thenewamerican.com
Tuesday, 18 October 2011 15:17
It has oft been a bone of contention by Ron Paul supporters nationwide that he has been either ignored or misrepresented by the mainstream media. Liberal comedian Jon Stewart devoted an entire montage to humorously and satirically underscoring the media’s deliberate — and at times blatant — efforts to ignore Paul’s top-tier status. Now a recent study by the highly respected Pew Research Center proves that Paul has indeed been blacked out by the mainstream media.
Journalism.org explains that the study “combines traditional media research methods with computer algorithms to track the level and tone of coverage of candidates for president.”
Pew compiled a list of 52 mainstream news sources, ranging from newspapers to television, and discovered that Paul has received significantly less media coverage than all of the other candidates — including Tim Pawlenty, who dropped out of the race as a result of his lack of adequate progress, and Jon Huntsman, who has one of the lowest approval ratings of all the GOP presidential contenders.
The Atlantic Wire reports:
Ron Paul loyalists have been vindicated.
After months of observations that the mainstream media was ignoring the
libertarian standard-bearer, a new study by the Pew Research Center’s
Project for Excellence in Journalism shows just that: the Texas
Congressman, who has consistently polled in the high single digits —
Real Clear Politics’s aggregate poll currently has him at 8 percent —
has received the least overall coverage of any candidate. From May 2 to
October 9, Paul appeared as the “primary newsmaker" in only 2% of all
election stories.
The Washington Post notes, “Paul’s support has been stable
at 10 percent or 11 percent of Republican and GOP-leaning independents
in the three most recent Washington Post-ABC News polls.” In
polls where Paul is placed against Obama, both candidates are in a dead
tie, with approximately 15 percent of Americans undecided. His
supporters note that if Paul were afforded more opportunity in the
mainstream media to voice his ideas, he could effectively increase his
support in such a runoff. (CONTINUE READING)
