Election Information

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California's statewide primary is coming up. Is modern campaigning giving the voters what they need? Have television advertisements replaced debates, town halls, and even the news coverage campaigns call "free media"? Does it make any difference for democracy?
Mark Baldessare: Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California. Director of the Institute's statewide survey on the changing political landscape of California Juan Jose Gutierrez: Executive Director, One Stop Immigration. Helped organize a forum of gubernatorial candidates held last weekend in East LA Tom Searson: Assistant News Director, Fox News (Channel 5) Carla Marinucci: Political Writer, San Francisco Chronicle Ray McNally: Partner, McNally Temple Associates, a Republican consulting firm based in Sacramento Susan Rasky: Associate Professor, UC Berekely's Graduate School of Journalism. Former congressional correspondent for the New York Times. Currently writing a book about a history of campaign consulting Tom Rosenstiel: Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism. Former correspondent for the LA Times and for Newsweek

Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producer:

Frances Anderton