Word: umina
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...lower court had already ruled against Umina, who alleged that WCVB-TV, WHDV-TV, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald and canidates Weld and Silber illegally excluded him from last week's televised debate...
...Umina said the debate amounted to an illegal contribution of funds by the media to Weld and Silber's respective campaign funds...
...media is not to blame, but they are influenced by the large seven digit revenue accounts of other campaigns," Umina said in an interview. "They do not want to anger these important clients by inviting a competing viewpoint...
Although the court ruled against these allegations last week, Umina appealed the decision, hoping to get an emergency restraining order that would have allowed him to appear with Silber and Weld in the televised debate scheduled for tonight on WHDH...
Gwen Gadge, a spokesperson for The Boston Herald, said the "decisions to include William Weld and John Silber were based on journalistic criteria and that the Boston Herald does not oppose or endorse Umina...