Rigging the Presidential "Debates"

A video piece by Bill Moyers explains the "Commission on Presidential Debates" which does not allow the participants to address each other, and which excludes third party candidates who historically have raised critical issues that the major parties eventually co-opt. Third parties are responsible for the abolition of slavery, women's suffrage, public power, public education, social security, unemployment compensation, the direct election of senators, the formation of labor unions. The list goes on and on. Only now, the "Commission" (sounds official, doesn't it?) makes sure they no longer get to debate the "major" candidates.