media censorship at work

A decision has been made that Ron Paul is not newsworthy. AP won't write full articles on him, only local newspapers and international media. Fox News even edits Ron Paul's name out of AP news stories that briefly mention him!

Only the writer's strike has gotten Ron Paul any media exposure, his invitation to the Jay Leno show. Otherwise there is an echoing silence on the #5 candidate in the Republican primary, with $20 million in the bank (!!!) and a serious possibility of running a third party bid.

I have heard an unconfirmed report that when CNN broadcast the pie chart for the Republican primary, Giuliani's 9% was labeled but Paul's 8% was not.

Remember what I used to do for a living. The word has gone out, don't write stories on Ron Paul.

(from CNN)

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY January 08, 2008
Race

McCain 86,802 37%
Romney 73,806 32%
Huckabee 26,035 11%
Giuliani 20,054 9%
Paul 17,831 8%
Thompson 2,808 1%
Hunter 1,195 0%

news.google.com "Ron Paul" and compare to Rudy Giuliani
Results 1 - 10 of about 31,934 for Rudy Giuliani. (0.31 seconds)
Results 1 - 10 of about 16,713 for Ron Paul. (0.31 seconds)

Hmmm....

Reference links (sorry, HTML broken, no time to fix)


http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/primaries/16969/its-time-for-ron-paul-to-go-bye-bye/

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/01/ron-paul-loser.html

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/01/the-end-of-ron-paul/

http://donklephant.com/2008/01/09/ron-paul-finishes-5th-in-new-hampshire-is-the-revolution-over/

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/09/the-problem-with-paul/


Background and reaction pieces

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080108/ron_paul_080108/20080108?hub=TopStories

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS233377+08-Jan-2008+BW20080108

http://www.galesburg.com/opinions/x1925657791

http://www.modbee.com/opinion/letters/story/174684.html

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/01/ronpaulreigns.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS189298+07-Jan-2008+BW20080107

http://www.newshounds.us/2008/01/08/fox_news_antiron_paul_bias_shows_itself_again.php