We will also discuss his arrest at King 5 Studios and why he was excluded from the King 5 Televised Candidates Debate. You can read more about it at the following links
WA Green Party Candidate Arrested at KING 5
http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/255549.shtml
Aaron Dixon and the Politics of Debate Exclusion
http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/255559.shtml
Arrested Democracy: Trying to Ignore Aaron Dixon
http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/255560.shtml
According to FCC regululations TV Stations are required to provided equal access to Political candidates in debates and to provide public with content that serves the "public interest".
According to Aaron Dixon Campaign Manager Jesse Hagopian, Aaron Dixon was excluded from the debates strictly on the basis of him not meeting the financial requirement of having 1 million dollars in his campaign fund despite the fact that has actually rasied more money that the libertarian candidate and polled higher BEFORE that candidate lent himself One Million dollars to be included in the debates.
If you are outraged by this you can contact King 5 Studios at :
Mailing Address
KING 5 Television
333 Dexter Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone: 206-448-5555
or call their corporate offices and speak to CONTACT: Carey Hendrickson, vice president-Investor Relations & Corporate
Communications of Belo Corp., +1-214-977-6626
http://www.belo.com/
King 5 's Broadcast License is up for renewal Februaruy 1, 2007 and based upon this incident the license should be challenged. You can get info about filing an FCC complaint at the following links ...
Free Press - Challenging a License
http://freepress.net/content/license_challenge
Welcome to the FCC License Challenge Database.
Enter a City and State and click the 'Submit Query' button to see which broadcasters in your area may be up for license renewal soon.
http://vilimpoc.org/research/fcc-challenge
FCC DBase - Broadcast License Renewal Filing & Expiration Dates
http://www.fcc.gov/localism/renewals.html
You can also contact the FCC to file a complaint against King5 for violating a candidates "political speech" equal access right.
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/policy/political/
http://sujan.hallikainen.org/FCC/FccRules/2007/25/701/
