So why do the media ignore Ron Paul? --- because he's against US interventionist policies and doesn't favor Israel
On Aug 17, 3:21 pm, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Vox NewsDid Ron Paul's presidential bid just get a big boost from Jon > Stewart?Libertarian Ron Paul narrowly lost the Iowa straw poll to Michele > Bachmann, yet has been cut out of media postmortems on the GOP's top tier. > Does he deserve more coverage? Jon Stewart thinks so.By Peter Grier, Staff > writer / August 16, 2011 > When didRon Paulbecome theGOPpresidential candidate-who-must-not-be-named? > "Daily Show" hostJon Stewartasked that question onhis show Monday nightand in > doing so he sparked a discussion among the media hordes that has produced > more than a few mea culpas and could perhaps -- perhaps -- lead to more > coverage of the libertarianTexascongressmen in the future. > In particular, Mr. Stewart took aim at the fact that Mr. Paul narrowly lost > theAmes, Iowa, straw poll toMichele Bachmannyet was almost entirely left out > of the journalistic political postmortem. > He ran a hilarious montage of pundits proclaiming the new top tier was > Representative Bachmann ofMinnesota,Texas Gov. Rick Perry(who wasn t even > entered in the straw poll), and formerMassachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney(who made > little effort there). > Yet Paul fell only 152 votes short of winning the poll. > How did libertarian Ron Paul become the 13th floor in a hotel? said Stewart. > It s true that the Ames vote is hardly representative of evenIowa, much less > the nation as a whole. But as Stewart added, He s the one guy in the field, > agree with him or don t agree with him, who doesn t just regurgitate talking > points or change what he believes to fit the audience in front of him. > So why do the media ignore Ron Paul? And please, if you re a Paulite, please > read this whole thing before you take down our e-mail with angry missives. > They ignore him because he has little chance of winning or expanding his base > beyond the relatively small number of Americans who agree with him that > relinking the dollar to gold would be a good thing. > Right now an average of national polls puts Paul at about 8.7 percent, > notesNew York Timespolling expertNate Silverin hisFiveThirtyEightblog. > "Paul might be able to get upwards of 25 percent of the vote in next year > sIowa caucus, but I wonder how much upside his candidacy has beyond his very > dedicated core of supporters,writes Mr. Silver. > But here s the media s little secret: viability isn t really as important a > coverage criteria as reporters pretend. If it was, nobody would ever have > written two sentences about the presidential stylings ofDonald Trump. (Who, > you may remember,dissed Ron Paul s chancesearlier this year in a speech at > theConservative Political Action Conference.) > No, the media are after what is termed a good story. And that s kind of a > circular criteria, in the sense that the media rule what a good story is. > ThusJon Huntsmancontinues to get fairly positive coverage, despite the fact > that he got 69 votes at the Iowa caucus and barely breaks 2 percent in > national polls. > We ll say it here: Ron Paul deserves at least as much ink (or as many pixels) > as Jon Huntsman. > This whole affair has producedat least some coveragethat sounds a bit like an > apology, orurges reportersto take Paul more seriously in the future. > We re also betting that it leads soon to a Ron Paul "Daily Show" appearance. > By our count, he s already been on at least three times in recent > years.Election 101: Ron Paul sets sights on 2012. Ten things to know about > him.http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/Vox-News/2011/0816/Did-Ron-Paul-s-presidential-bid-just-get-a-big-boost-from-Jon-Stewart -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
