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KABC-TV & USC Face “Legal Remedies” From Ex-LA Mayor Over Exclusion From Gubernatorial Debate

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KABC, USC Face "Legal Remedies" From Ex-Mayor Over Governor Debate Exclusion

With protests from ex-L.A. mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Xavier Bacarra, KABC and USC could end up in court over a California gubernatorial debate.
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Lets Hope Disney resolve this issue leading to the California Gubernatorial debate before the March 24th event. We seen similar situations when Disney had to deal with a license threat directed at "The View" for the "Equal Time Rule" threat related to a Primary candidate running for US Senate representing Texas in the past month.

To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, KABC and the University of Southern California may find themselves really paying for who gets a chance at the microphone in their March 24 California gubernatorial debate.

Already catching flack from ex-federal Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra for his omission from the bipartisan event, the Disney-owned station and the university now face possible “legal remedies” sought by former Los Angeles Mayor and now governor candidate Antonio Villaraigosa.

“I write on behalf of Antonio Villaraigosa to formally demand that ABC News and USC immediately rectify his exclusion from the upcoming California gubernatorial debate,” attorney Eric M. George wrote in a letter sent via email Tuesday to USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Dean James Bullock and ABC 7 News’ Julie Sone. “The very ‘Candidate Debate Criteria and Formula’ published by Professor Christian Grose, on which your selection criteria purport to be based, establish precisely why Mayor Villaraigosa must be included in the debate.”
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I was going to expect the FCC to get involved as Brandon Carr would love to have another reason to bully ABC. Then I saw the candidate is claiming white candidates were favored over him and I’m not sure if that falls in line with this administration’s policies.
 
Debates with too many candidates turn into a farce, with no time for anyone to reasonably articulate their policy positions.

Some candidates are crackpots seeking attention. Others have little real support. Pointless to waste airtime on such people.
 


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