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ParticipantNo doubt news in this country has been reduced to infotainment and you will see more titillating stories in place of important journalistic reporting. But regardless of how you feel about polls, we have to pay attention to what the controlling parties of the news media are filtering to their viewers. It is their decisions that affect what we see. If they don’t want to show you Ron Paul, they won’t! If they back up that decision to you with a poll result, then you’re stuck!
Be happy Ron Paul is getting the support he needs right now as a netroots candidate and forget about what the news media is doing. He’s not the first candidate in history that proved the netroots approach works.
ParticipantNo doubt news in this country has been reduced to infotainment and you will see more titillating stories in place of important journalistic reporting. But regardless of how you feel about polls, we have to pay attention to what the controlling parties of the news media are filtering to their viewers. It is their decisions that affect what we see. If they don’t want to show you Ron Paul, they won’t! If they back up that decision to you with a poll result, then you’re stuck!
Be happy Ron Paul is getting the support he needs right now as a netroots candidate and forget about what the news media is doing. He’s not the first candidate in history that proved the netroots approach works.
ParticipantNo doubt news in this country has been reduced to infotainment and you will see more titillating stories in place of important journalistic reporting. But regardless of how you feel about polls, we have to pay attention to what the controlling parties of the news media are filtering to their viewers. It is their decisions that affect what we see. If they don’t want to show you Ron Paul, they won’t! If they back up that decision to you with a poll result, then you’re stuck!
Be happy Ron Paul is getting the support he needs right now as a netroots candidate and forget about what the news media is doing. He’s not the first candidate in history that proved the netroots approach works.
ParticipantNo doubt news in this country has been reduced to infotainment and you will see more titillating stories in place of important journalistic reporting. But regardless of how you feel about polls, we have to pay attention to what the controlling parties of the news media are filtering to their viewers. It is their decisions that affect what we see. If they don’t want to show you Ron Paul, they won’t! If they back up that decision to you with a poll result, then you’re stuck!
Be happy Ron Paul is getting the support he needs right now as a netroots candidate and forget about what the news media is doing. He’s not the first candidate in history that proved the netroots approach works.
ParticipantI think what arraya is saying is valid. Media is not localized anymore. You don’t get news coverage decisions based on your local community’s interests because it’s too costly. Shareholders get much more of a say now. Ron Paul might be huge in your city/county/state, but you might never know it if you relied on traditional media news.
ParticipantI think what arraya is saying is valid. Media is not localized anymore. You don’t get news coverage decisions based on your local community’s interests because it’s too costly. Shareholders get much more of a say now. Ron Paul might be huge in your city/county/state, but you might never know it if you relied on traditional media news.
ParticipantI think what arraya is saying is valid. Media is not localized anymore. You don’t get news coverage decisions based on your local community’s interests because it’s too costly. Shareholders get much more of a say now. Ron Paul might be huge in your city/county/state, but you might never know it if you relied on traditional media news.
ParticipantI think what arraya is saying is valid. Media is not localized anymore. You don’t get news coverage decisions based on your local community’s interests because it’s too costly. Shareholders get much more of a say now. Ron Paul might be huge in your city/county/state, but you might never know it if you relied on traditional media news.
ParticipantI think what arraya is saying is valid. Media is not localized anymore. You don’t get news coverage decisions based on your local community’s interests because it’s too costly. Shareholders get much more of a say now. Ron Paul might be huge in your city/county/state, but you might never know it if you relied on traditional media news.
ParticipantXBoxBoy, your points are well taken.
I think you might be referring to this story in the LA Times: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2007/12/rp.html
The fact of the matter is that Ron Paul has not gotten the media focus he deserves, but maybe that will start to change now. I still think there is some wariness on the part of the media to focus on him because he is the only anti-war Republican. I still believe the media has an aversion to “rocking the boat” when it comes to what it perceives as public opinion. It’s possible the bulk of news media is still afraid to show anti-war opinions for fear of alienating viewers, however incorrect an assumption that may be.
Bear in mind also, that Ron Paul is much closer in ideology to the archetypical Republican of 20 or 30 years ago. He is the only one in the running with those positions! The mainstream of the Republican party has moved in recent years into more religious and war-making political positions. I believe many conservative voters are really pulling for Ron Paul and that’s why his contributions are starting to spike. I see “Google Ron Paul” signs everywhere now. His run is turning into a netroots campaign.
Also note that you see a similar candidate media “blindness” when it comes to the Democrats. Everyone focuses on Clinton/Obama while even relatively high polling candidates like Edwards get virtually no TV news coverage.
ParticipantXBoxBoy, your points are well taken.
I think you might be referring to this story in the LA Times: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2007/12/rp.html
The fact of the matter is that Ron Paul has not gotten the media focus he deserves, but maybe that will start to change now. I still think there is some wariness on the part of the media to focus on him because he is the only anti-war Republican. I still believe the media has an aversion to “rocking the boat” when it comes to what it perceives as public opinion. It’s possible the bulk of news media is still afraid to show anti-war opinions for fear of alienating viewers, however incorrect an assumption that may be.
Bear in mind also, that Ron Paul is much closer in ideology to the archetypical Republican of 20 or 30 years ago. He is the only one in the running with those positions! The mainstream of the Republican party has moved in recent years into more religious and war-making political positions. I believe many conservative voters are really pulling for Ron Paul and that’s why his contributions are starting to spike. I see “Google Ron Paul” signs everywhere now. His run is turning into a netroots campaign.
Also note that you see a similar candidate media “blindness” when it comes to the Democrats. Everyone focuses on Clinton/Obama while even relatively high polling candidates like Edwards get virtually no TV news coverage.
ParticipantXBoxBoy, your points are well taken.
I think you might be referring to this story in the LA Times: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2007/12/rp.html
The fact of the matter is that Ron Paul has not gotten the media focus he deserves, but maybe that will start to change now. I still think there is some wariness on the part of the media to focus on him because he is the only anti-war Republican. I still believe the media has an aversion to “rocking the boat” when it comes to what it perceives as public opinion. It’s possible the bulk of news media is still afraid to show anti-war opinions for fear of alienating viewers, however incorrect an assumption that may be.
Bear in mind also, that Ron Paul is much closer in ideology to the archetypical Republican of 20 or 30 years ago. He is the only one in the running with those positions! The mainstream of the Republican party has moved in recent years into more religious and war-making political positions. I believe many conservative voters are really pulling for Ron Paul and that’s why his contributions are starting to spike. I see “Google Ron Paul” signs everywhere now. His run is turning into a netroots campaign.
Also note that you see a similar candidate media “blindness” when it comes to the Democrats. Everyone focuses on Clinton/Obama while even relatively high polling candidates like Edwards get virtually no TV news coverage.
ParticipantXBoxBoy, your points are well taken.
I think you might be referring to this story in the LA Times: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2007/12/rp.html
The fact of the matter is that Ron Paul has not gotten the media focus he deserves, but maybe that will start to change now. I still think there is some wariness on the part of the media to focus on him because he is the only anti-war Republican. I still believe the media has an aversion to “rocking the boat” when it comes to what it perceives as public opinion. It’s possible the bulk of news media is still afraid to show anti-war opinions for fear of alienating viewers, however incorrect an assumption that may be.
Bear in mind also, that Ron Paul is much closer in ideology to the archetypical Republican of 20 or 30 years ago. He is the only one in the running with those positions! The mainstream of the Republican party has moved in recent years into more religious and war-making political positions. I believe many conservative voters are really pulling for Ron Paul and that’s why his contributions are starting to spike. I see “Google Ron Paul” signs everywhere now. His run is turning into a netroots campaign.
Also note that you see a similar candidate media “blindness” when it comes to the Democrats. Everyone focuses on Clinton/Obama while even relatively high polling candidates like Edwards get virtually no TV news coverage.
ParticipantXBoxBoy, your points are well taken.
I think you might be referring to this story in the LA Times: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2007/12/rp.html
The fact of the matter is that Ron Paul has not gotten the media focus he deserves, but maybe that will start to change now. I still think there is some wariness on the part of the media to focus on him because he is the only anti-war Republican. I still believe the media has an aversion to “rocking the boat” when it comes to what it perceives as public opinion. It’s possible the bulk of news media is still afraid to show anti-war opinions for fear of alienating viewers, however incorrect an assumption that may be.
Bear in mind also, that Ron Paul is much closer in ideology to the archetypical Republican of 20 or 30 years ago. He is the only one in the running with those positions! The mainstream of the Republican party has moved in recent years into more religious and war-making political positions. I believe many conservative voters are really pulling for Ron Paul and that’s why his contributions are starting to spike. I see “Google Ron Paul” signs everywhere now. His run is turning into a netroots campaign.
Also note that you see a similar candidate media “blindness” when it comes to the Democrats. Everyone focuses on Clinton/Obama while even relatively high polling candidates like Edwards get virtually no TV news coverage.
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