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- 2012 Debates: Improvement, But Major Problems Persist, 2 January 2013
- Cities Should Host Their Own Debates to Engage Citizens, The Oregonian , 27 October 2012
- In and Out at the Debates, Corporate Crime Reporter, 18 October 2012
- Town Hall Debate to Be Most Regulated to Date, Expert Says, U.S. News & World Report, 16 October 2012
- The Lame Rules for Presidential Debates, The Guardian, 16 October 2012
- Memo Outines Format and Rules for Candidate Debates, The New York Times, 15 October 2012
- Who Controls the Presidential Debates? Journalists or Campaigns?, TechPresident, 15 October 2012
- Stuck in Second-Class Debate Gear, The American Prospect, 11 October 2012
- Expand the Debate: This Is What Democracy Sounds Like, St. Augustine Record, 7 October 2012
- Activists Press Corporations to Cut Ties with Presidential Debate Commission, Roll Call, 3 October 2012
- Debate Is Missing Chance for True Social Interaction, CNN, 3 October 2012
- Who's in Charge of the Debates?, Salon, 3 October 2012
- Three Corporations Withdraw Sponsorship of Debate Commission, Press Release, 2 October 2012
- Two Sponsors Pull Out from Debates Over Exclusion of Gary Johnson, U.S. News & World Report, 1 October 2012
- Bill Wheatley on the Presidential Debates, Neiman Journalism Lab, 1 October 2012
- Philips Pulls Presidential Debate Sponsorship, Politico, 30 September 2012
- George Farah on the Bipartisan Campaign Against Open Debates, Washington Times , 29 September 2012
- Presidential Debates: Obama, Romney and Honey Boo Boo, Washington Times, 28 September 2012
- Groups Demand to See Secret Presidential Debate Contract, Huffington Post, 27 September 2012
- 18 Pro-Democracy Groups Call on Debate Commission to Make Contract Public, Press Release, 27 September 2012
- So-Called Debates, Santa Barbara Independent, 27 September 2012
- On Being the Lady with the Microphone, The Atlantic , 24 September 2012
- In A First, Debates Give Presidential Candidates the Topics Ahead of Time, U.S. News & World Report, 21 September 2012
- Open Debates Criticizes Debate Commission For Informing Candidates of Debate Topics, Press Release, 20 September 2012
- FEC Owes Closer Look to Televised Debate, CourtHouse News Services, 10 September 2012
- Commission Prevents Debates from Informing, The Las Vegas Review Journal, 9 September 2012
- Serving Democracy, or America, Abroad?, World Policy Journal, Fall 2012
- Open the Presidential Debates!, The Nation, 29 August 2012
- Open Debates Calls On Presidential Debate Commission to Make Secret Contract Public, Press Release, 23 August 2012
- Who Runs the Presidential Debates?, Institute for Public Accuracy, 23 August 2012
- Gary Johnson's Pitch to the Commission on Presidential Debates, The Atlantic , 21 August 2012
- Black Journalists Protest Debate Exclusion, Associated Press, 18 August 2012
- Presidential Debate Moderators, The Huffington Post, 18 August 2012
- Calls Escalate for Presidential Debate Aimed at Minorities, The New York Times, 17 August 2012
- Criticism Meets List of Debate Moderators, The New York Times, 17 August 2012
- Univision's Jorge Ramos Explains Why Latinos Need Their Own Presidential Debate, Forbes, 16 August 2012
- Where's the Diversity Among Presidential Debate Moderators?, Tampa Bay Times , 14 August 2012
- Voters Need Real Debates, Not Sound-Bites, Detroit Free Press, 27 November 2011
- The Road to 21 Presidential Debates, The Register Citizen , 7 November 2011
- Panel Sets Three 2012 Presidential Debates, Reuters, 31 October 2011
- Disrespect for League Harms Democracy, Capital Times , 3 November 2010
- Top 25 Censored Stories for 2010: Secret Control of Presidential Debates, Project Censored, 1 November 2009
- Time to Debate Our Election Debates, The Toronto Star, 6 October 2009
- Importance of Leaders' TV Debates, Channel 4 , 3 October 2009
- How the Presidential Debates Devolved, Cape Cod Times, 23 October 2008
- Coalition Says Debate Commission Needs Repair, Houston Chronicle, 17 October 2008
- The Presidential Debates Are A Scam, AlterNet, 15 October 2008
- In Staging Events, Debate Commission Gets Help From Corporate America, New York Times, 14 October 2008
- Why Only Two Presidential Candidates?, The Hawaii Reporter, 14 October 2008
- Debates Could Be A Whole Lot Better, The Denver Post, 13 October 2008
- No Debate About It: These Face-Offs Are Snoozers, Politico, 13 October 2008
- Presidential Debates Need New Rules, Grand Forks Herald, 12 October 2008
- Open Debates Up to Third Parties, Seattle Post Intelligencer , 9 October 2008
- The Worst Debate Ever, Politico, 9 October 2008
- Paging Rick Warren, Weekly Standard, 8 October 2008
- A Timeless Debate Format? Or A Dated One?, Washington Post, 8 October 2008
- Debate A Sham, No Argument, Eureka Street, 8 October 2008
- Obama, McCain Deal Puts Limits On Tuesday "Town Hall" Debate, Chicago Sun-Times, 6 October 2008
-
Reform Needed In Wake of Vice-Presidential Debate, Press Release, 3 October 2008
- Presidential Debate Week, Huffington Post, 29 September 2008
- Corporate Cash Behind '08 Debates, Washington Times , 26 September 2008
- Tech Leaders, Bloggers Call for Truly Open Debates, PC Magazine , 26 September 2008
- The Commission on Presidential Debates Excludes Nader and Third Parties, Charleston City Paper, 26 September 2008
- Open the Debates to Third Party Candidates Like Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney and Me, U.S. News & World Report , 22 September 2008
- Pro-Democracy Groups Call on Debate Commission to Make Secret Contract Public, Press Release, 18 September 2008
- Campaigns Blow Off Voters in Final Stretch of Debates, Wired, 18 September 2008
- Two-Party Debates:
A Corporate-Funded, Party-Created Commission Decides Who Debates — and Who Stays Home, Center for Public Integrity, 18 September 2008
- Majority of Voters Support Inclusion of Bob Barr in Debates, Press Release, 5 September 2008
- Nader Argues for Spot in Debates, Associated Press, 5 September 2008
- Sarah Palin Debated Her Minor Party Opponents in 2006, Ballot Access News , 1 September 2008
- Two Parties Work to Exclude Third Parties, Las Vegas Review-Journal , 23 August 2008
- Presidential Debate Outrage!, Los Angeles Times, August 2008
- Barr Trying to Get Into Debates, Boston Globe , 19 August 2008
- Open the Debates Or Offer an Alternative, Op-Ed News , 13 August 2008
- Give Us More Debates, Hartford Courant, 12 August 2008
- Fall Debates Likely to Mute Citizen Voices, Taking Note , 11 August 2008
- Obama Backs Away from McCain's Debate Challenge, Associated Press , 2 August 2008
- Barr Set to Make Debate, Campaigns & Elections , 13 July 2008
- Let Them Be Heard, The Guardian, 17 January 2008
- Open Debates Condemns Exclusion of Kucinich from Primary Debate, Press Release ,
16 January 2008
- NBC Battles to Keep Kucinich Out of Las Vegas Debate, The Nation, 15 January 2008
- NBC to Exclude Kucinich from Nevada Presidential Debate, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, 11 January 2008
- Big Easy Is Denied Its Chance, New York Times, 29 November 2007
- A Shameful Rebuff, The Times-Picayune , 20 November 2007
- Panel Picks 4 Debate Sites, Angering Excluded New Orleans, New York Times, 20 November 2007
- New Orleans Rejected for Presidential Debate, The Times-Picayune , 19 November 2007
- For Debates, Is Youtube A Better Way?, US News & World Report , 24 July 2007
- America's Idiotic Political Debates, The Nation , 4 May 2007
- The
Next Conservatism And The Role Of Third Parties, Paul
Weyrich, 18 January 2006
- 'West
Wing' Debate Throws Out the Rules, Associated Press,
7 November 2005
- Gingrich
Calls For Presidential Debates Changes, The Telegraph,
8 October 2005
- The
Script Shouldn't Win, Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
13 June 2005
- Format
Wrecks Gammage "Debate", Arizona Republic,
16 October 2004
- Debate,
Declaim, Debacle, New York Times, 16 October 2004
- Corruption
And Coercion At A Debate Near You, The Ester Republic,
16 October 2004
- Open
Up Debates, Let Real Democracy Flower, The Register-Guard,
14 October 2004
- Eliminating
The Debate From The Debates, CommonDreams.org,
14 October 2004
- Anheuser
World Selects Lager, Riverfront Times, 13 October
2004
- Green
Arrested At Debate, Eureka Times-Standard, 12 October
2004
- Debates
Can Be Better And The Basis For Real Improvements, San
Antonio Express-News, 10 October 2004
- Resolved:
That Was No Debate, Los Angeles Times, 8 October
2004
- Not
Quite Real Debates, Madison Capital Times, 8 October
2004
- Worth
Debating?, ABC News, 7 October 2004
- Rules
of Engagement, The Times-Picayune, 5 October 2004
- Town
Hall Rules Stifle Surprises, The Journal News,
5 October 2004
- The
Art of Debate, San Antonio Express-News, 3 October
2004
- Debates
Hobbled By Flawed Format, The Herald-Sun, 3 October
2004
- Republicrat
vs. Democan, BusinessWeek, 3 October 2004
- Debatable
Debates, 20/20, 1 October 2004
- Breaking
The Rules, American Prospect Online, 1 October
2004
- Candidates
See Red Over Rules, Boston Herald, 1 October 2004
- Presidential
Debates Can Be Invaluable, The Daily Democrat,
1 October 2004
- Open
Up The Debates, The Washington Post, 30 September
2004
- Candidates'
Appearance Tonight Far From "Debate", St.
Paul Pioneer Press, 30 September 2004
- A
Slip Of The Lip Could Make This Thing Interesting, Chicago
Sun-Times, 30 September 2004
- Closed
To Debate, The Ledger, 30 September 2004
- No
Way To Run A Presidential Debate, The Virginian-Pilot,
30 September 2004
- Candidates
Firmly in Control of Debate Details, The Macon
Telegraph, 30 September 2004
- Two-Party
"Debates" Are "Glorified Press Conferences," Reformers
Say, The NewStandard, 30 September 2004
- Candidates
Will Follow The Script -- Their Own, The Providence
Journal, 30 September 2004
- Is
It Time To Return To The Rough And Tumble Debates Of Old?, San
Antonio Express-News, 30 September 2004
- Replace
Bi-Partisan Shows With Real Debates, Pacific News
Service, 30 September 2004
- What
Debates?, Cleburne News, 30 September 2004
- Coalition
Asks Commission on Presidential Debates To Eliminate Corporate Money,
Press Release, 29 September 2004
- Critics
Assail Rule Book For Presidential Debates, Knoxville
News Sentinel, 29 September 2004
- Top
Ten Debate Scandals, Tavis Smiley Show, 29 September
2004
- Format's
Debatable; Whether To Watch Isn't, Albuquerque
Journal, 29 September 2004
- Let's
Make Debates A Better 'Interview' For World's Top Job, The
Sheboygan Press, 29 September 2004
- 'Debates'
Have Little Value, North County Times, 29 September
2004
- The
Over-Formatted "Debate Show" May Not Shed Light On The Candidates,
San Francisco Chronicle, 28 September 2004
- Debating
The Debates, CBS News, 27 September 2004
- Debates
Entertaining, But Will They Inform?, The Denver
Post, 27 September 2004
- Debates
Are No Face-Off, Detroit Free Press, 26 September
2004
- It'll
Be Civilized Warfare, New York Post, 26 September
2004
- Watchdog
Or Lapdog?, The News Leader, 25 September 2004
- Poll
Finds That Most Voters Want Third-Party Voices Included in Debates; 57
Percent Want Nader Included, Press Release, 22
September 2004
- The
Debatable Debates, The Christian Science Monitor,
22 September 2004
- Open
Debates Calls For Further Debate Reform, Press
Release, 21 September 2004
- Upgrade
A Poor Format, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 20 September
2004
- The
Debate Debacle, The Boston Globe, 18 September
2004
- Debating
the Debates, Harvard Law Today Magazine, 15 September
2004
- George
Farah Challenges Janet Brown to Debate the Debates, Press
Release, 3 September 2004
- No
Debate: Format's a Sham, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel,
30 August 2004
- Drawing
Back The Veil, The Lynchburg Ledger, 27 August
2004
- Include
Third-Party Candidates in Debates, Capital Times,
26 August 2004
- Several
Groups Say Commission on Presidential Debates is Partisan and Undermines
Democracy, Associated Press, 24 August 2004
- Pro-Democracy
Groups Issue Report Critical of Commission on Presidential Debates,
Press Release, 23 August 2004
- Subject
to Debate, Mother Jones, 20 August 2004
- Nader
Could Be Barred From Debates He Champions, Hartford
Courant, 19 August 2004
- Following
Court Ruling, Civic Leaders and Elected Officials Call on Candidates to
Participate in Debates Proposed by Citizens' Debate Commission, Press
Release, 16 August 2004
- Judge
Says FEC Should Look Into 2000 Barrings, ABC News,
13 August 2004
- Save
'Genuine' Presidential Debates, Christian Science
Monitor, 10 August 2004
- Times
Demand Substantive Debates, The San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 August 2004
- Make
Debates Meaningful, Denver Post, 8 August 2004
- Change
Format, Let Candidates Match Wits, Press &
Sun-Bulletin, 22 July 2004
- Open
Up The Debates, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 19 July
2004
- Efforts
Building to Take Back the Presidential Debates, Chicago
Sun-Times, 5 July 2004
- Return
to Old-Style Presidential Debates, Pioneer Press,
25 June 2004
- Free
the Debates From Party Tyranny, Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
24 June 2004
- How
About Real Debates, The Tennessean, 20 June 2004
- Commission
on Presidential Debates' Proposal Insufficient, Press
Release, 17 June 2004
- Repairing
the Presidential Debates, The Oregonian, 14 June
2004
- Make
Presidential Debates Real Ones, The Seattle Times,
14 June 2004
- Take
Off the Gloves, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2004
- Spectators
Again in 2004, Times-Republican, 7 June 2004
- Open
Up Presidential Debates, Group Says, Washington
Times, 3 June 2004
- Debate
Challenge, CBS NEWS, 25 May 2004
- More
Presidential Debates Sought, Miami Herald, Knight
Ridder Services, 25 May 2004
- The
Quadrennial Sham: The Case for Truly Open Debates, Columbia
Journalism Review, May/June 2004
- New
Group Eyes Canisius As Debate Site, The Buffalo
News, 25 May 2004
- Debate
Plan Has A Place for Carleton, Star Tribune, 25
May 2004
- Carleton
Offered As Debate Site, Pioneer Press, 25 May 2004
- Presidential
Debate in Delco? Swarthmore Face-Off Eyed, The
Daily Times, 25 May 2004
- Presidential
Debate May Come to Capital, The Columbus Dispatch,
25 May 2004
- Group
Calls for Larger Presidential Debates, FOX NEWS,
24 May 2004
- Citizens'
Debate Commission Announces Debate Sites; Former Presidential Candidates
Call on Current Candidates to Participate, Press
Release, 24 May 2004
- Voter
Education Is Critical to the Health of Democratic Rule, Durham
Herald-Sun, 24 May 2004
- Let
Nader Debate, New York Sun, 20 May 2004
- Act
to Change Tired Format, Fort
Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, 7 May 2004
- Debates
May Oppose WU Values, Student Life, 3 May 2004
- Real
Presidential Debates: public interest groups should replace the two-party
stranglehold, The Harvard Crimson, 20 April 2004
- Tax
Status of Debate Sponsor Under Fire, The Cleveland
Plain Dealer, 13 April 2004
- Group
Files Complaint with IRS Against Debates Commission, Tax
Notes Today, 12 April 2004
- Only
Bush-Kerry in TV Debates?, Christian Science Monitor,
8 April 2004
-
Citizens' Debate Commission Offers to Sponsor Monthly Presidential Debates,
Press Release, 16 March 2004
- Broad
Civic Support for Citizens' Debate Commission, Press
Release, 8 March 2004
- No
More Deceptive Debates, Knight Ridder Services,
3 March 2004
- Bi-Partisan
Presidential Debate System a Sham, Cybercast News
Service, 1 March 2004
- Open
Debates Files FEC Complaint Against the Commission on Presidential Debates,
Press Release,
19 February 2004
-
Majority of Democratic Candidates Support a Nonpartisan Citizens' Debate
Commission, Press Release, 12 February 2004
- Rural
America Deserves Real Presidential Debate, Grand
Forks Herald, 8 February 2004
-
Not-So-Great Debates, Village Voice, 14 Jan 2004
- Citizens'
Debate Commission Formed, Press Release, 12 Jan
2004
- Get
Debates Out of Parties' Grasp, Philadelphia Inquirer,
14 Nov 2003
- End
the Debates Before They Start, New York Times,
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