Standard-Examineer Op-ed: Government Monopoly of Candidate Debates is Undemocratic

More great ideas from the Ogden Ethics Project

Just so we don't let the day slip by without at least something for our Weber County Forum readers to chew on, we're delighted to put the spotlight on the latest Dan Schroeder Op-ed piece, which has just been uploaded to the Standard-Examiner website. Noting the inherent and awkward ethical problems associated with the hosting and broadcasting of Ogden Municipal Election candidate "debates" on the Ogden City-owned Channel 17 Station, (affectionatly known locally as "the Godfrey Propaganda Channel"), Professor Schroeder, writing on behalf of the Ogden Ethics Project, urges the Ogden City Council (among other things) to "at least adopt an ordinance in advance to set out the rules for future candidate debates," and further to "take control over Channel 17 programming away from the mayor's office and put it in the hands of an independent volunteer board":

• Government monopoly of candidate debates is undemocratic

Sounds like a couple of danged great ideas to us.

So what say out Gentle Readers say about this?