Media behemoth ABC News, owned by Disney, pulled reporters covering the campaigns of Al Sharpton, Carol Mosely Braun, and Dennis Kucinich. Particularly surpising was the planned silence on the Kucinich campaign, whose volunteers have been a constant presence at liberal, progressive, and labor events in the Southland throughout the year.
A cartoon from Michael Shaw
An AZ Indymedia writer comments on the silence.
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