Ron Paul Misses NPR Opportunity

[Nathan Hale]

I was listening to NPR yesterday, to their mid-morning show "Roundtable". On the show, one guest was saying how the media covered Ralph Nader's announcement to no end, but despite the many Ron Paul signs she sees around her town, she never hears about him in the media. At this point, the hosts said that they approached him numerous times (since the Fox News debate he was cut from) to do an interview, but they never received a response. They said that they were willing to give him an ENTIRE HOUR. Everybody at the Roundtable studio was interested in hearing from him. Can somebody get this message back to the campaign?

 

[runderwo]

What?

 

[Lord Xar]

please tell me you are kidding. they never heard back from HQ?

 

[HollyforRP]

Alright everyone call up headquarters (unless this story is false)

 

[Thomas Paine]

Why am I not surprised.

 

[Tdcci]

Why am I not surprised.

Because the only way Ron Paul makes these appearances is because of heavy grassroots lobbying?

 

[Renter45]

Why am I not surprised.

Here we go again! Does anyone actually know what happened here? Wasn't Ron Paul on NPR at least once before? How do we know that it wasn't a scheduling issue with Ron Paul now in Texas for his congressional campaign?

 

[Renter45]

Because the only way Ron Paul makes these appearances is because of heavy grassroots lobbying?

Are you kidding? There are a lot of things we can take credit for, but last I checked, we've had little impact on media.

 

[Tdcci]

Are you kidding? There are a lot of things we can take credit for, but last I checked, we've had little impact on media.

I mean after Ron Paul has been invited by the media (Glenn Beck, etc)

 

[liberteebell]

please tell me you are kidding. they never heard back from HQ?

My complaints about HQ stem from, among other things, the pre-election guide in our newspaper omitting Ron Paul. I called the reporter, who is usually excellent at election coverage. He told me that he had tried for a week to contact the campaign and they never returned his calls.

Now, if this had been an isolated incident, I'd blow it off but sadly, I think this has happened many times and this NPR thing is probably another example.

I could just cry.

 

[Renter45]

I mean after Ron Paul has been invited by the media (Glenn Beck, etc)

Care to clarify the "etc?" Because I don't think there's many more than Glenn Beck.

And honestly, let's face it, Glenn Beck is a huge neocon on foreign policy. Do we know for sure whether there were any other reasons as to why Ron Paul didn't go on Beck initially?

Sometimes we can be such big sheeple, too. Because some guy on TV espouses a few libertarian beliefs, we think he's the most important media guy on earth. Were we responsible for getting Ron Paul on the Tonight Show -- twice?

 

[Canadiandude]

So why wouldn't HQ jump at the opportunity to get Ron more coverage? Do you think there are moles in the HQ that are intentionally trying to destroy the campaign's success?

 

[HollyforRP]

My complaints about HQ stem from, among other things, the pre-election guide in our newspaper omitting Ron Paul. I called the reporter, who is usually excellent at election coverage. He told me that he had tried for a week to contact the campaign and they never returned his calls.

Now, if this had been an isolated incident, I'd blow it off but sadly, I think this has happened many times and this NPR thing is probably another example.

I could just cry.

If Ron Paul headquarters needs help, they need to hire a real coordinator/motivator. Someone who wants Ron Paul to be president, someone who knows how to effectively process a systemized effort and handle the media plus be authorized to relay this information to Ron Paul and get back to the media sources.

 

[Tdcci]

Ok, it was hyperbole

 

[Renter45]

My complaints about HQ stem from, among other things, the pre-election guide in our newspaper omitting Ron Paul. I called the reporter, who is usually excellent at election coverage. He told me that he had tried for a week to contact the campaign and they never returned his calls.

Now, if this had been an isolated incident, I'd blow it off but sadly, I think this has happened many times and this NPR thing is probably another example.

I could just cry.

Which newspaper? Was it local? Is it reasonable for HQ with limited resrouces to respond to every little local request at the expense of more important ones?

And when you say "I think this has happened many times," what evidence do we really have? Because this just sounds like groupthink to me. I'm not saying they haven't dropped the ball, but we can't get down on every little thing.

 

[Renter45]

Ok, it was hyperbole

 

[coffeewithchess]

Here we go again! Does anyone actually know what happened here? Wasn't Ron Paul on NPR at least once before? How do we know that it wasn't a scheduling issue with Ron Paul now in Texas for his congressional campaign?

I think he was on NPR one time. BUT when the racist newsletter story broke, NPR did a story on it and said they asked RP or one of his staff to come on and explain it, but nobody returned their request...

 

[Renter45]

So why wouldn't HQ jump at the opportunity to get Ron more coverage? Do you think there are moles in the HQ that are intentionally trying to destroy the campaign's success?

Well, how much coverage is it? Was this national NPR, or just some local affiliate? Cuz that seems like a big difference to me.

 

[Renter45]

I think he was on NPR one time. BUT when the racist newsletter story broke, NPR did a story on it and said they asked RP or one of his staff to come on and explain it, but nobody returned their request...

That seems reasonable, but do we know why they didn't? If I were Ron Paul, I'd want to talk about it once (like on Wolf Blitzer) and then forget about it. I think it'd be smart not to talk about the newsletters more than you have to. Do we know that this wasn't Ron Paul's strategy?

 

[liberteebell]

If Ron Paul headquarters needs help, they need to hire a real coordinator/motivator. Someone who wants Ron Paul to be president, someone who knows how to effectively process a systemized effort and handle the media plus be authorized to relay this information to Ron Paul and get back to the media sources.

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