by B. R. GOWANI
The Democratic Party 2020 presidential candidates were invited to debate
first on NBC/MSNBC, then on CNN, and yesterday it was on ABC
all $part of the giant transnational media corporations numbering 6
very devout people begin things with the name of the Almighty
but these debates begin with how will you pay for universal healthcare?
as if the moderators are lobbyists for the pharmaceutical companies
(these pharmaceutical cos spend mega money on ads in news media)
on September 13, 2019, almost half hour was wasted on this question
moderators never raise questions on tens of other important issues:
never a question on why is there a huge tax break for the very rich
never a question on humongous “defense” spending – actually war spending
never a question how candidates will handle the huge wealth disparity
never a question on stopping the USA interference in other countries
never a question on what’s wrong with having friendship with Russia
never question that only a few news media cos are bad for real democracy
…
few billionaires control most of news media
news media moderators control the questions to be asked
true motive of debates is to discourage progressives like Sanders
and maintain the unequal system in place since the birth of US
authentic debates on meaningful issues in today’s environment
can only be held with the few small independent news outlets
GO Intercept, BAR, Counterpunch, ZNet, Democracy Now, WSWS
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com