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Talking About Media Misreporting of Ron Paul this Tues Night in Manhattan

Aug 23, 2007

Hey - a heads-up for everyone in the New York area, with an interest in the mainstream and Internet media coverage of the 2008 Presidential election, and its current percolating campaigns:

I've been invited to talk to the New York City Ron Paul Meet-Up group at 7:30pm this Tuesday - in particular, about the media's misreporting and in one case outright attack on Ron Paul, and what can be done about it.

I'll be talking at the Village Pourhouse on 11th Street and 3rd Avenue (southwest corner) for 30-45 minutes, followed by 15-30 mins for questions and answers.

The meeting room will be spacious.  The general public is welcome.  Admission will be free.

I think the media coverage of our election campaigns thus far should be of concern to anyone who values our democracy.

Ron Paul and his supporters, in particular, have received less than truthful treatment from a variety of media.  ABC News and its affiliates has had the greatest confluence of misreporting, and I'll be talking in particular about ABC's posting of misleading photos, reporting of Internet poll results which left out Ron Paul's standing, and, in the case of ABC radio talkshow host Mark Levin, about his urging listeners to call Ron Paul headquarters with hostile comments.

Full disclosure: I'd be outraged about such media malfeasance whomever I supported, but I do support Ron Paul for the Republican nomination for President.   That's easy for me to do, for two reasons. 1. I think our country's disregard of the Constitution - whether it's trampling on the First Amendment or going to war without the Declaration of War required - has gotten us into enormous difficulties.  Ron Paul is the only candidate in either party with a lifelong commitment to supporting the Constitution.  2. My second reason for supporting Ron Paul for the Republican nomination is that the other Republican candidates are simply impossible for me to support - three of them don't believe in evolution, and most support the Bush administration's continuation of the war in Iraq.

But there are Democrats I admire, too.  Indeed, any of them is easily better than any of the Republicans, with the exception of Ron Paul.  But the three leading Democratic contenders - Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Edwards (in that order for me) also have qualities that would make me consider their candidacies very seriously (not to mention Al Gore, who at this point is not in the running).

Accordingly, I'm urging everyone to work for the best candidate receiving the nomination in each party.  And in the happy event that this happens, we can then decide in the general election who is better - the Democrat or the Republican - to lead this country.  End of Disclosure.

But, whichever candidate you support, I hope you agree that our democracy is best served by truthful media coverage.  How can we make a rational decision when we're fed misleading and false information? It would be good to see you on Tuesday.  And I'll be posting a postscript here to my talk later Tuesday night or early Wednesday.

Further details on two of the above points:

ABC's Abuse of American Electorate to Be Included in my Curriculum This Fall

Something New: How About We Look for Best Candidates in =Both= Parties?