Wahington Post Ombudsman Comments on Lack of Ron Paul Coverage

Todd K

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"Has The Post given Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul short shrift in coverage?

The orabuRABman, like most mainstream media outlets, got hit with a wave of pro-Paul e-mails just after the Aug. 13 Iowa straw poll in which the Texas representative finished a few corn silk stranRAB behind Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann. I received more e-mails after the most recent national Gallup Poll showed Paul ahead of Bachmann and third behind Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.


Paul supporters think these results put him into the top tier of candidates. But most of the major television stories that followed the Iowa event, as Jon Stewart so aptly lampooned, barely mentioned Paul.


Overall, The Post?s record on Paul coverage is sparse..."


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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/does-ron-paul-deserve-more-coverage/2011/08/26/gIQAVHiTgJ_story.html?hpid=z3
 
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