Not MSNBC...no MSM that I know of covered this

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Police arrested Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and her running mate Cheri Honkala as they tried to enter the second presidential debate at Hofstra University on Long Island. The two candidates were protesting being barred from participating in the debate despite being on 85 percent of ballots nationwide in the 2012 presidential election. The Commission on Presidential Debates, which sponsored the debate, requires a third party candidate to poll at 15 percent or higher to participate. The Democratic and Republican Parties set up the Commission in 1987 and have run it since.

In an interview with Democracy Now!, Stein and Honkala said they were held handcuffed to chairs for eight hours in a warehouse that had been converted into a holding area for detained protestors. They were arrested for blocking traffic after sitting down in front of a line of police officers standing in the street.

http://inthesetimes.com/ittlist/entry/14047/green_party_candidates_arrested_for_trying_to_enter_presidential_debate/