Boot Brokaw as Debate Moderator
We call on the Commission on Presidential Debates to remove moderator Tom Brokaw from the second McCain-Obama forum, and replace him with either Bill Moyers or Charlie Rose. We feel the Pro GOP, McCain/Palin, and Iraq War positions exhibited by the former NBC anchorman during his hosting of Meet The Press taints the political process of this Town Hall style program.
We the undersigned urge the CPD move quickly to replace the moderator of the Town Hall style debate between John McCain and Barack Obama in Nashville on October 7th.
Since becoming the host of NBC's Sunday program,
Meet the Press, former anchor Tom Brokaw has consistently demonstrated a pro-McCain and anti-Obama bias.
We are now concerned the prejudices of this once respected journalist will taint the the entire debate process - denying American voters a fair exchange of ideas and viewpoints when John McCain and Barack Obama meet in their second Presidential forum next week.
Therefore, we demand you prevent the pending travesty and remove Tom Brokaw from his selection as the moderator of that debate. We urge the Commission on Presidential Debates replace Brokaw with one of two journalists who have consistently demonstrated and proven their impartiality in the coverage of political issues.
Please move quickly to restore the integrity and credibility of the Presidential Debates by choosing either Bill Moyers or Charlie Rose to moderate this vitally important forum. If neither Moyers nor Rose is available, please consider filling this important position with Aaron Brown or Amy Goodman.
