Dennis Kucinich knows he's too inconvenient for the media. During the ABC News-hosted New Hampshire Democratic debate, when Kucinich refused to answer moderator (and Nightline host) Ted Koppel's persistent questions about endorsements, the audience cheered. When he pled with Koppel to ask some real questions about the war, NAFTA and healthcare, people cheered more.

Coincidentally, not even 24 hours after the loudest and longest applause of the evening, the network withdrew their embedded reporter from the Kucinich campaign. ABC also pulled embedded reporters off of the Carol Mosley Braun and Al Sharpton campaigns. Interestingly, during the debate, Koppel had asked those two candidates when they planned to drop out of the race.

"The coincidence ...is noteworthy," said Kucinich in an interview on Democracy Now Dec. 12, 2003, "and certainly requires further explanation to the public."

Kucinich also urged all to be aware of the corporate nature of media pre-selection.

ABC screwed up. In their efforts to silence the only candidate who had the courage to expose corporate media biases, they may just have inadvertently sparked more interest in his campaign.

Many concerned readers have taken the time to contact ABC with their views. And there are more ways you can join thousands across the country in voicing your opinion.

You can sign the official petition to ABC, which already has garnered over 10,000 signatures. http://kucinich.us/petition_abc1.php

You can see news clips featuring Kucinich: http://www.kucinich.us/news.php

You can read the transcript: http://www.kucinich.us/abcnews.php or http://www.kucinich.us/abc/zinger.pdf

View or hear Democracy Now 12/12/03 - interviews with Kucinich, Braun and ABC. There's also live music by Michelle Shocked. http://www.kucinich.us/news.php (:divend:)