Start documenting media bias against RP in this thread, NOW

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The Fox News 2012 series/polls made me realize that we need to have ONE place to compile all of the various media bias against Ron in this election cycle.

How many times have you said "The media is so biased against Ron Paul!" to hear back "Oh yeah? Like when?"

We need to compile everything in one place, to make it absolutely undeniable that there is an agenda against the man as a candidate. Post your media bias here.

I'll start:

Ron Paul excluded from Fox News "12 in 2012" series of GOP presidential candidates (Week of 11/15/2010):
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showpost.php?p=2967864&postcount=1
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/11/19/support-republicans-president/#

Quinnipiac national poll includes 8 GOP candidates for 2012; excludes Ron Paul (11/22/2010):
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1538

Ron Paul called "nut" and "Martian" on CNN's John King show regarding Wikileaks comments (12/3/2010):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV_Q8WFB9Bw

New York Times and CBS News state that Ron Paul got "less than 2%" in the 2008 primary - actual number was 5.6% (12/13/2010):
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/us/politics/13paul.html?pagewanted=2&_r=2
http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/1...50-50-that-he-will-run-for-president-in-2012/

PPP: Ron Paul leads the "second-tier candidates" despite being just 2% behind "first-tier" candidate Gingrich (12/13/2010):
http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/12/minnesota-republican-numbers.html

New York Times previews CPAC; fails to mention Ron Paul, Rand Paul (2/8/2011):
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/hopefuls-and-no-shows-at-2012-cpac/

Fox News commissions poll for 2012 primary; includes 14 candidates, but not Ron Paul (2/9/2011)
http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/021111_2012_election_web.pdf

CBS News defines Paul's foreign policy as "isolationism" (2/11/2011)
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20031602-503544.html

Politico gives Ron Paul's CPAC speech a "C" - lowest grade of any potential candidate (2/11/2011):
http://www.politico.com/2012-election/perm/0211/paul_report_card.html

Carrie Dann of MSNBC: Paul "almost certainly lacks campaign organization", before campaign has even started (2/11/2011):
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/12/6041419-ron-paul-wins-cpac-straw-poll-

Joe Klein of Time Magazine called Paul 'isolationist', slams his 'opt-out' offer (2/12/2011):
http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2011/02/12/the-other-red-meat/

Washington Post considers Ron Paul a CPAC loser, despite straw poll victory (2/13/2011):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/13/AR2011021301463.html

CNN: Romney's win "vaulted" his campaign into top tier in 2008; Ron Paul's win "dilutes" the significance of CPAC (2/14/2011):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC5gKOtZ1fA

Rush Limbaugh claims that Ron Paul "bused his people in," and "will not be the Republican nominee" (2/14/2011):
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201102140016

Kevin McCullough of Fox News: "Disrespectful Libertarians Hijack CPAC poll -- And Its Mission" (2/14/2011):
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/02/14/disrespectful-libertarians-hijack-cpac-poll-mission/

Fox News plays unfavorable 2010 CPAC Straw Poll Reaction, Asks Congressman 'Who Was Booing You?' (2/14/2011):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwo0Iyrh1Zk

TIME: Calls Paul 'too extreme', 'isolationist', and warns that he 'can expect criticism' for 'disparaging comments about African Americans and gays' (2/16/2011):
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2048933_2048932_2048851,00.html

Politico: Congressmen "absent" from 2012 rance - mentions Paul Ryan, Mike Pence, but not Ron Paul (2/23/2011):
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/50023.html

Washington Times (the "conservative" DC paper) online: "Earth to Paulbots: You Are Irrelevant" (2/25/2011):
http://communities.washingtontimes....011/feb/24/earth-paulbots-you-are-irrelevant/

AP Story on 2012 mentions 9 potential candidates, but not Ron Paul (3/8/2011):
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110308/ap_on_el_ge/us_white_house_bid_first_steps

Washington Post excludes Ron Paul from GOP primary poll; 8 candidates included (3/16/2011):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...primary-field/2011/03/15/ABCsQaa_graphic.html

Politico article on Tea Party's 2012 role fails to mention Ron Paul (4/6/2011):
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/52629.html

9 candidates included, Ron Paul excluded from WSJ/NBC national poll (4/6/2011):
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/04/06/wsjnbc-poll-a-donald-trump-surprise/

National Journal's "Meet the GOP's Potential Candidates" highlights 10 candidates, not Ron Paul (4/21/2011):
http://www.nationaljournal.com/pict...tential-2012-presidential-candidates-20110421

Politico summarizes NH poll that includes Ron Paul without mentioning him (4/22/2011):
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53570.html
http://www.politico.com/static/PPM191_stateofthestate.html

Capitol Hill Blue: "Ron Paul prepares another long-shot run for the White House" - extremely biased (4/26/2011):
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/40580

Rush Limbaugh looking for "Bold GOP Leader" to run in 2012; names 5 potential candidates, omits the Pauls (4/26/2011):
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_042611/content/01125108.guest.html

David Horowitz falsely claims "Ron Paul would open America's doors to Sharia" (4/29/2011):
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/04/29/1-69/

New York Times: "Republicans Pursuing a Wider Field" - names 12 candidates, not Ron Paul (5/1/2011):
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/us/politics/01republicans.html?_r=1&hp

Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone: Ron Paul's constitutionalist rhetoric a "convenient mask for racial-resentment politics (5/3/2011):
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/mailbag-why-i-cant-vote-for-ron-paul-20110502

LA Times on South Carolina debate: Pawlenty the "only top tier candidate expected to appear" despite Paul polling higher (5/3/2011):
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/03/news/la-pn-fox-south-carolina-debate-20110503

Fox News previews their own debate: Mentions every participating candidate except Ron Paul (5/4/2011):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFMSL2wuAys

New York Times spins Paul's heroin response, saying Paul "brought up the issue" (5/5/2011):
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/us/politics/06repubs.html?_r=2&hp

Chris Malagisi (CPAC Chair) of Washington Examiner: "Ron Paul wins the Democrat Presidential Debate" (5/6/2011):
http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs...aul-wins-democrat-presidential-debate-oh-wait

Byron York of Washington Examiner reviews South Carolina debate without mentioning Ron Paul (5/6/2011):
http://washingtonexaminer.com/polit...ty-underwhelms-cain-struggles-santorum-scores

CNN's Howard Kurtz calls Ron Paul a "sideshow" (5/8/2011):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdtX3MAgpzw

WMUR TV9 in New Hampshire, hosts of the CNN GOP debate, leave Ron Paul off list of linked candidates (5/8/2011):
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...mits-hyper-link-for-Ron-Paul-among-candidates
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hpho...79871591_184680868237609_504130_6245284_n.jpg

AP runs down those who have entered the GOP race, excludes Ron Paul (5/9/2011):
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110510/ap_on_el_ge/us_gingrich2012

Michael Gerson of Washington Post: "Ron Paul's Land of Second Rate Values (5/9/2011):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...nd-rate-values/2011/05/09/AFD8B2bG_story.html

Brent Budowsky of The Hill: "Ron Paul's godless goddess of greed, Ayn Rand" (hit piece) (5/10/2011):
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-bl...9-ron-pauls-godless-goddess-of-greed-ayn-rand

NBC Nightly News piece on the 2012 GOP race takes clips out of context and other shenanigans (5/11/2011):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jmPwIRjX90

Don Imus: Ron Paul is "a loser" who is not worthy to appear on Fox News Sunday (5/12/2011):
http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4690952/ron-paul-tops-guest-list-on-fox-news-sunday

Media Research Center reviews questions asked to Paul on his "Good Morning America" appearance (5/13/2011):
http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110513010050.aspx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

LA Times blog: "Who cares that he's seeking the Republican nomination?" (5/13/2011):
http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionl...n.html?cid=6a00d8341c7de353ef0154324a37b5970c

George Stephanopoulos repeatedly spins the truth on Ron Paul in his blog (5/13/2011):
http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2011/05/rep-ron-paul.html#tp
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?292607-Stephanopolous-post-interview-blog-spin
 
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How he was excluded is beyond me. Ron is always in the top 4 or 5 in the polls.
 
ItsTime said:
How he was excluded is beyond me. Ron is always in the top 4 or 5 in the polls.
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After 2008 it shouldn't be a surprise.....they just can't make it any less obvious when he does so well in every poll, and include 6 others who get about 1% every poll.
 
malkusm said:
The Fox News 2012 series/polls made me realize that we need to have ONE place to compile all of the various media bias against Ron in this election cycle.

How many times have you said "The media is so biased against Ron Paul!" to hear back "Oh yeah? Like when?"

We need to compile everything in one place, to make it absolutely undeniable that there is an agenda against the man as a candidate. Post your media bias here.
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Great idea! + rep. :)
 
Agreed, I think it would be worthy of a stand alone documentary.

Not sure if anyone wants to take on that daunting task...
 
I have an example, last night the local Fox news did a story on TSA screening and public backlash, just like every other local news station, however the Fox station would not even mention RP and the Traveler's Bill he just introduced, opting to mention some other junior congressman from SE Texas that no one has ever heard of and a congressman from Fla. and their statements against the TSA. Meantime Local CBS news (about equivalent to MSNBC here most of the time) carried a short clip of RP speaking on the house floor about his bill, then quickly following with at least 4 interviews with 2 soccer moms, 1 with kiddies in tow, and two fathers, all saying how they don't mind the extremely intrusive pat downs and TSA is the greatest since sliced bread. Then one or two with statements about TSA overstepping bounds and what BS it was.

Anyway it was just plain as day how the local broadcast went out of the way to not mention RP.
 
libertyjam said:
I have an example, last night the local Fox news did a story on TSA screening and public backlash, just like every other local news station, however the Fox station would not even mention RP and the Traveler's Bill he just introduced, opting to mention some other junior congressman from SE Texas that no one has ever heard of and a congressman from Fla. and their statements against the TSA. Meantime Local CBS news (about equivalent to MSNBC here most of the time) carried a short clip of RP speaking on the house floor about his bill, then quickly following with at least 4 interviews with 2 soccer moms, 1 with kiddies in tow, and two fathers, all saying how they don't mind the extremely intrusive pat downs and TSA is the greatest since sliced bread. Then one or two with statements about TSA overstepping bounds and what BS it was.

Anyway it was just plain as day how the local broadcast went out of the way to not mention RP.
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Unfortunately, as those of us who were around here in 2007 know all too well.... "YouTube or it didn't happen." :p
 
libertyjam said:
I have an example, last night the local Fox news did a story on TSA screening and public backlash, just like every other local news station, however the Fox station would not even mention RP and the Traveler's Bill he just introduced, opting to mention some other junior congressman from SE Texas that no one has ever heard of and a congressman from Fla. and their statements against the TSA. Meantime Local CBS news (about equivalent to MSNBC here most of the time) carried a short clip of RP speaking on the house floor about his bill, then quickly following with at least 4 interviews with 2 soccer moms, 1 with kiddies in tow, and two fathers, all saying how they don't mind the extremely intrusive pat downs and TSA is the greatest since sliced bread. Then one or two with statements about TSA overstepping bounds and what BS it was.

Anyway it was just plain as day how the local broadcast went out of the way to not mention RP.
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Well, Paul was on Cavuto wasn't he?
YouTube - Congressman Paul interviewed by Neil Cavuto-11/18/2010

I think the bias has more to do with the news programing than the talking heads, at least some of them. Both Cavuto and Judge Napolitano on Fox Business are very friendly to Congressman Paul.
 
You are likely correct, that is national Fox as opposed to local, I never watch Fox Business or any of the cable type programming, except blurbs posted like above.
 
libertyjam said:
You are likely correct, that is national Fox as opposed to local, I never watch Fox Business or any of the cable type programming, except blurbs posted like above.
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I like Fox Business more than the regular news channel. I watch both Stossel and Freedom Watch on Business, but I only sometimes watch Glenn Beck on Fox News. I think they allow it on Fox Business because they can make money off of the libertarian shows while keeping it segregated, to a less watched channel.

Or, maybe they allow a lot more freedom to the opinions of their different anchors than I thought, libertarian and neo-con.
 
I think it helps alot that Glen Beck is a ron paul fan, since he is one of the 3 staples of fox primetime.
 
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