Fox Sinks to a New Low
January 11, 2008
I should preface this post by saying that I would not vote for Ron Paul - I will most likely be voting for the democratic candidate, regardless of who gets the Republican nomination.
OK - now thats out of the way. I think it is easy to see why Ron Paul is so appealing, especially to young people, intellectuals, the "internet generation" and those aggressively interested in politics. Paul is not your typical politician; he takes strong stances on issues and sticks to his guns, regardless of popular opinion. He is willing to take unpopular positions, because he truly believes it is the right thing to do. And I hate to admit is, but on a lot of issues, he is probably correct. Social Security and Medicare are in big trouble - the train might not derail for many years into the future, but Paul isn't afraid to talk about correcting the problem now. The weak dollar and constant fed rate cuts might put a band-aid on our current economic squeeze, but probably just prolong the inevitable disaster. And on Iraq, Paul is probably the only Republican who is 100% against the war and against US operations overseas.
Doesn't sound like your George Bush republican, does he? So would it surprise you to find out that the Republican propaganda machine, Fox News, has been significantly discriminating against Ron Paul? They completely excluded him from the Hew Hampshire debate, despite the fact that the NH Republican Party withdrew support from Fox and from Fox's debate. They agreed to let him come to the South Carolina debate, but pitched him joke questions, many of which had nothing to do with issues or Paul's stance on them; including this one:
Several reports have confirmed that in Fox's replay on the South Carolina debate, they completely edited out this question and answer. Apparently the plan of asking Paul irrelevant questions backfired, and when Paul made the host and the writers look like fools, Fox decided to just censor it out completely. And some people still think that Fox News is "fair and balanced"... Sad.
OK - now thats out of the way. I think it is easy to see why Ron Paul is so appealing, especially to young people, intellectuals, the "internet generation" and those aggressively interested in politics. Paul is not your typical politician; he takes strong stances on issues and sticks to his guns, regardless of popular opinion. He is willing to take unpopular positions, because he truly believes it is the right thing to do. And I hate to admit is, but on a lot of issues, he is probably correct. Social Security and Medicare are in big trouble - the train might not derail for many years into the future, but Paul isn't afraid to talk about correcting the problem now. The weak dollar and constant fed rate cuts might put a band-aid on our current economic squeeze, but probably just prolong the inevitable disaster. And on Iraq, Paul is probably the only Republican who is 100% against the war and against US operations overseas.
Doesn't sound like your George Bush republican, does he? So would it surprise you to find out that the Republican propaganda machine, Fox News, has been significantly discriminating against Ron Paul? They completely excluded him from the Hew Hampshire debate, despite the fact that the NH Republican Party withdrew support from Fox and from Fox's debate. They agreed to let him come to the South Carolina debate, but pitched him joke questions, many of which had nothing to do with issues or Paul's stance on them; including this one:
Several reports have confirmed that in Fox's replay on the South Carolina debate, they completely edited out this question and answer. Apparently the plan of asking Paul irrelevant questions backfired, and when Paul made the host and the writers look like fools, Fox decided to just censor it out completely. And some people still think that Fox News is "fair and balanced"... Sad.
