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On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 1:27 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
