NOW with Bill Moyers

It looks as though at least one of the few respectable journalists out there is willing to admit that there is more than two political parties in this year's election. According to PR Newswire:

NEW YORK, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Friday on PBS' NOW with Bill Moyers, the four major third-party candidates take on the issues they believe are being ignored by the two main political parties. On the evening of the second Presidential debate in St. Louis, NOW's David Brancaccio moderates a conversation between the candidates that were excluded: Reform Party Presidential nominee Ralph Nader and Green Party candidate David Cobb and between Constitution Party candidate Michael Peroutka and Libertarian Party candidate Michael Badnarik.

"There are no ground rules agreed upon in advance," says Brancaccio. "We expect spirited conversation about what political ideas they think are absent from the national dialogue, that aren't being addressed at the tightly controlled Presidential debates."

A recent Zogby poll of likely voters shows that 57 percent would like to see "other candidates" included in the Presidential debates.

NOW with Bill Moyers airs Friday, October 8, at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings at http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html.)

For further information please contact Rick Byrne, +1-212-560-8406, Byrner@thirteen.org, or Diane Domondon, +1-212-560-8300, domondond@thirteen.org, both of NOW with Bill Moyers.

I can't tell you how happy I am for this announcement. It just might be time we all renew our PBS memberships.