Issue Area: Elections/2000


Extra Articles and Studies
Why Progressive TV Is DOA: Editor's Note (November/December 2003) By Jim Naureckas

Who Won the Election? Who Cares?: Florida recount consortium muffles results of months of efforts (January/February 2002) By Miranda Spencer

Media Rush to Declare Winner in Florida--Again (Update April 2001) By Jim Naureckas

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Media Passed by Jesse Jackson: . . . And passed up a great story (January/February 2001) By Derrick Z. Jackson

Populist Rhetoric Unpopular with the Pundits: Press finds Gore’s “obsolete jargon” hard to swallow (January/February 2001) By Seth Ackerman

Serial Exaggerators: Media's double standard on political lying (January/February 2001) By Peter Hart and Jim Naureckas

Populist Rhetoric Unpopular with the Pundits: Press finds Gore's 'obsolete jargon' hard to swallow (November /December 2000) By Seth Ackerman

Nader and the Press: Condescension Turns Nasty (Update October 2000) By Jim Naureckas

Allow Nader, Buchanan into Debates: Recent history suggests that nothing sparks interest in the debates like the inclusion of third-party candidates (9/28/00) By Jeff Cohen

FAIR Denounces Debate Commission's Exclusion of Minor-Party Candidates (9/27/00)

Why Not Open the Debates to Others? (9/24/00) By Jeff Cohen and James Pinkerton and Jane Hall and Cal Thomas and Eric Burns

Gore Willing to Consider Including Nader in Debates: United Press International (9/24/00) By Paul Singer

Celebrities, Envitonmental Leaders Call For Open Presidential Debates: Third Party Victims of Big Business Financing (9/21/00)

Leading Democrat And Leading Republican—Cuomo and Baker—For Broader Debates: Larry King Live, 9/20/2000 (9/20/00)

Voters Want Third Party Candidates in Debates: Reuters/Zogby (9/13/00)

Talking Points on Inclusive Debates (9/5/00)

The Compromised Commission on Presidential Debates: Why Do TV Networks Allow It to Decide if the Two Major Parties Will Face Competition? (8/29/00)

CPD Takes Over from League of Women Voters (6/1/00)

1996 "Non-Event": Debate Commission Facilitates Two-Party Deal Excluding Perot (5/1/00)

Nader, Buchanan and the Debates (4/16/00) By Jeff Cohen

The Appleseed Citizens' Task Force On Fair Debates: A blueprint for fair and open presidential debates in 2000 (4/12/00)

Three's a Crowd, Says Debate Commission: Media should insist on broad participation (Update February 2000) By Seth Ackerman

Gore, AIDS and Greed: Media blow the first issue of the campaign (September/October 1999) By Janine Jackson