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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
John Mertens to Use Multimedia Technology to Debate Candidates Despite Exclusion from the Official Debate, October 4th.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Despite earning a ballot line in the 2010 U.S. Senate Race in Connecticut, Dr. John Mertens is not invited to participate in the first post-primary U.S. Senate debate, in New Haven, Conn., Monday, October 04, 2010 from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m., but Mertens has found a way around this roadblock.
Using multimedia technologies to show the televised debate and candidates Blumenthal and McMahon’s answers (live), Mertens and his team will pause to allow candidate Mertens to answer each question before resuming the televised broadcast, giving equal voice to all three candidates. Olwen Logan, publisher of three online local news publications, writer and PR consultant, will be moderating the event.
“John Mertens’ broadcast is a brilliantly creative way of using technology to push back against the current duopoly which continues to exclude him and other alternative voices from being heard,” said Christina Tobin, founder and chair of The Free and Equal Elections Foundation. “Voters everywhere deserve to hear from all candidates for public office so they can make educated decisions at the polls.”
“We’re inviting the audience to be citizen journalists during the debate through twitter, and to stay after to connect and discuss issues,” Mertens said.
The schedule is as follows:
Monday, October 4, 2010 @ Anna Liffey’s New Haven
6:00-6:45 pm: Meet John and friends
6:45-8:15 pm: People’s Debate
8:15 onward: Socials (talk with us about anything) and MNF
Livestream details on website and via @Mertens4Senate and #CTSen.
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