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Faso, Teachout speak at candidate forum
Sep 15, 2016 2:00 pm
The forum is no longer available at the WNYT website.
Congressional candidates John Faso and Zephyr Teachout spoke at a candidate forum Sept. 15 in Albany for WAMC and WNYT. The panel of journalists asking questions did not ask follow-up questions, and candidates did not address each other, and no opening or closing statements were allowed. Watch video on the WGXC Newsroom (above). WGXC reached out to both candidates and both media outlets for comment, and spokespersons for Faso and Teachout both claimed WAMC set the rules. Eric Hoppel, the News Director of NewsChannel 13, disputed that, though, writing in e-mail, "the rules were set by representatives of WAMC and the two campaigns." Faso and Teachout are campaigning to replace Chris Gibson (R-Kinderhook) in the 19th Congressional District that covers the WGXC listening area, and several other counties.
Congressional candidates John Faso and Zephyr Teachout spoke at a candidate forum Sept. 15 in Albany for WAMC and WNYT. The panel of journalists asking questions did not ask follow-up questions, and candidates did not address each other, and no opening or closing statements were allowed. Watch video on the WGXC Newsroom (above). WGXC reached out to both candidates and both media outlets for comment, and spokespersons for Faso and Teachout both claimed WAMC set the rules. Eric Hoppel, the News Director of NewsChannel 13, disputed that, though, writing in e-mail, "the rules were set by representatives of WAMC and the two campaigns." Faso and Teachout are campaigning to replace Chris Gibson (R-Kinderhook) in the 19th Congressional District that covers the WGXC listening area, and several other counties.