Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Is Ron Paul a Fringe Candidate?

After the Ames poll, pundits and the media pay little attention to Ron Paul's second place By Mallie Jane Kim

Posted: August 16, 2011

Print

Texas Rep. Ron Paul's 2012 supporters are balking at the little attention the candidate received since his second place finish at the Ames Straw Poll.

Pundits and the news media (including U.S. News) have paid little attention to Paul's performance, and comedian Jon Stewart took cable news reporters to task for blatantly skipping over Paul or even joking about how they weren't interested in footage of him.

Paul fans are notoriously intense in their support for the Texas congressman and his libertarian ideals. Read any online article that references Paul—or fails to reference Paul—and you'll see a string of comments defending him against what they see as a media bias or attempt to sideline their candidate.

No comments:

Post a Comment