10-28-2004, 08:46 PM
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There is a lot of vote suppression and disenfranchisement going behind the scenes as was detailed in a BBC report aired exclusively in the U.S. on today's Democracy Now! The RNC is pressuring news organizations not to report it.
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GREG PALAST: He was doing early voting, that one hour before he voted, they changed his status from felon to upright citizen, so he could vote. There's still -- the U.S. press doesn't cover this.
JUAN GONZALEZ: And who was it who tipped him off? You told us off camera. Can you tell us on camera?
GREG PALAST: One of the major newspapers in America is foolishly still not covering the story. It's hard to cover the story. You have to understand, BBC has been threatened by the Republican National Committee.
JUAN GONZALEZ: What was the newspaper? A reporter from the major newspaper?
GREG PALAST: I cannot say.
JUAN GONZALEZ: OK. It's a major newspaper in New York, right?
GREG PALAST: I understand.
AMY GOODMAN: What about BBC. You are talking about being threatened?
GREG PALAST: Yeah. That's why I’m grateful that you have run the report today. Because the Republican National Committee is threatening BBC, as they have done before with my reports, saying that if Greg Palast is on the air there will be no interviews for the network. From the Republican National Committee, which is, of course, cutting off the air supply of the news organization, and you can immediately see why American news organizations won't touch the story. That's basically that the Republican Party has a hit list of black people they're going to try to wipe out on Election Day, stop them from voting, and in particular, this has the effect of not only of intimidating the voters, eliminating voters, but in places like Jacksonville where three and four-hour waits are expected, this could entirely sabotage the voting operation. Understand, this is illegal if they're targeting black folk. It is against federal law.
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http://www.democracynow.org/article....4/10/28/141211 |
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