Treated Like a Democrat

GOP candidate Ron Paul's "unorthodox" 9/11 theory

With the public still many months away from choosing presidential candidates from either major party, the media have fallen into a familiar pattern of trying to "weed out" candidates that do not meet the press corps' ideological standards (Extra!, 9-10/03). This tendency usually applies more to Democrats than Republicans--but Rep. Ron Paul (R. Texas) has demonstrated that conservative libertarians as well can be deemed too far out for the establishment media. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

An organization devoted to fairness and accuracy in reporting points out the depravity of the mainstream media in its coverage of Republican Ron Paul. A reality based evaluation of a situation is too much for the people who have propagated a bogus story of 9-11 so long that they believe it themselves. The points are presented well.

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Roland F. Hirsch
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by Roland F. Hirsch - Oct. 1, 2008

The authors of this opinion piece seem unaware that the reason the allies had a no-fly zone in Iraq and were bombing military installations was because of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent savage attacks by Saddam Hussein's military on unfavored groups in Iraq with weapons of mass distruction. The rest of the article unravels from there. Ron Paul is a totally unimaginable candidate for President, as anyone who analyzes his votes as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives will readily conclude. The people who run FAIR no doubt wish that the Republicans nominate him as their party would then win 75% or more of the vote in 2008.

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Jami Dwyer
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by Jami Dwyer - Oct. 1, 2008

Contrasts the way media treat "fringe candidates" who dare bring up topics the media don't talk about, versus dull, risk-averse Republicans also polling at the bottom of the pack. While the evidence of bias FAIR presents is really strong, FAIR's speculation that the media "don't want to have" these debates is a little unpolished. Why would that be? Money?

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