AP & Fox Outright LYING About Ron Paul

[parocks]

Fox Business this morning said "Mitt Romney is now less than 100 delegates away from securing the nomination."

That's not the same thing as saying that Ron Paul is no longer in the race.

 

[papitosabe]

per FCC, they can pretty much lie if they want unless someone working within the company contacts the FCC and notifies them

 

[seawolf]

This thread simply confirms why the "Official" Campaign, Jesse and John, never should have published that infamous "Press Release"
last Monday morning. The worst mistake made by the RP "Braintrust" spanning both the 2008 and 2012 Campaigns.

 

[musicmax]

Or does the campaign have no desire to art least put up a token fight? Any lack of action will speak volumes to me.

What have the campaign's countless other blunders said to you?

 

[John F Kennedy III]

One thing I want to make clear: If MSM had given Paul fair treatment instead of lying about him this whole time Dr. Paul would have the GOP nomination locked up by now. Romney would be begging to be his VP and Obama would be trying to sweet talk Hillary into running in his place.

 

[jay_dub]

What have the campaign's countless other blunders said to you?

Well, this last one was a biggie with real consequences right at crunch time. Like any contest, when time is running short, mistakes become more critical. Not that there haven't been many facepalm moments.

One thing I want to make clear: If MSM had given Paul fair treatment instead of lying about him this whole time Dr. Paul would have the GOP nomination locked up by now. Romney would be begging to be his VP and Obama would be trying to sweet talk Hillary into running in his place.

You're probably right, but a lot of it before was mischaracterization, distortion, ignoring, making fun of and the like. A lot of it was opinion, too. This one is a factual LIE....and a big one at that.

 

[Vet_from_cali]

Romney has 907 hard bound delegates. It'll take him until June 5th to lock down the nomination with hard bound delegates. But barring a miracle or act of God it's going to happen. Oh well.

hard bound as in? they locked to him? as in 200 away from the nomination??

 

[John F Kennedy III]

Well, this last one was a biggie with real consequences right at crunch time. Like any contest, when time is running short, mistakes become more critical. Not that there haven't been many facepalm moments.



You're probably right, but a lot of it before was mischaracterization, distortion, ignoring, making fun of and the like. A lot of it was opinion, too. This one is a factual LIE....and a big one at that.

True, but the cumulative effect was the majority of MSM viewers decided not to vote for Paul without ever knowing his platform. I still maintain that Dr. Paul would be polling 70% nationally if it wasn't for the MSM bullshit.

 

[SilenceDewgooder]

Except I am pretty certain it hurt Ron's vote, and am pretty certain that is what it was intended to do.

I dunno. Most people who vote for Dr. Paul seem to understand that MSM is full of it. But for those who were going to reluctantly vote for Romney, now have even less motivation to show up. There was no way motivation for Romney was that high to be with. But, I have no faith in the vote count regardless.

 

[69360]

hard bound as in? they locked to him? as in 200 away from the nomination??

Yes, 237 more and he has 1144 hard bound and is he is the nominee. There is little doubt he will get to that number on the 5th ending any speculation about a brokered convention.

 

[NoOneButPaul]

A quick search turned this up. I didn't dig deep for a source, but, using the standard posted below, this seems to fit the criteria.

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Public Officials vs. Private Individuals

In order to win a libel lawsuit, private individuals need only prove that an article about them was libelous, and that it was published.

But public officials – people who work in government at the local, state or federal level – have a tougher time winning libel lawsuits than private individuals.

Public officials must not only prove that an article was libelous and that it was published; they must also prove it was published with something called “actual malice.”

Actual malice means that:

The story was published with the knowledge that it was false.
The story was published with reckless disregard of whether or not it was false.

http://journalism.about.com/od/ethicsprofessionalism/a/libel.htm

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Really, the fight is all about delegates, but this thinking that votes don't matter at all and that this hurts the media is bizarre to my mind. This hurts US. It is NOT a good thing. There is no way to spin it to make it so. This has, does and will cost RP votes.

Like I said... good luck proving those 2 things.

All the writer has to say is I thought RP dropped out because of Benton's retarded press release.

There's no case to make.

 

[libertygrl]

]Primary sweep has Romney 1 win from GOP nomination
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Published May 23, 2012

Associated Press

Mitt Romney has swept all the delegates in the Kentucky and Arkansas primaries, putting him within one win of claiming the Republican nomination for president.

With all of his primary opponents out of the race, the former Massachusetts governor should get that win next week when voters go to the polls in Texas.

Romney won all 75 delegates at stake in Tuesday's primaries, giving him a total of 1,067. That leaves him 77 delegates shy of the 1,144 needed to win the nomination. Texas will have 152 delegates at stake in next Tuesday's primary.

Unofficial returns showed Romney winning Arkansas with 68 percent of the vote and Kentucky with 67 percent. Despite leaving the race, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich were on the ballot in both states.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/23/primary-sweep-has-romney-1-win-from-gop-nomination/

YUP! I saw this yesterday on the scroll of my local news channel. I almost lept out of my seat.

 

[jay_dub]

YUP! I saw this yesterday on the scroll of my local news channel. I almost lept out of my seat.

That's the problem with this. It's an AP story and will spread everywhere, much like a virus.

 

[dude58677]

That's the problem with this. It's an AP story and will spread everywhere, much like a virus.

How about we infilitrate the news media such as writing up our own stories and claiming that it was written by the AP?

 

[sailingaway]

let's not suggest fraud.

 

[CJPrinter]

There is a bigger issue here than them saying Ron has dropped out and that's reporting speculation as fact.

Bottom line, the media has a HUGE impact on our society. What they report is what America believes. We are the minority!

The media is determining the outcome of this election by reporting estimated delegate preferences prior to their respective conventions (speculation) as though they were factually hard bound. IMHO this should be illegal under voter laws as psychological manipulation, propaganda and maybe even coercion.

 

[CJPrinter]

Here's the difference:

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/R-HS.phtml