The mission of the Federal Election Commission is to ensure a safe, fair and democratic election process. The mission of corporate media is earn advertising money through engaging programming. The campaign of each candidate organizes their own events, but voters are helped to make more informed decisions by forums in which candidates debate or otherwise present their case for election in direct comparison to one another. Leaving this function in the hands of corporate media means that the rules, formats, presentation and even content of these forums is chosen by the owners of the media, allowing them to bias the electoral process in multiple ways. The FEC can design candidate forums that are focused on fully educating voters, rather than the ratings candy of sound bites, nasty interactions, and stilted questioning.

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