Seattle Times running Hit Piece the day Ron Paul is in Town!

[trispear]

Also in his tent are plenty of anti-government conspiracy theorists — the folks who a decade ago warned of black helicopters, a coming U.N. invasion, and chaos surrounding the Y2K computer bug.

I'm pretty sure the Y2K was pretty much advocated by some professional programmers and an entire industry built up to "fix" the problem. Oh wait, it was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y2K

 

[B964]

Y2K computer bug was a conspiracy theory? If I remember right the Gov and big companys were the ones all freaked out about that.

 

[Electrostatic]

Ya, there really was a problem.. but they spent the money to fix it.

 

[BarryDonegan]

what qualifies as a hit piece varies locally by quite a bit.

i know in the south some things that might appear loony to Californians here is the good word.

You've gotta remember the federal government razed atlanta to the scorched earth in its somewhat recent history, so 2nd ammendment stuff, mistrust of the government, etc, is an ingrained tradition.

a get off my land, anti abortion, gimme my assault weapons back classifies as a glowing review here, where in california that would be a major smear piece.

 

[BarryDonegan]

you know, and to the credit of the 911 truth movement, which to be honest the only problem i've had with them is that they attempt to place blame on people for things without proper evidence, although they have clearly made their case that the official stories are inaccurate, just their attempts to place blame are always speculative, and not any better than the reports they are upset about... but one of the things that turned me on to Ron Paul, is that someone like Alex Jones approves of him. not because i agree with everything Alex Jones says, but because he makes a profession out of digging up dirt, tearing down, and mistrusting government officials. that means anyone who is approved by him has gone through the most thorough possible inspection for any type of shady stuff and come up clean.

not to mention whistleblowers are the only possible check and balance for secret corruption in the private sector. they are the internal affairs of the people, if you will, and without them, certain injustices committed by government would have, in the past, gone unnoticed. many of these are accepted as official accounts now, and after being discovered the govt stepped up and discontinued the offensive project or activity. if whistleblowing stops it just one time, then all the time spent fretting about stuff that may not have happened is a valuable, brave service for the american people.

 

[walt]

Walt, thank you for responding in such an appropriate and respectful way.

I wanted to urge all of Ron's supporters to NOT attack those you attack Ron, the campaign, or any of Ron's supporters. A campaign never wins votes by attacking back - it only puts people on the defensive and they dig in their heels.

We much exercise an enormous amount of patience and maturity when dealing with people with differing views from ours - that goes for MSM reporters as well. The best way to deal with people who are being negative towards the campaign is to try to determine the underlying cause of their attack. Then, we can focus on what they are actually concerned with as we try to earn their vote.

Please, Please, Please, do not attack anyone for having different views. They just happen to be misguided. Trust me, it only makes it worse for us if we do.

Thanks.

It's just like engaging a blogger. Make them nuetral first. Then convert.

 

[anewvoice]

""Paul has raised only about $38,500 from Washington state, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. That's less than Democrat Thomas Vilsack, who dropped out of the race early this year.""

Washington State really? I find that hard to believe.


And Y2K was not a conspiracy theory, but I am a still pissed about how much bullshit I personally had to deal with to "make us Y2K compliant".

 

[JPFromTally]

I think you guys "misunderestimate" the actual number of "wackos" that are out there.

Truthers
Moon landing denialists
Roswellites
NWOers
NAUers
Endtimers

The list goes on and on... Most of these people don't usually vote. If they need a home then give me your tired and your "wacko".

 

[jpa]

Actually I was hoping for the best.. The Seattle Times and the Post Intelligencer are owned by the same company.

As I said... If this was the FIRST thing you'd ever read about RP what would it make you think?

True.. its not very good for us in that respect. But papers are going to print anything sensational because frankly presidently campaigns are boring. We need to create news or interest pieces that show Dr. Paul in a good light.

 

[constituent]

maybe the author is a media-adept Ron Paul supporter.

think about it. the people in Seattle have certainly heard
the blacklisting hubub. ron paul comes to town and their
paper greets him like this (i'm sure they feel about their
paper the way you probably feel about yours, half crap
most the time). this not only unifies the fan base, but
aggrevates those who don't want their news source
as a life censor.

in short, perhaps he is trying to help. use that logic
and write a thank you note.

 

[Cindy]

"But Sundberg said his $500 check probably won't help Paul get to the White House."

That was the only hit line in the whole piece and it came from and RP supporter.

At this point, a paul supporter should NEVER be caught saying that Paul doesn;t have a chance. They should all be caught saying, " he is going to sweep it and become our next president.

The fund raising numbers for Washington state from Q2 were irrevelant. Since when does Washington state decide the next president.

That was the only sentence, I would credit the news outlet for hitting us with though.

The rest was good. It's still early in the game and the rest was enough to stir a lot of interest and curiousity about Paul and get him some name recognition.

 

[Jojo]

What the hell.

Damn you "truthers", you make all Paul supports look crazy.

Stop it right there with that truther nonsense, we've been there.
This was not a hit piece. Merely focuses on how diverse Ron Paul's supporters are.
Some readers might be turned off by some of Ron's stances mentioned in the article (abortion is one), but overall I think the piece will make people curious about Ron Paul.

 

[Alabama Supporter]

The truth hurts folks.

Although it is not necessarily a positive piece, it represents a large group that are following Ron Paul. I advice you not to speak to the media unless you are 'normal'

 

[ButchHowdy]

I thought that was a GOOD article, but you had to read it to the end . . . .

 

[Paulitician]

It was crappy, but hardly a hit piece. Personally I'm tired of hearing "OMG Ron Paul brings in a lot of conspiracy nuts & white nationalists." Who really gives a damn? It get's boring to read after a while, and it's not like we're drawn to him because we perceive him to be either of those. Why don't these articles ever explain why Ron Paul draws such large, enthusiastic crowds without having to put their own negative spin on it? Why don't they ever discuss the issues in depth? That's what we care about. We're drawn to Ron Paul because he talks about the issues, and is honest! No wonder we hate traditional mass media so much, they do the exact opposite.

 

[Elwar]

I started writing a scathing letter to the author of the article but checked back here just before I hit send.

I agree that being nice is probably the better way to go about it (not that I was being mean, but I did say I was upset about his hit piece that he wrote on Ron Paul).

I changed my e-mail and told him that I hope he gets a chance to meet Ron Paul while he is in town considering his supporters know that the best person to explain Ron Paul's positions is Ron Paul himself. And that I look forward to reading his next Ron Paul article after he gets to speak with the man himself.

 

[ghemminger]

wow - seattle sucks

 

[JMann]

What the hell.

Damn you "truthers", you make all Paul supports look crazy.

We should refer to the 'truthers' as dumb ass, ignorant fools.

 

[stones88]

you guys are paranoid. if that's a hit piece, keep em coming. anyone who reads that and decides they won't support paul because a few crazies support him shouldn't vote for the Dr anyway.

 

[Original_Intent]

Not a hit piece. Not every article is going to be "candy and flowers" to RP but this was not a hit piece by any stretch of the imagination.