Saturday, October 23, 2010

Garland Favorito is on Top of Things, Especially WRWR TV 38 in Warner Robbins

Looks Like I'm Getting Ignored Some More.


At least I'm in good company. The guys and gals down at WRWR TV 38 in Warner Robbins are putting on a really big shew tomorrow night for candidates running for statewide office in Georgia. OK, so it's really a "2 outta 3" kinda show that will only have republican and democrat aspirants actually on stage. 


It's kind of refreshing to see open bias like that in the minor market media here in Georgia. Golden Eagle Media leads the way! The only problem I have with that is that they said they invited all of us when they did not. That's commonly referred to as a lie but I'm sure they'll have a "nuanced" response ready to go if anybody asks.


And what of our erstwhile opponents? Will any of them squeak? Will any of them ask the simple question "Where's the stinking Libertarians? They were at the Atlanta Press Club/GPB Sunday night debate?" It'll be fun to see.


Here's the press release from the hardest working single issue activist in Georgia, Garland Favorito, that got the ball rolling on this snub:


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Garland Favorito
October 22, 2010                                                                                                                (404) 664-4044
                                                                                                                                      garlandf@msn.com
                                                                                                                               http://www.voterga.org

 

Media Outlets Exclude Candidates from Debates

but Tell Listeners All Candidates Were Invited


WARNER ROBINS, GA – News media outlets owned by State Senator, Cecil Staton, have decided to exclude certain candidates from the upcoming debates that they will broadcast next week even though those candidates qualified to be on the ballot in November. The outlets that cover the Warner Robins area in central Georgia include WRWR-TV 38, FM107.5 and AM 1350. On Monday, October 25, the stations will air debates for Agriculture Commissioner, Insurance Commissioner and Secretary of State. Libertarian candidates Kevin Cherry, Shane Bruce and David Chastain all confirmed that they were not invited to participate. All of them were invited to participate in the Atlanta Press Club debates shown by Georgia Public Broadcasting.

In spite of the exclusions, the Warner Robins Patriot web site claimed to its visitors that all of the candidates were invited. A page posted by Kalie Lanford on or about October 8, stated that: “WRWR-TV has invited all of the candidates vying for your votes in the upcoming general election to meet on our stage.“ Since that statement is simply not true, uninformed middle Georgians will be left with a false impression that the excluded candidates did not care enough to attend or are not viable alternatives.

VoterGA made repeated attempts for several days to find out why candidates were excluded from the debates if they were qualified to be on the ballot. Calls and messages to Sen. Staton and Managing Editor, Paul Rea, were not returned. However, Staton’s aide, Zach Johnson, who helped organize the debate, confirmed that the Senator told him who to invite. He and media Office Manager, Rebecca Coleman, said that polling data may have been used to make exclusions. When pressed repeatedly to cite the polling data, they were unable to identify a polling source for the races in question.

Searches indicate that no formal poll existed for these particular races when the invitations were extended in late September. A check on informal polling data posted on Topix.com found all three of the excluded candidates leading in their races.

No audience or candidate questions will be allowed for the debates. Questions will be solely determined by the conservative media outlets that are part of Georgia Eagle Media Inc., co-owned by Republican Senator, Cecil Staton. Some Republican leaders are especially concerned that current public unrest this year could cause blocks of conservative voters to vote for Libertarian candidates.
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