On CNN right now, Wolf Blitzer about to do another Ron Paul piece

[Kords21]

This is so beyond beating a dead horse, it's pathetic. Nothing is going to change on this story. The newsletters came out, had some controversial stuff in them, Ron paul denies having anything to do with those statements beyond lending his name to the newsletter and that's it. Do these pundits think that if they keep talking about this that something about this will magically change? I really don't think it's growing any traction and it will be seen as a desperate ploy to take Paul down, but it'll fail cause there's nothing here.

 

[Shellshock1918]

But this is fine. They aren't digging deeper because there is nothing else there. All that means is that this will pass, like all other things pass, and we'll come out of it just as strong as we were when it started.

If they wanted to dig deeper they could do some actual JOURNALISM and find out who actually wrote them.

 

[Shellshock1918]

I still want to see the full Gloria Borger interview. What was the question that caused Paul to take off his mic? We still don't know.

Its all over youtube. She basically asked him the same question over and over again until he got fed up.

 

[pauladin]

i'm getting desensitized to these attack pieces and now just laugh at how weak and desperate they are. We're winning.

 

[RDM]

This is a dead issue. It's not gaining traction.

 

[Endthefednow]

Nothing new just the same old news. To hear CNN call Ron a Top Tier was music to my ears

 

[eric4186]

Its all over youtube. She basically asked him the same question over and over again until he got fed up.

no, the FULL interview. Not what they aired with clips spliced up. You don't even get to see the question that caused him to walk off. Watch it again. It clips to her looking like she had just asked something and then said "but that's legitimate isn't it? it's legitimite. these things are pretty incendiary". then he says "because of people like you" and takes off the mic.

I want to know what the question was and just how many times she pestered him, not this spliced up clip stuff.

 

[Cyberbrain]

That was a really weak attack, if that's the best they can do then we're in good shape. Also notice how Wolf just outright says "racist newsletters" instead of what he would usually say, something like "Newsletters some are calling racist" or "Potentially racist newsletters"

 

[Sentinelrv]

What exactly did they play that old clip for? I didn't see how it connected with what they were talking about.

Anyone know this? Maybe I wasn't fully paying attention, but that clip didn't seem to fit with their hit piece.

 

[hazek]

Didn't Rand also face some alleged racism smear attack because of his position on civil rights act and it didn't hurt him?

 

[parocks]

I still want to see the full Gloria Borger interview. What was the question that caused Paul to take off his mic? We still don't know.

the video of that is around somewhere. she just kept asking the same question over and over again.

 

[FreedomProsperityPeace]

Anyone know this? Maybe I wasn't fully paying attention, but that clip didn't seem to fit with their hit piece.

No, you are both correct to be confused. I was wondering where the relevant bit was in that clip as well.

 

[Intoxiklown]

Anyone know this? Maybe I wasn't fully paying attention, but that clip didn't seem to fit with their hit piece.

Because it is him taking ownership of the newsletters. Guilt by association.

*Edit*

They make me want to go outside and hurt small animals.....

 

[parocks]

I still want to see the full Gloria Borger interview. What was the question that caused Paul to take off his mic? We still don't know.

Some of us know, others haven't seen it. I've seen it. It was on yesterday on CNN at around this time. I think mediaite might have it?

 

[eric4186]

the video of that is around somewhere. she just kept asking the same question over and over again.

any idea where? i've been looking all over and all I can find is what was aired on Wolf Blitzer. he said they'd play the whole thing later but I can't find it anywhere and never saw it

 

[sailingaway]

If they wanted to dig deeper they could do some actual JOURNALISM and find out who actually wrote them.

they are pretending that because in the 90s before he knew about the bad comments he submitted some articles himself and said 'read my great newsletters!' he knew all about the bad stuff other people wrote at different times.

Not even logical.

 

[cdw]

They aren't going to show the full interview Eric. It was never about showing Dr. Paul's full interview, it was a guise meant to trick Paul into talking to her. CNN got an reaction and they set out to use it as much as they could. You're right that there is a portion that looks to be cut out before Paul gets fed up and takes off the mic, but I think we'll never see it.

 

[StilesBC]

Wow. I'm normally of the mind to say forum members are over thinking the whole "media conspiracy" bit. But this piece was carefully crafted for one purpose - to create a sense of uneasiness - and in the process, to discredit. Journalism is supposed to do the opposite. Clarify, inform.

They intentionally left out any explanation from Ron Paul himself - except, of course, the one where he is pissed off after explaining it so many times. They cherry-picked statements all over the place. Through omission, they intended to leave the viewer with only one conclusion.

This was more like an opponent's campaign ad than journalism. Utterly appalling.

 

[szczebrzeszyn]

any idea where? i've been looking all over and all I can find is what was aired on Wolf Blitzer. he said they'd play the whole thing later but I can't find it anywhere and never saw it

I think some members are confused as to what you're looking for. I assume you're talking about the full unedited version (or at least minimally edited). I don't think they have ever showed it. The only thing is this spliced up stuff, where you're not even sure what was the questions Ron answered, because of the creative editing. I think there were some dudes on reddit analyzing it in more depth.

 

[Cyberbrain]

Anyone know this? Maybe I wasn't fully paying attention, but that clip didn't seem to fit with their hit piece.

I think they were trying to connect A to B to C to A or something like that which came off as a huge stretch of logic to me at least.