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dsrekjs@prism.gatech.edu (Selbie) writes:

>In article <2qtl6i$91o@acme.gatech.edu> ph279hr@prism.gatech.edu (Hank Roark) writes:
>>
>>The Georgia Tech College Republicans are proud to announce that there will
>>be a debate with the Republican Gubernatorial candidates on June 1, 1994,
>>
>>WREK 91.1 FM will be covering the debate live.

>No, WREK will not be covering this debate.  Hank, I don't know who
>told you that we would, but a Republican debate (nor Democrat, Libertarian,
>Sub-Genius, or Grass Roots) would be not be appropriate for airing.  The
>reason why is that it only benefits a political group, and not the interests
>of the Atlanta and Georgia Tech population.

This is quite a bit of logic.  Why doesn't a Republican (or any other
party) debate serve the interests of Atlanta and GT?  Given our electoral
system (there will be party primaries soon, presumably one each for the
Republicans, Democrats, and Libertarians) please explain to me why it
wouldn't be in the public interest to help those voters become acquainted
with the candidates?

The only way I can see that one could construe some sort of "benefit"
to the Replican party is that those in the GT population that are 
inclined to vote in the Republican primary might be smarter about the
candidates and actually help to elect the best choice.  So the Replicans
end up with the best choice for the general election.  Isn't that also
best for the public in general?  Now we have the choice between the 
best candidates from each party.

WREK should cover it.  If someone organizes a Democratic (or Libertarian)
candidate debate, WREK should cover those.  After the primaries then a
debate among the final candidates would be just as appropriate.

Your rationale sounds like snobbery to me...

Robert
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