{"id":21710,"date":"2026-03-24T19:14:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/24\/california-governor-debate-canceled-after-criticism-of-criteria-that-excluded-candidates-of-color-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T19:14:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:14:05","slug":"california-governor-debate-canceled-after-criticism-of-criteria-that-excluded-candidates-of-color-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/24\/california-governor-debate-canceled-after-criticism-of-criteria-that-excluded-candidates-of-color-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"California governor debate canceled after criticism of criteria that excluded candidates of color &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxPMFEzNElXd3hDSldJN3JiQmM3SFo5azF6UmpzQUxtYzZ2STh5aGFZeWpfUVkyMkI0a19icHpmdTJFV19YejROVFk0WERpLXBhR2NJUDNzTVR6eEZaMUFUdmhGaGtXeFRGc01WWEdtUVdsbkt6Ql9vZFZSSVJYV1hMdkRlS2RkUkJUVFJOMmptNmFqb1BUNlRkN1JHdThOd0pTNktzUTRNTnRsTzUxc3VlaTFJRktJZWNlMVhtYQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">California governor debate canceled after criticism of criteria that excluded candidates of color<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxPQ3NCeDJoWlJsMzVjLUZ5NWpmRU9nelZZajF6a3VQMkstek9CSG50TlRXTG9LSWRFdEdHcWtGa3NmQ0RNSTJQYlM1NkpHNGRCQ29RdmtTUUMwczVCaUlpdTd1Nk42amdHRHYwZU94aDc3N3IxVXZZSkxUV2trdEdIYkpR0gGHAUFVX3lxTE02U1RMbU85ZE9ZMUV5LXMxNm9fWkZmVnY4clJiUnhoUnFQSWtkT21Uc2E5RnV0TUdCMDVfTUdfY2gweEFhQ05ReXpDTjFhY052WWJXQ2tTSlN1YVVwRmVvemJ0S3pmMjFYUW5sS01uZnRXOGxwb2NNN2R4NmtqYTdYOWhnelBmSQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Tuesday&#8217;s gubernatorial debate at USC called off<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">ABC7 Los Angeles<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxNWGNiNnNSNW5HR2pwZVZiUnhIS3hUVE9taHQ5NnZGeXMwSTFYbS1uS3pZNnZHcjdsLVotZHNzcFNRSjFwZ05sYXFVRVpyMFBSRVowclJSYTEtUXg5MHFsOGlubUhZanlRTFdVZC16TUNQZEdWRFRJYUU2UXpSNkQ5UWtYLUEwcEhFelE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">California Governor Debate Canceled After Criticism Over Lack of Diversity<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxQQU5VcUlFcXdjaXN6SmhLaGYzTWZ1S19mOElSZzdZUks0OF9tb1ROMW5RekZHUzNnRjJUV1p4bk5KY2sxTHNlTUxoU191S3RESHpkbEVUenBjSXB1cjJVNE1leEdtT0R5cWtESjlDSjI2bGFUS1RFZVhNbVZQa1FHMWdGYkEwYnFyOUtlclhidw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">USC cancels Calif. governor debate after excluding candidates of color<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">SFGATE<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiywFBVV95cUxPLXZVb29FdkE5QTNaRDctbU9xbU5DNWNYTDZWQllzQWZSVC1NVVRrdjRkN2pkblFlbUpnYVhBb28ya1E3dXVzZEw5b291SVBUd2tuTThZOEFvbjJCVlRCR3dDMmo0VDdwcm1lRkVzUFJOSW9mR2Y0ZWwycEsxQnBvSXJNVjJualdDaS1rRVBOWTZXNVRfRmVRcFpEZldmM2V6Z0VCVklqYV9YSW1tYzV5NWdTTUJkemZsVGx6WWNydlpDMjhOZG1sc04wcw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">California governor debate abruptly canceled amid controversy over who was invited to attend<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Orange County Register<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California governor debate canceled after criticism of criteria that excluded candidates of color&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC News Tuesday&#8217;s gubernatorial debate at USC called off&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC7 Los Angeles California Governor&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/24\/california-governor-debate-canceled-after-criticism-of-criteria-that-excluded-candidates-of-color-nbc-news\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}