The Presidential Debate Commission Is Chaired By Corporate Lobbyists, Funded By Corporations
It'd be nice if we had better people running our presidential debates.
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Here’s one little known fact about the CPD — it’s chaired by corporate lobbyists. One of the chairmen is Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., who was once a Republican National Convention chairman but now works as a gambling industry lobbyist. The other chairman is Michael D. McCurry, who is a former press secretary for Bill Clinton. He now works as a “partner at Public Strategies Washington, Inc., where he provides counsel on communications strategies and management to corporate and non-profit clients.” Given the loopholes in our lobbying laws, McCurry doesn’t even have to disclose his clients, but we do know that in 2006 he spearheaded the Hands Off The Internet campaign that was designed to kill net neutrality on behalf of big telecom companies.
Every year, CPD also opens up the debates to corporate sponsors. Here’s the list of this year’s sponsors:
Anheuser-Busch Companies
The Howard G. Buffett Foundation
Sheldon S. Cohen, Esq.
Crowell & Moring LLP
International Bottled Water Association (IBWA)
The Kovler Fund
Southwest Airlines
Read more: http://boldprogressives.org/little-known-fact-the-presidential-debate-commission-is-chaired-by-corporate-lobbyists-funded-by-corporations/
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