On October 20, Al Jazeera-English TV ran a 25-minute segment about the Commission on Presidential Debates. See it at this link. Especially notable is the interview with George Farah, who mentions details about the Commission that are not generally known. The segment also contains a fairly lengthy interview with Jill Stein.
In 1990, the United States signed the Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE. Among other things, the U.S. promised to “provide that no legal or administrative obstacle stands in the way of unimpeded access to the media on a non-discriminatory basis for all political groupings and individuals wishing to participate in the electoral process.” United States laws prop up the Commission on Presidential Debates, which are sponsored for the most part by profit-making corporations. The expenses are tax-deductible, meaning that the U.S. government is indirectly subsidizing the Commission. People in the world outside of the United States are interested in comparing U.S. rhetoric with U.S. reality.
Ballot Access News editor Richard Winger appeared on Russia Today’s news interview show to comment on the presidential debates.
Notably, Richard says that the recent Free and Equal debate has generated more media interest than other such debates have at any time since the 1990s.
Both Al Jazeera English and Russia Today broadcast a debate on October 23 featuring Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party, Jill Stein of the Green Party, Virgil Goode of the Constitution Party and Rocky Anderson of the Justice Party, along with C-SPAN and some other less well known networks and internet streaming. Russia TV will host a runoff debate between Gary Johnson and Jill Stein on election eve, November 5, focusing on foreign policy (the debate was originally scheduled for October 30 but was moved due to the hurricane hitting the DC area where the debates are being held). Additionally, Ralph Nader will have a debate between all four of the candidates included in the first Free and Equal debate on November 4, also in DC. To my knowledge the Nader debate will cover all kinds of different issues.