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Wednesday, 26 September 2012
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215,000 Urge the
Commission on Presidential Debates and Major TV Networks To Have
Fact-Checkers Present at the October Debates
Retired Educator’s Petition on SignOn.org
Calls for Action as Candidates’ Bold Lies Diminish Public Trust
WASHINGTON, DC -
On Wednesday, September 26th, Vicki Meyer, a retired college instructor
from Florida will deliver a petition with over 215,000 signatures to
the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) calling on the Commission
to have non-partisan fact-checkers providing real-time review of the
nationally televised presidential and vice-presidential debates.
WHO:
Vicki Meyer, creator of the petition “Have Fact Checkers at the
Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates” joined by concerned
citizens, MoveOn.org members.
WHAT: Petition delivery and press conference
WHEN: Wednesday, September 26th at 2:00pm EST
WHERE: Commission on Presidential Debates’ Office
1200 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036-6810
Vicki
was inspired to start her petition on SignOn.org in part because of her
recent experiences registering people to vote. “People are
disillusioned, I’m disillusioned; lying is destroying our democracy,”
explained Vicki Meyers. “We need to have fact checkers at the
debate,
so that we can restore confidence in our political process. I
have met
too many people while registering people to vote, who are dropping out
of the process because they feel like they are being lied to by both
sides. A democracy cannot work properly if political leaders can lie to
the public without fear of being challenged.”
SIGN THE PETITION HERE: http://signon.org/sign/have-fact-checkers-at
VIEW VICKI MEYER’S CNN iREPORT: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-841994
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