Something strange is happening with the media...

[dawnbt]

Never got into Pokemon - sorry...

My point is that if you put ron paul in news.google.com, you get headlines from:

The Associated Press
Los Angeles Times
New York Times
Business Wire
Seattle Post
Colorado Springs Gazette

In that order - nothing taken out. I have never seen so many mainstream papers talk about him. And, for the most part, they're positive.

Ignore Sonicwhatever, I have yet to read a positive post from this person. Just keep sharing the positive love!

 

[Edu]

Could it be that they are mad because he's spending money on radio instead of TV ads?

They see the reports of all this money going in, and they get little to none.

 

[InLoveWithRon]

It's called ratings, whatever gets the ratings and the readership will be reported. While I believe it exists I don't think the bias runs as deep as many people here believe.

What an absolutely ridiculous and misinformed statement you just made.. Blatantly ridiculous.



Dr Paul's media coverage last week - 0.2% - was too small to even put on the graph:

John McCain received EIGHTY FIVE TIMES more media coverage than Dr Paul in that week.
Rudy Giuliani received SIXTY NINE TIMES more media coverage than Dr Paul in that week.
Mitt Romney received FIFTY NINE TIMES more media coverage than Dr Paul in that week.
Mike Huckabee received THIRTY TWO TIMES more media coverage than Dr Paul in that week.
Fred Thompson received TWENTY FIVE TIMES more media coverage than Dr Paul in that week

 

[liberteebell]

What I've noticed in the very little time I watch teevee is that there are now more stories about the economy and the very things Ron Paul always talks about regarding inflation and the fed's monetary polities, and even a well done story on CNN yesterday tying to war to our failing economy at home.

That, and things such as rush limbaugh's sit in yesterday essentially did a 3 hour infomercial for Ron Paul (while never mentioning his name, of course).

Baby steps and bits and pieces, I suppose, are better than nothing :o

 

[kimo]

It sounds like a normal "procedure". So-called controlled media always act like that under a "mass presure", but wait undtill he wins few primaries. ( false stories and negativity can turn just like that). By the way RP mentioned that in his adressed mail to us.

 

[shooter_tx]

What I've noticed in the very little time I watch teevee is that there are now more stories about the economy and the very things Ron Paul always talks about regarding inflation and the fed's monetary polities, and even a well done story on CNN yesterday tying to war to our failing economy at home.

That, and things such as rush limbaugh's sit in yesterday essentially did a 3 hour infomercial for Ron Paul (while never mentioning his name, of course).

Baby steps and bits and pieces, I suppose, are better than nothing :o

Guess I missed that one. I was listening either Monday or Tuesday when Rush was talking about all the Republicans being "concerned about national security...... except for maybe Ron Paul."

Then about 15 minutes later, during the break, there was a Ron Paul radio spot. Targeted to the wrong market, perhaps, but a radio spot nonetheless.

I mean, I'm not expecting him to shill for Ron Paul (afterall, it's Rush, not a gun magazine), but in the interests of basic human decency, if you're going to shit on an advertiser, at least wait a couple of segments before/after the spot has run.

 

[itshappening]

he is getting coverage from LOCAL media

 

[freelance]

Oddly enough, Columbus Ohio's channel 6 news did a piece on Ron Paul tonight and said they expect him to suprise alot of peolpe on Tuesday.

Maybe they're sounding the warning bell now that we're trying to be low key and not announce to the world where we're strong? Who knows? Maybe it's just an aberration. It would be a very pleasant surprise if they've decided to act responsibly because of blowback, but I won't hold my breath.

 

[kimo]

he is getting coverage from LOCAL media

I just hope it`s enough to put some presure before Super Tuesday. Here in Europe, every time we turned tv on news, we see well known "other faces".

 

[liberteebell]

Guess I missed that one. I was listening either Monday or Tuesday when Rush was talking about all the Republicans being "concerned about national security...... except for maybe Ron Paul."

Then about 15 minutes later, during the break, there was a Ron Paul radio spot. Targeted to the wrong market, perhaps, but a radio spot nonetheless.

I mean, I'm not expecting him to shill for Ron Paul (afterall, it's Rush, not a gun magazine), but in the interests of basic human decency, if you're going to shit on an advertiser, at least wait a couple of segments before/after the spot has run.

It wasn't rush on Friday. I think it was Jason Lewis (???) who was sitting in for rush. Jason seems to be quite conservative.

There has been no basic human decency, nor common courtesy, nor just respect for human dignity when it's come to Ron Paul and his treatment by nearly everyone in the media. If I hadn't seen it all myself, I'd call anyone a liar of major proportions if they'd told me how this fine gentleman has been treated.

Though Ron Paul has taken it with a Jesus-like calm (how he remains so calm is beyond me; I'd be having a stroke!), and has been criticized for that, more and more people are wondering why he is treated with such utter disrespect and disdain. The war of attrition works in our favor; one thing to ignore him with 11 candidates, something else when it's down to 4. I am eternally optimistic that at least some people will wake up and see what we see before it's too late.

Sorry for the semi-off-topic rant. I just couldn't help it!

 

[liberteebell]

he is getting coverage from LOCAL media

IMO, the campaign should be taking advantage of every local media outlet they can come up with. What local host wouldn't love to have a presidential candidate on??

 

[NoMoreApathy]

He's had splashes of press before, just "In the moment" of breaking news.
Then they go back to ignoring him completely as if there were only 5 not 6 candidates competing for the White House left.

Yes 6.

Paul
Clinton
Obama
Romney
McCain
Huckabee

The FEC reports are what spured their articles, and now that they've covered it, they will start ignoring him again.

It's sad but true, and I hate to be a downer, but I've watched this cycle repeat over the course of the past year over and over again, so I'm just being realistic.

Rev

There's a lot more than 6.

 

[shooter_tx]

It wasn't rush on Friday. I think it was Jason Lewis (???) who was sitting in for rush. Jason seems to be quite conservative.

Oh, you're right. I did hear part of that (thank the Gore-d for the interwebs and streaming talk radio).

If he didn't also work for Clear Channel, I wouldn't be *entirely* surprised to hear Jason endorse Dr. Paul.

As far as Rush is concerned, I think deep down, he gets it. On Tuesday or Wednesday, he was explaining to a caller why Republicans aren't coalescing, stating that it was due to the three camps of Republicans backing different candidates.

paraphrased:

"First you've got the moral conservatives, and these people are backing Mike Huckabee*. Then you've got the fiscal conservatives, and these people are backing Mitt Romney**. Finally, you've got the national security conservatives...... these are the neocons..... and they're backing John McCain."

First, the snub of Paul was hard to pass up, and will be even harder to forgive.

Second, I couldn't believe he brought himself to use the term "neocons". I'd imagine he got a semi-stern "talking-to" from Obscure Channel after that one.




* Despite Ron Paul's better record personally, I guess they back Huck because they want to legislate their morality to everyone.

** Despite Ron Paul's better record, likely because while they say the economy is important to them, they still don't understand economic theory and/or monetary policy.

 

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

What an absolutely ridiculous and misinformed statement you just made.. Blatantly ridiculous.



Dr Paul's media coverage last week - 0.2% - was too small to even put on the graph:

John McCain received EIGHTY FIVE TIMES more media coverage than Dr Paul in that week.
Rudy Giuliani received SIXTY NINE TIMES more media coverage than Dr Paul in that week.
Mitt Romney received FIFTY NINE TIMES more media coverage than Dr Paul in that week.
Mike Huckabee received THIRTY TWO TIMES more media coverage than Dr Paul in that week.
Fred Thompson received TWENTY FIVE TIMES more media coverage than Dr Paul in that week

Can you stop with the facts please? The media companies are independent actors who are impartial and unbiased. They just want ratings, and there's nothing newsworthy about the dark horse longshot libertarian candidate that outraised all republicans last quarter. In fact, nothing about his campaign has really been newsworthy or noteworthy. The viewers are so much more interested in Rudy, who performed horribly and dropped out.

 

[peznex]

Never got into Pokemon - sorry...

That is in his signature. He/she did not respond to your thread with that video.

 

[Jodi]

67 posts and prevaricating. We report..you decide


HTH
Randy

LOL

 

[noztnac]

Freedom is popular. Who knew.

Me.

 

[pacelli]

I wouldn't get too excited. Most of the Ron Paul articles that show up from MSM outlets are just blogs. Meaning no one but us and maybe some political junkies will read it. It's like when CNN did that webcast interview with RP after that last debate. They are trying to satiate us by giving him "coverage", but it doesn't get Dr. Paul out there to the general public.

Yep. Online blogs from newspapers aren't published in the print versions of the newspapers. We need some printed headlines. The only thing strange that is happening with the media is that they are still participating in the blackout.

 

[Revolutn]

There's a lot more than 6.

OK yeah, but 6 contenders for the two halves of the 1 party system is what I specifically meant.

Yes there's 3rd parties, and yes there's the one off regionals or locals that have no national presence.

Rev

 

[Jagwarr]

As the mass media gets more comfortable with RP having no chance at winning they will begin to allow or dictate that their reporters and media outlets write and talk more about him to give the appearence of being fair.

As the spring arrives those in the media that tried their hardest to please their elite owners will begin to back track and say some nice things about Dr. Paul like how he really made things interesting and what a nice guy he is and the sort.

Those that treated Dr. Paul like dirt will not want to live their lives out as human spittoons so they will soon be acting nice and claim they never treated Dr. Paul any different then any other candidate.