Media blackout on exclusion of two non establishment candidates

Even after calling all three of the network affiliates and telling them about the story, writing an Op-Ed to the four major newspapers that cover the state, including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, there has been no coverage of the exclusion of Dr. John Mertons and Warren Mosler from a recent Senatorial debate hosted by two media outlets. Even though both of these candidates are on the November ballot, no one from the media thinks that excluding qualified candidates from a public debate warrants any attention.

If it wasn't the United States, anyone observing this story from an international point of view would cleary see how the press in America undermines the political process by not giving non establishment parties more media exposure. Familiar with how Silvio Berlusconi used his control of the media to launch a political party and become the Prime Minister in Italy, makes the issue even more painfully clear.

As Silvio Berlusconi once said, "If it isn't on televsion, it does not exist".

As Beppe Grillo says whenever he finishes a blog posting. They may never give up (is it in their interests?), but neither will we.