{
  "title": "OPINION | Televised Debate Excludes OneBC: Something Stinks",
  "published": "2026-10-14T11:33:28.979181-07:00",
  "article": "https://newsforbc.com/onebc-televised-debate-exclusion-opinion-2026-10-14.html",
  "type": "Opinion / Commentary",
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Elections BC candidate list",
      "url": "https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/candidate-list/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Consortium advisory",
      "url": "https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/media-advisory-bc-broadcast-consortium-announces-media-advisory-for-bc-leaders-debate-2026-886400965.html"
    },
    {
      "label": "CP/Times Colonist",
      "url": "https://www.timescolonist.com/2026-bc-votes/ndp-conservative-green-leaders-to-debate-on-oct-14-in-bc-election-12863560"
    },
    {
      "label": "CityNews",
      "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/10/14/bc-election-live-debate-2026/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Research Co",
      "url": "https://researchco.ca/2026/10/13/bcpoli-oct13/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Ipsos",
      "url": "https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2026-10/BC%20Poll%202%20Release.pdf"
    },
    {
      "label": "Pallas",
      "url": "https://pallas-data.ca/fr/2026/10/13/pallas-british-columbia-poll-conservative-43-ndp-38-green-11-onebc-5-and-doerkson-leads-eby-on-best-premier/"
    }
  ],
  "corrections": [
    "Candidate count: 34 to 33, independently counted from Elections BC HTML and CSV.",
    "Research Co debate inclusion: 41% of likely voters, not a survey of all British Columbians."
  ],
  "body": "Supplied article otherwise preserved, including byline, image credit, argument and contact links.",
  "image": "Supplied embedded DOCX image; credit retained: Krayden’s Right with David Krayden.",
  "outreach": "No new outreach conducted.",
  "onebc_candidate_count": 33,
  "candidate_csv": "https://elections.bc.ca/2026election/2026-provincial-general-election-candidates.csv",
  "scope": "CP reported no immediate reply on October 6; CityNews October 14 reports the party-status explanation. Different poll samples and regional uncertainty should not be conflated."
}