NBC is Appealing Nevada Court Decision to Allow Kucinich in Debate

[ZombieHorde]

The NBC television network filed documents this morning, asking Nevada's Supreme Court to overturn a decision by a Clark County District Court judge that Dennis Kucinich be allowed to participate in tonight's Democratic presidential candidate debate. Kucinich, who had initially received an invitation to the debate on January 9 stating that he had met the network's requirements to participate, saw that invitation snatched away on January 10, when the network claimed to have come up with new criteria.

In the court documents, NBC claims that it decided on January 10 to change debate participation criteria, this time requiring that candidates finish in the top three in either the Iowa Caucus or New Hampshire Primary. But on January 9, the criteria was different, and only required participants to have finished in the top four in Iowa or New Hampshire, OR place in the top four in media polls conducted after the Iowa Caucus on January 3.

Kucinich met the first set of criteria, having earned 3% support in a January 4-6 Gallup poll and placing fourth. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama took the top spot in that poll, tying for first with 33%, and Edwards came in third with 20%, and Kucinich in fourth.

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[RDANGELO]

1. Oh for pete sake.

Just let him in the debate. Where is the harm

[va4wilderness]

2. Heaven forbid...

Heaven forbid a network like NBC act in a civic minded way and let ALL of the candidates debate.

[mahina]

3. I would like to hear them explain why they have the right

to decide who is a viable candidate. I understand there has to be a threshold or we'd have Joe Schmoe on stage talking about the receding hairline crisis. But Dennis Kucinich's voice needs to be heard, and NBC can't be the decider. God bless DK.