At this point the transparency is, well, ridiculous…
Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson and running-mate Bill Weld have a proposal for the panel in charge of general election debates: Put a third podium on stage, let Johnson debate, and if his ticket doesn’t meet subsequent criteria for debates the Libertarian ticket won’t make a peep. (link)
That’s the set-up for a full page ad running in the New York Times today:

But wait, it gets better….
For those who haven’t been following along… lookie here:

Yep, that’s Quinnipiac Polls coming in today directly for the assist.
Sorry, to be consistently pointing out the brutally obvious, but the transparency of the timing for this stuff is remarkably silly.

Oh, and in other news, trust in media is at an all time low. Go Figure.
"Republicans who say they have trust in the media has plummeted to 14% from 32% a year ago." For Democrats, it's 51% pic.twitter.com/u8pdMNgDP0
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 14, 2016
Hey Brian, maybe, just maybe, there’d be more trust in media if the operations of the media were not so –> Transparently Predictable. (<– August)