Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez finally agreed to a debate with Republican Assemblyman Van Tran – but the cowards are doing the debate alone, without an audience, on KOCE TV. And they didn’t invite Cecilia Iglesias, the independent candidate who qualified for the ballot by collecting over 11,000 signatures. Not fair!
The debate will be moderated by Ed Arnold, the host of the station’s Real Orange news program. For now, the KOCE debate is the only one on the schedule before Election Day on Nov. 2. The first segment will air on KOCE at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 13; the second segment will air at the same time on Oct. 14, according to the O.C. Register.
This is B.S. Why won’t KOCE let Iglesias participate? Win or lose, she deserves to be heard. And she just might decide the winner of this race. It is time for our voices to be heard!
Here are the contact phone numbers and email addresses for KOCE, which has an all-white news team:
Real Orange, 714.861.4355, realo@koce.org. Email Ed Arnold at earnold@koce.org. Email his co-host at apulice@koce.org. Email the news director, Michael Taylor, at mtaylor@koce.org. Email the Associate Producer, Shelly Guthrie, at sguthrie@koce.org
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It is a shame that I have been a long time supporter of public television. It is apparent that KOCE only catters to the afluent community and is forgetting to include all fair and balance approaches to news that you claim you do.
This is appauling and a disgrace to public telivision. You claim to bring a fresh perspective to local news! Isn’t this local news? Cecilia Iglesias is the only candidate that lives in the district and she is being discriminated by KOCE who claims to be Real Orange News!!
Cecilia has served the community for over 20 years, serving the Deaf Community. Yes, Art is right, Win or Loose, Cecilia is an official candidate and must be given an equal opportunity!
This is a disgrace to our community and many of us will get together to make a stand!
Shame on KOCE! They have lost a long time viewer and supporter of the network for not allowing the 3rd Official Candidate to participate. I heard that excluding Cecilia was at Loretta’s request bc she knows she will LOSE and she knows she will never equal up to Cecilia. What a WIMP! I cannot believe that KOCE would honor such a request. KOCE sucks! I will tell all my friends to stop watching KOCE and Boycott THIS STATION. US VOTERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW HOW ALL THE CANDIDATES VIEW CERTAIN ISSUES TO HELP US MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ON ELECTION NIGHT! What they are offering is NO DEBATE, NO Audience??? What are the candidates afraid of? What a joke! Now more than ever My Vote goes to Cecilia Iglesias instead of the 2 COWARDS who haven’t done ANYTHING for OUR community.
Art is right, this is B.S. TranChez: You MUST let Ceci in the debate! A big slap in the face to the 12,000+ residents who helped Ceci qualify to be on the ballot! Shame on you TranChez, shame on you KOCE.
Why don’t we show up at KOCE this Wednesday, Friday and Monday @ 6pm and demand to see Arnold — Real Orange live show starts taping at 6:30pm. Let our voices be heard… show your support for the anti-establishment independent candidate, the only only we can relate to, Cecilia Iglesias!
6pm at the KOCE Studio Building located at the intersection of Gothard St. and Center Ave, 15751 Gothard St. in Huntington Beach, on the Golden West College campus.
FYI
http://www.koce.org/foundation.htm
KOCE-TV Foundation
Public Meeting Announcement
Revised 9/9/10
The governing board of KOCE-TV will meet at 3:30 PM on Tuesday,
October 12th, 2010 at Northern Trust Bank, 16 Corporate Plaza Drive, Newport Beach. The public is invited to attend the open session of the meeting beginning at 3:30 PM. For additional information please call
(714) 861-4300, during regular business hours.
FYI
KOCE-TV FOUNDATION BOARD – FULL BOARD MEETINGS
All meeting times are from 3:30pm to 5:00pm.
The location for all meetings will be at Northern Trust Bank 16 Corporate Plaza, Newport Beach, CA 92660.
Please mark these meeting dates in your calendar immediately, as your participation in the Board Meetings is very important and greatly appreciated.
The public is invited to attend the open session of these meetings which begin at 3:30 PM.
Ceci is too conservative for me, but that doesn’t mean she shouldn’t have the right to debate. The real tragedy is that this is occurring on KOCE…our public airwaves! They are doing the corporate dance just the same…shame, shame, shame!
While we respect the candidates from other parties, KOCE made the decision to invite only the top two polling candidates to the debate. If you would like to voice your concern, the most effective way is to send an email to the Real Orange news room at realo@koce.org.
Who are you Lindsey to make that decision for us the voters of District 47. It is wrong and you know it! You do not have a right to decide what we voters want and who we only want to hear. You need to let Cecilia Iglesias participate. This should be enought information for you to let her participate.
Don’t you see many voters are ANGRY at your so called decision. You must let Cecilia Iglesias participate, otherwise we will boycott KOCE!
Hoa,
Be sure to ask Lindsey why KOCE has NO Asians or Latinos on their news staff.
Not inviting Ceci disrespects the voters as well as the candidate herself. KOCE viewers are grown ups and can handle a three candidate debate. Please don’t emulate corporate channel debates. They do nothing to forward the dialogue that democracy so deeply depends on.
Lindsey wrote:
> While we respect the candidates from other parties, KOCE made the
> decision to invite only the top two polling candidates to the debate.
They use this B.S. of “polling” to rationalize their discriminatory treatment of other ballot-qualified candidates and justify rigging the election by holding what in essence is a sham debate.
Rather than allow thousands voters to decide for themselves which candidates they should support, a tiny handful of people at KOCE Channel 50 arbitrarily decide to make that decision for them.
Very elitist and wrong.
Also offensive is the fact KOCE Channel 50 receives direct and indirect support from taxpayers. The Coast Community College District Board of Trustees should be asked if they tolerate this?
I wonder if what KOCE Channel 50 is doing is in violation of their operating agreement with Goldenwest College and the Coast Community College District? That is something that needs to be examined.
> If you would like to voice your concern, the most effective way is to
> send an email to the Real Orange news room at realo@koce.org.
Although I suggest that people do this, in reality this is the least effective way to get them to change their minds. They’ll laugh at your emails and send you carbon-copy messages in return.
A better way of getting their attention is to storm their Board meeting on October 12th and demand that all ballot-qualified candidates be included in every debate they broadcast.
See:
http://www.koce.org/foundation.htm
KOCE-TV Foundation
Public Meeting Announcement
Revised 9/9/10
The governing board of KOCE-TV will meet at 3:30 PM on Tuesday,
October 12th, 2010 at Northern Trust Bank, 16 Corporate Plaza Drive, Newport Beach. The public is invited to attend the open session of the meeting beginning at 3:30 PM. For additional information please call
(714) 861-4300, during regular business hours.
Shame on KOCE, I am a Vietnamese-American and would also like to hear from Cecilia Iglesias. I have been a long time supported of Loretta Sanchez, but I am dissapointed that she has done nothing for our community.
Van Tran does not convinvce me either. I need to get more informed. This is not good representation to many of us in the community. I will spread the word to my friends. We will blast KOCE with emails until they give all candidates a fair and equal air time.
This is wrong!
This is very offensive to us voters of District 47. Cecilia made history by collecting over 11,000 signatures. I have always supported Loretta Sanchez and would like to hear what all three candiates have to offer.
KOCE needs to allow all three candidates to participate and allow equal air time!
This is an outrage to the community!!
This country was created on liberty, freedom and equality. This is a slap to our American belief; KOCE needs to follow this constitutional right and allow equality to all three candidates.
Nobody knows who the winning candidate will be? It will depend on the majority of votes. This will be decided after the November 2, 2010 elections. But, first allow us to make an informed decision. What is KOCE afraid of? Are they being biased to allow only the elite! What message are they trying to convey that only the candidates or people with money have a say so and right to express themselves? Are they saying that Cecilia Iglesias is a lower class citizen? This is Discrimination against the low socio-economic class, minority groups and the Independet Candidate Cecilia Iglesias!
Allow Cecilia Iglesias to participate!
I will also email KOCE and express my constitutional right! KOCE must be stopped!!! What have you created? This is wrong!!
We the citizens of District 47 must be heard and our requests must be honored!!!!
Allow Cecilia to participate; there are “THREE CADIDATES”, not two; Cecilia’s signs are everywhere; in people’s homes and businesses. The community is supporting her!!