primary debate.

Networks Ignore Gulf Coast in Presidential Debates

Jeffrey Buchanan, AlterNet. January 30, 2008.

This is an American human rights crisis that certainly deserves to be addressed as Americans choose their next president.

Why 400 Years of Knowledge is Better Than 20

Elana Levin, May 9, 2007.

Reagan's presidency began a deliberate erosion of the public's right to a trial by jury. 20 years later his political heirs continue to feed the myth of "tort reform" and ignore the Constitution in favor of corporate interests.

A call to put presidential debates on YouTube

Heather Gehlert, April 26, 2007.

Heather Gehlert: Making the Web more democratic ...

Air America challenges FOX, offers to host Republican debate

Evan Derkacz, March 13, 2007.

Those Stalinists called us Right Wing!!!