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To those who feel the mainstream media gives Ron Paul the short end of the stick..
#7773570 - 12/18/07 12:06 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Just thought you'd enjoy this screenshot, just opened CNN for the first time today at work:
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Re: To those who feel the mainstream media gives Ron Paul the short end of the stick.. [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#7773690 - 12/18/07 12:44 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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People who use the net already know all about Paul. TV coverage is different. Paul almost never gets mentioned.
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Re: To those who feel the mainstream media gives Ron Paul the short end of the stick.. [Re: Minstrel]
#7773857 - 12/18/07 01:35 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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The first line of the story:
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DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) -- GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul is raking in millions of dollars even as he remains one of the candidates with the least face time in mainstream media.
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Re: To those who feel the mainstream media gives Ron Paul the short end of the stick.. [Re: Seuss]
#7774756 - 12/18/07 05:55 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm not entirely sure, but I heard Dr. Paul is going to be on Meet The Press. Huckabee has refused the invitation.
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Re: To those who feel the mainstream media gives Ron Paul the short end of the stick.. [Re: zappaisgod]
#7774962 - 12/18/07 06:45 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Well that would be nice
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Re: To those who feel the mainstream media gives Ron Paul the short end of the stick.. [Re: zappaisgod]
#7775482 - 12/18/07 08:44 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yes. Tim Russert was very rough to Romney. No one really has anything on Ron Paul, so it should be great.
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Re: To those who feel the mainstream media gives Ron Paul the short end of the stick.. [Re: fireworks_god]
#7782253 - 12/20/07 04:27 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Just b/c they give him some air time doesn't mean that he isn't still getting the short end of the stick.
Take this last money bomb on dec 16. THe next day they hardly talked about it at all. At the most they would just state that RP raised over $6million and that was it. They wouldn't comment on it or nothing. I was watching most of the news stations just to see how much airtime RP would get, but the big story was Joe Lieberman endorsing McCain, and how the Des Moines Register was endorsing Clinton. Seriously they would give a 5 min or so clip on McCain/Lieberman, then give 30 secs to RP, then go straight to a 5min thing on Clinton and the Des Moines Register.
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Re: To those who feel the mainstream media gives Ron Paul the short end of the stick.. [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#7782336 - 12/20/07 04:51 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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OneLessForeskin said: Just thought you'd enjoy this screenshot, just opened CNN for the first time today at work:
I checked cnn.com a few times today and didn't see that. They must have put that story up for like 2 seconds just to say they did it.
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Re: To those who feel the mainstream media gives Ron Paul the short end of the stick.. [Re: fireworks_god]
#7783839 - 12/20/07 10:50 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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fireworks_god said: Yes. Tim Russert was very rough to Romney. No one really has anything on Ron Paul, so it should be great.
Did you see his interview with Guliani? He teared him a new asshole
A full hour on meet the press is huge... I hope russert goes as tough as he possibly can on paul, there's no dirt on him!
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Re: To those who feel the mainstream media gives Ron Paul the short end of the stick.. [Re: discombobulate]
#7784629 - 12/21/07 06:21 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yes, me and MT watched that yesterday, and laughed our asses off, making fun of his facial expressions the whole time.
Nothing but elaborate lies, for the most part. Ron Paul, for the most part, won't have to play defense, just face some hard scrutiny of his stance on the issues.
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Re: To those who feel the mainstream media gives Ron Paul the short end of the stick.. [Re: ElectricJW]
#7784639 - 12/21/07 06:35 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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ElectricJW said: Just b/c they give him some air time doesn't mean that he isn't still getting the short end of the stick.
What do you expect? He's the most atypical candidate out there, and even though the campaign donations are impressive and have to be recognized as such in the mainstream media, he doesn't register in any of the traditional ways. Of course, they play a huge role in deciding who does, but I don't see a conspiracy, as much as I see a solid slant agansit him. He's doing fine and is right where he needs to be at this point in time.
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Take this last money bomb on dec 16. THe next day they hardly talked about it at all.
Its impressive, its definitely newsworthy, but it isn't as though its going to change everything. I don't really see why we should think that they should have covered it like insane.
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At the most they would just state that RP raised over $6million and that was it. They wouldn't comment on it or nothing.
Well, what do you expect? It got covered for what it is was and that is it. Its an amazing feat, but it is very unprecedented and it doesn't mean as much from the eyes of the media regarding the primaries, because of how unformulaic it is. It obviously raised their eyebrows, they covered it, and moved on. It isn't some deliberate act agansit Ron Paul, its just not covered in their playbook, it isn't status quo, and there was more going on that day that does traditionally mean a lot in a primary race.
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I was watching most of the news stations just to see how much airtime RP would get, but the big story was Joe Lieberman endorsing McCain, and how the Des Moines Register was endorsing Clinton. Seriously they would give a 5 min or so clip on McCain/Lieberman, then give 30 secs to RP, then go straight to a 5min thing on Clinton and the Des Moines Register.
I'm relatively new to playing politics as well, but you have to understand that, traditionally, these things mean a lot in a primary race. A nationally-known politician who is usually a Democrat, now an Independent after his party dumped him, endorsing a Republican candidate is very newsworthy. The biggest newspaper in an early primary state is very newsworthy. I was discussing Ron Paul with an old friend last night at work, and he started asking me if he has any endorsements from any other politicians, such as governors or Congressmen, or any newspapers. Why was he asking that? Because they mean a lot in a primary race, traditionally. Relatively, not much has changed over the years for elections like this, and these people just don't put the same amount of stock in what Ron Paul accomplishes through his support.
You have to realize this for what it is, accept it, and realize how much more of an advantage Ron Paul has right now, despite all of this. The primary race is just beginning, and Ron Paul is very wealthy and very well-placed to outlast all but the top-tier candidates. The moneybombs got some attention, the first one was more to catch attention, but, primarily, this is about giving him the money he needs to win.
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