ABC News Calls Ron Paul Speakers at Rally for the Republic "Nerds"

[rightofpeople]

The ABC News article calling Ron Paul speakers "nerds" or not "much better," "bedraggled," and misnaming the Rally a "shadow" convention, is the #1 search result for "Ron Paul" at Google News today, as a result of ABC News hosting it.

This is the exact type of marginalization and name-calling in mainstream junk journalism that results in the general public ignoring Ron Paul, without a second thought.

1) Have a look at the 'journalist' calling Ron Paul supporters nerds:

http://digg.com/politics/Nerds_5/p.jpg

2) Then make him famous, teach him about blowback in this satirical digg here :D:

http://digg.com/politics/Nerds_5

3) Then you might want to stop by and see the article, which is still the #1 Google News result for "Ron Paul" at this moment:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=%22ron+paul%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=news_group&resnum=1&ct=title

Here's the direct link to this ABC News slander:

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07/ventura-to-appe.html

[shemdogg]

yeah but how can we get @ him?

nh

[torchbearer]

Hahaha!

[torchbearer]

yeah but how can we get @ him?

nh

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[Rhys]

If I've said it once, I'll say it a thousand times....


I HATE BYRON WOLF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

[powerofreason]

Irony at its finest.

[powerofreason]

Someone post the abc news fax number so I can fax them a pic of my schwetty balls superimposed over a printout of this pos.

[brandon]

It is just some random blog. He also says Ventura was governor of Minneapolis. (he wasn't)

[torchbearer]

Someone post the abc news fax number so I can fax them a pic of my schwetty balls superimposed over a printout of this pos.

http://www.faxzero.com

everyone, send your scrotum.

[torchbearer]

It is just some random blog. He also says Ventura was governor of Minneapolis. (he wasn't)

He said that? Governor of a city?

[rightofpeople]

It is just some random blog. He also says Ventura was governor of Minneapolis. (he wasn't)

It's not "just some random blog," when it is posted on ABC News and as a result is listed as #1 search result for "Ron Paul" at Google News.

If it was just some random blog, I would have completely ignored it.

[PatriotOne]

[QUOTE=rightofpeople;1591931]

1) Have a look at the 'journalist' calling Ron Paul supporters nerds:

http://digg.com/politics/Nerds_5/p.jpg

QUOTE]

hahaha...he could be used as an example pic under the definition of nerd. I suspect there is even a pocket protector under that jacket :p

[brandon]

He said that? Governor of a city?

Yea it's in the article.

[torchbearer]

Yea it's in the article.

I know journalist are taught to write on a 6th grade level... but this is ridiculous.

[rightofpeople]

He said that? Governor of a city?

Yes, governer of a city :D, and the wrong city no less.

Believe me, this guy really deserves to be fired. Let him print his little blogs on his own site. We don't need this garbage posted on major networks and at the top of google.

His entire article tries to make fun of the Rally for The Republic.

[powerofreason]

Taken from another thread:


Below are the numbers to THE TOP DECISION MAKERS AT ABC NEWS!!!



http://abcnewsradio.com/contact.html



New York NEWSROOM:
(212) 456-5100
newsradio@abc.com


Newsroom Fax Machine
212.456.5150


Cristi Landes
Manager, Programming
212.456.5107
cristi.d.landes@abc.com


Wayne Fisk
Director, Programming
212.456.5327
wayne.fisk@abc.com


Jeff Fitzgerald
Executive Director, Operations
212.456.5554
jeffrey.t.fitzgerald@abc.com


Heidi Oringer
Executive Director, Entertainment
212.456.5541
heidi.b.oringer@abc.com


Jon Newman
News Coverage
212.456.5100
jonathan.m.newman


Joyce Alcantara
Assignment Manager
212.456.5106
joyce.a.alcantara@abc.com


Jim Kane
Deputy D.C. Bureau Chief
202.222. 6604
james.f.kane@abc.com


Andrew Kalb
Executive Director, Programming
305.567.2269
andrew.l.kalb@abc.com


Robert Garcia
Executive Director, News & Sports
212.456.5103
robert.garcia@abc.com


Peter Salinger (THE MAN IN CHARGE OF ELECTION COVERAGE)
Director, Special Events & Sports
212.456.5105
peter.salinger@abc.com


Steve Jones
Vice President ABC NEWS RADIO
212-456-5101
steve.jones@abc.com

[shemdogg]

i'm sayin

how do we spam the shit outta this dude?

[powerofreason]

http://www.faxzero.com

everyone, send your scrotum.

I'm on it.

[rightofpeople]

i'm sayin

how do we spam the shit outta this dude?

Digg the satire link in the OP, it has his photo with a link to his facebook profile.

:p


2) Then make him famous, teach him about blowback in this satirical digg here :

http://digg.com/politics/Nerds_5

[zach]

He's one to talk.

[powerofreason]

Well I faxed em a fairly vitriolic message :D
Thought it might be wise to leave out any scrotum pics though :P

[Grimnir Wotansvolk]

http://www.horrordvds.com/reviews/misc/pictures/nerds.jpg

[LittleLightShining]

It is just some random blog. He also says Ventura was governor of Minneapolis. (he wasn't)He said that?
Hahahaha! What a dork.

[Alex Libman]

I accept my nerdhood with pride and reverence...

[RickyJ]

If Jesse Ventura is a nerd then we are ALL nerds

[RickyJ]

It is just some random blog. He also says Ventura was governor of Minneapolis. (he wasn't)

He must be an Obama supporter. Must be one of those new states Obama says we have.

[Jeremy]

If Barry Goldwater glasses make you nerdy... sign me up. :D Those glasses pwn.

[powerofreason]

If Barry Goldwater glasses make you nerdy... sign me up. :D Those glasses pwn.

Indeed they do :cool:

[rightofpeople]

Below are the numbers to THE TOP DECISION MAKERS AT ABC NEWS!!!

http://abcnewsradio.com/contact.html

New York NEWSROOM:
(212) 456-5100
newsradio@abc.com

Newsroom Fax Machine
212.456.5150

Cristi Landes
Manager, Programming
212.456.5107
cristi.d.landes@abc.com

Wayne Fisk
Director, Programming
212.456.5327
wayne.fisk@abc.com

Jeff Fitzgerald
Executive Director, Operations
212.456.5554
jeffrey.t.fitzgerald@abc.com

Heidi Oringer
Executive Director, Entertainment
212.456.5541
heidi.b.oringer@abc.com

Jon Newman
News Coverage
212.456.5100
jonathan.m.newman

Joyce Alcantara
Assignment Manager
212.456.5106
joyce.a.alcantara@abc.com

Jim Kane
Deputy D.C. Bureau Chief
202.222. 6604
james.f.kane@abc.com

Andrew Kalb
Executive Director, Programming
305.567.2269
andrew.l.kalb@abc.com

Robert Garcia
Executive Director, News & Sports
212.456.5103
robert.garcia@abc.com

Peter Salinger (THE MAN IN CHARGE OF ELECTION COVERAGE)
Director, Special Events & Sports
212.456.5105
peter.salinger@abc.com

Steve Jones
Vice President ABC NEWS RADIO
212-456-5101
steve.jones@abc.com

Thanks for the above list, I contacted each of them personally.

[rightofpeople]

Here's the general email I sent out:


For your consideration,

Z. Byron Wolf is embarrassingly shallow, immediately resorting to elementary school name-calling in the first few sentences of this ABC News article, calling people "nerds" and "bedraggled." This article is ranked #1 on Google News for "Ron Paul."

Who is Wolf calling "nerds" - former Congressmen, board of directors of the National Rifle Association, President Ronald Reagan's associate deputy attorney general, and even fellow journalists

What type of 'journalist' is so insecure that he has to result to misnaming a convention "shadow" and calling people childish names, like "nerds" all within the title and first few sentences of his article?

Ultimately, Z. Byron Wolf is an embarrassment for ABC News.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07/ventura-to-appe.html

[Nirvikalpa]

SEND THEM NERDS PACKS!

http://i34.tinypic.com/1zcdbeq.jpg

[powerofreason]

Thanks for the above list, I contacted each of them personally.

Great! And welcome to the forums :)

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Tucker Carlson may be a little Nerdy...but no.

[PlzPeopleWakeUp]

nt

[Dave]

This thread is hilarious. LOL

I LOL so hard when I saw Booger from :Revenge of the Nerds", woke my kid up.

That's not booger!

Where's Lamar and the tri-lams? And the Omega Moos?

[amy31416]

SEND THEM NERDS PACKS!

http://i34.tinypic.com/1zcdbeq.jpg

Cannibalism!

[PlzPeopleWakeUp]

nt

[NH4RonPaul]

Tucker Carlson is HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT.

[Akus]

deathtothosewhoinsultRonPaul.jpg

[Dave]

Bah your right... Ogre? Was that his name?

'neerrdddsss....' LOL

That's it! It's Ogre!

"What if C...A...T... spelled dog?"

[Jamsie 567]

If I see this guy on the street I am going to give him a wedgie.

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/9964/wedgievn4.jpg

and if he is lucky he won't get the HANNITY wedgie...

http://www.sockmoose.com/1207/Atomic%20wedgie.jpg

[TruckinMike]

I'm dying over here!! Stop the madness!!!

http://www.gibbleguts.com/funny/wp-content/uploads/bullied.jpg

TMike

[Rangeley]

Don't forget, this is the guy that misreported that Ron Paul dropped out in March, and before that, even though he was covering Ron Paul for ABC News, reported that there were only 5 candidates left after Hunter dropped out when Ron Paul would have made 6 - he didn't even count the candidate he was assigned to cover.

[tonesforjonesbones]

I don't have the suggested item to send him a photo of..guess I'll have to borrow my husbands. I do have my old "Clark Kents" (barry g. glasses) left over from the Army...I'll send him those. tones

[ItsTime]

100% nerd

http://www.jimarndtphotography.com/images/jesse%20ventura%20%20-%20gun%20.jpg

[Joseph Hart]

http://www.fda.gov/centennial/this_week/images/17-06/steroids.jpg

[Joseph Hart]

Ventura with Glasses, qualifying him as a Geek!
http://www.projo.com/blogs/shenews/photos/ventura.JPG

[scrosnoe]

Here's the general email I sent out:


For your consideration,

Z. Byron Wolf is embarrassingly shallow, immediately resorting to elementary school name-calling in the first few sentences of this ABC News article, calling people "nerds" and "bedraggled." This article is ranked #1 on Google News for "Ron Paul."

Who is Wolf calling "nerds" - former Congressmen, board of directors of the National Rifle Association, President Ronald Reagan's associate deputy attorney general, and even fellow journalists

What type of 'journalist' is so insecure that he has to result to misnaming a convention "shadow" and calling people childish names, like "nerds" all within the title and first few sentences of his article?

Ultimately, Z. Byron Wolf is an embarrassment for ABC News.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07/ventura-to-appe.html

well spoken and well done!/sc

[Jaykzo]

My message was short and simple


"I recently read Byron Wolf's article on the upcoming Rally for the Republic hosted by Ron Paul and other conservatives and independents, and felt truly ashamed for your company as I finished reading it.

I personally would be embarassed if I saw work of this quality emerging under my supervision. The article was not only glazed with negative overtones, it also was childishly innacurate.

For being a professional news organization, I'm honestly surprised that you'd allow such amatuer work to be published under your company's name.

I hope you take this into consideration, and thank you for your time.
"

[RonPaulFanInGA]

My message was short and simple


"I recently read Byron Wolf's article on the upcoming Rally for the Republic hosted by Ron Paul and other conservatives and independents, and felt truly ashamed for your company as I finished reading it.

I personally would be embarassed if I saw work of this quality emerging under my supervision. The article was not only glazed with negative overtones, it also was childishly innacurate.

For being a professional news organization, I'm honestly surprised that you'd allow such amatuer work to be published under your company's name.

I hope you take this into consideration, and thank you for your time.

Jake Lizzio"

Good work.

[RonPaulFanInGA]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07/ventura-to-appe.html

[alaric]

Actually, nerd is not really an insult anymore! And this guy looks like the definition of nerd. :p