Given CNN’s history of including unabashed right-wing journalists in its Republican presidential debates, the RootsAction Education Fund has delivered the following petition to CNN, signed by more than 9,000 individuals:
To CNN,
For the sake of fairness and balance, you should add to your panel an unapologetic progressive for the upcoming Democratic debates.
The petition, with signers and comments from signers, can be found here.
At all four of CNN’s Republican debates in 2015-16, the network included conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on its panel to question GOP candidates. One CNN debate featured two CNN journalists and two right-wing journalists from conservative outlets.
An email from the RootsAction Education Fund promoted the petition and offered historical background. It noted that the media watch group FAIR recently suggested to CNN: “Any number of progressive media outlets could provide qualified journalists” – including Democracy Now!, The Nation, and The Intercept.
To CNN,
For the sake of fairness and balance, you should add to your panel an unapologetic progressive for the upcoming Democratic debates.
The petition, with signers and comments from signers, can be found here.
At all four of CNN’s Republican debates in 2015-16, the network included conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on its panel to question GOP candidates. One CNN debate featured two CNN journalists and two right-wing journalists from conservative outlets.
An email from the RootsAction Education Fund promoted the petition and offered historical background. It noted that the media watch group FAIR recently suggested to CNN: “Any number of progressive media outlets could provide qualified journalists” – including Democracy Now!, The Nation, and The Intercept.
