Ron Paul being ignore by broadcast news called out by Daily Show...

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richardhutnik said:

Kasz216 said:

Ron Paul always wins straw polls... and debates.

Reason being... Ron Paul whens "effort based" contests.

Ron Paul has a base that cares way more then probably any other politician in the US.

Only problem is, it's a small base... even with the creation of the tea party, since a lot of them had never heard of Paul before hand.

Part of my posting the original thread is to wonder how the heck the media goes out of its way to do this level of ignoring.  Is it that you have a degree of individuals who have a pet candidate they like or something?  Why the heck would Santorum be brought up in that clips?  

Its the same reason they've glossed over Romney since the race started.

The media has a bias, and it is to promote certain candidates. My candidate of choice was and still is Gary Johnson - essentially the governor version of Ron Paul. He got railroaded out of every debate since the 1st one, and almost no one talks about him. Comparatively, I see far more media about other also-rans in the same bracket like Huntsman or Santorum, despite Gary being much more qualified.

The sad, horrible reality is that unless you are a favored son of either party, or have millions of dollars in backing, aka Ross Perot, you stand very little chance of getting attention even if your ideas are right, like Ron Paul's.