More proof our Media has no balls.

re: G&M story "A Club without..."

Yesterday's decision is nothing if not an example of collective cowardice.

"... broadcasters say their hands were tied, that other leaders would have boycotted the debates if Ms. May had been included."

More proof that moral failings abound in our polity.

In light of the NDP and CPC threats to boycott if the Green's are allowed to participate, the broadcasters should simply walk away from the entire process. Of course, that would require something sorely lacking in our mainstream media - principled cojones.

As for the argument that the broadcasters hands are tied because of Layton's and Harper's stance - that dog won't hunt. Their efforts to hold the democratic process hostage could easily be undone; all the broadcasters had to do to ensure May's participation in the debates was to threaten to not cover the CPC or NDP campaign's in the lead up to debates. Had they done so, one can be certain that neither 'Achieve Steve' or Slick Jack would have stayed away.

The fault here rests squarely on the shoulders of the broadcasters. No one expects a petulant politician to make the moral decision in this regard. Ergo, the decision should be taken out of their hands.

In this case, cowardice is a poor excuse for caving in to the whims of our petty insecure pols. Shame.