A Clearer Perspective

It’s fitting that media reform would be a campaign issue for presidential candidates like Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel. Don’t know who they are? Well, that starts to get toward my point. Kucinich and Gravel – both still trying to hold their own in the race for the White House – are prime examples of the chronic lack of coverage that less well-funded candidates receive. These “back of the pack” runners are given their few moments to speak at the debates and press conferences, and then quietly ushered aside to make room for the glitz and glam of media hogs like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.