RP on NBC NIGHTLY NEWS TONIGHT

[bmcosti]

NBC will have a story covering Ron Paul tonight, and possibly Sunday Morning. Here is the email from NBC Producer.

Hey Brian,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Thank you SO much for all
of your help (and indulgence) in letting us film the events last
weekend. The shots look great -- an impressive turnout!

Looks like our story is going to go tonight (Fri 10/19) on NBC Nightly
News ... it airs at 5:30p in the Chicago market). If you miss it, it
should be posted on the internet for at least the next couple of days.
-- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619 ( I'm pretty sure that's the
right link!)

Also, there's a different longer version of our spot that we've cut for
the weekend version of the Today Show. I'm hoping that version -- which
features more of the Chicago video -- will air on Sunday morning. If I
get more guidance on that later today I will let you know.

Thanks again for all of your help. Hope you like the piece(s).

Doug

[ross11988]

Bam

[kylejack]

If you miss it, it
should be posted on the internet for at least the next couple of days.
No Doug....forever.

[torchbearer]

what time sunday morning?

[mavtek]

Damn, I hope it's good, my pessimism and distrust for all media is killing it for me.

[Eli]

Great job!
Thats awesome

[katao]

Chicago rocks! Thanks for working closely with them - being nice (but firm) to the media can make a big difference!

[BLS]

YOU GUYS FUCKING ROCK!!!!!
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Bruehound]

Let's hope today's stock market crash doesn't get our feature bumped.

[rich34]

YOU GUYS FUCKING ROCK!!!!!
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D



I'd like to second that!!!!

[Slugg]

I'd like to second that!!!!

Third!!!!

[Richandler]

Slowly but surely we are getting that $10 million of publicity. I would much rather Ron Paul talk to people at news stations that are actually watched as opposed to all the political pundits on the 24 news networks. I wonder if he has anything big between this and Leno.

[ItsTime]

We are way past the 10 million... We are out of the black out :)


Slowly but surely we are getting that $10 million of publicity. I would much rather Ron Paul talk to people at news stations that are actually watched as opposed to all the political pundits on the 24 news networks. I wonder if he has anything big between this and Leno.

[ghemminger]

Congrats Brian & and thanks for the updates on RPR!!! You are awesome!

[spacebetween]

The Austin NBC affiliate just aired a piece on Ron's military donations. Very positive, of course.

[ross11988]

We are way past the 10 million... We are out of the black out :)

couldnt agree more. when i hand stuff people know him as the guy that raised more than 5 million dollars

[ross11988]

no mention of it in the intro......

[bighairycaveman]

Yeah...wtf..they didnt say anything about RP in the intro

[damijin]

Probably got bumped for stock market. I would stay tuned for the weekend.

[thechitowncubs]

I hope i don't waste my time!:confused:

[BLS]

No..I think they did mention it in the intro.

How one city is going 'green' by going 'dark' (darkhorse).

[ross11988]

No..I think they did mention it in the intro.

How one city is going 'green' by going 'dark' (darkhorse).

HERE WE GO

[wgadget]

He's on!

[spacebetween]

Yay!!!

[wgadget]

Robert Taft speech footage

[devil21]

Hahah they just showed ronpaulforums!!

[Shellshock1918]

WOOHOO! Ron paul forums was shown!!

[wgadget]

hatcam...internet...rallies...website donations

dorm interview

distrust of big government

[wgadget]

GREAT so far...

[CoreyBowen999]

Wasen't bad..

[wgadget]

Not bad...not bad....Watch the website traffic pick up after that.

[ross11988]

Awesome piece, good job in Chicago!!

[damijin]

Great piece!!

[mavtek]

Not Bad! I'll take it!

[austin356]

great piece!

Only thing I hope is that the old people watching don't think he wants to throw them out on the streets w/ that SS line.

[sedele]

One of the best pieces i've seen on msm. :D

Big things are ahead.

[shrugged0106]

Not bad...not bad....Watch the website traffic pick up after that.



Lets keep an eye out for new trolls in Constitutional clothing here too though.

[Matt Collins]

Yes. I was suprised. AWESOME piece in my opinion. Great for PR and name recognition. Could NBC have a trick up their sleeve? First nightly news, then Leno?

This is starting to get interesting.

[AlexAmore]

OMG it was awesome! First Fox and Friends gives us the gift of wonderful exposure and now NBC....what's going on?

[Ron Paul Fan]

Good! Anything that spreads the message helps and they showed our forums!

[BuddyRey]

WOOHOO!!!!!!! Great story!!!

I see someone is representing the Ron Paul Forums! :D

[devil21]

Ron is starting to arrive! First, ABC news and now NBC news segments watched by MILLIONS of people who have not heard of him....

[Roxi]

that was huge... ive had 3 phone calls from non ron paul supporters already! they liked the report... (they are not against ron paul, just have never seen him on the news, don't think he can win, etc.. these people don't have internet or cable

[CoreyBowen999]

MSNBC and NBC channels are really being nice to Ron lately.

[murrayrothbard]

i guess any exposure in good exposure but damn what I got out of it was:

Ron Paul is crazy.
Abolish FED -> 3 sec clip of RP "Unconsitutional"
Abolish Social Security -> 3 sec clip of RP "There's no money. Gone".

Scare the blue hairs watching the nightly news....

[LibertyEagle]

Great piece, but I hated the social security blurb. Since it wasn't mentioned that Dr. Paul would not take it away from anyone currently on it, I wonder how many people it will scare.

[RP4ME]

HOLY MOLY that was amazing!:D

[Mandrik]

I had no idea he was going to be on. I'm sitting in the break room at work, watching the news, when they slap RP's mug up. Woo hoo, awesome piece!

[angelatc]

That was freaking awesome!!! The intro alone was worth $1000 - when he said that nobody really expected him to do much, but he was really surprising everyone? I LOVED THAT!

That was a great piece.

[Jimmy]

That was good stuff. :cool:.

[Ron Paul Fan]

Great piece, but I hated the social security blurb. Since it wasn't mentioned that Dr. Paul would not take it away from anyone currently on it, I wonder how many people it will scare.

"There is no money. It's gone."

[wgadget]

He will have a chance to explain the Social Security thing in the Fox debate, hopefully. Also, I betcha most of the elderly people know that he speaks the truth when he says there is no money--it's gone. They're probably happy to see a politician speaking the truth for a change...

[angelatc]

"There is no money. It's gone."

I think old people know that! But if you know an old person who watches the News, now might be a good time to call them!

[Qiu]

It was a bit too quick. I wish they'd spend less time with the Don Quixote analogies and had given more time to Ron's positions. "George W Bush has a very bad foreign policy," "there's no money," and "it's unconstitutional" aren't exactly the best descriptions.

[LibertyEagle]

"There is no money. It's gone."

Yes, I know that, Ron Paul Fan. But, he has also said many times before that he will not take it away from people currently dependent upon it. Have you missed it?

[michaelwise]

:DAbolish the Federal Reserve, announced on the day the dollar index hit a new world record low, and the stock market took a big hit. :D

[dmitchell]

I'm obviously in the minority here, but I didn't like it. There is nothing worse than these laundry lists of what Ron Paul would cut. If not properly explained, they make him look scary. This is how the Goldwater campaign was taken down - the media made him look scary.

[Ron Paul Fan]

Yes, I know that, Ron Paul Fan. But, he has also said many times before that he will not take it away from people currently dependent upon it. Have you missed it?

No. That line just makes me laugh though. Abolish social security. There is no money. It's gone. He probably said what you did in the interview, but they cut it down to that little bit. Abolish the Federal Reserve. Unconstitutional. Hopefully it didn't put people off and it'll encourage them to research the issues a little bit more. But old people probably aren't surfing the net so who knows.

[steph3n]

Got the name out, but for non internet users it could be a problem.

[Vaughn]

I'm obviously in the minority here, but I didn't like it. There is nothing worse than these laundry lists of what Ron Paul would cut. If not properly explained, they make him look scary. This is how the Goldwater campaign was taken down - the media made him look scary.

For the most part I agree with you though I do believe any publicity is good publicity. That being said the piece did not seem to be too supportive. And what was up with the Don Quixote analogy?!?! I mean I have never even heard that before...

[eloquensanity]

I thought it was good for a short piece. :D

[bmcosti]

Hey everybody-

Looks like they got me on RonPaulForums.com! So do I get some royalties for that or anything?

Right above my computer was Human Action, by Mises also Man, Economy, and State by Rothbard, A Foreign Policy of Freedom by Ron Paul, Blowback by Chalmers Johnson, and Imperial Hubris by Michael Scheurer. I was hoping to get some free pub for those books but they have a wide enough shot.

Man it was fun to be a part of that segment, although they were way to choppy in the issues, and misrepresented them in my opinion. But thats another couple million who have been exposed to Ron Paul.

Yes!

[Bruehound]

Great job Brian!

I look forward to the longer version of the story they have tenatively scheduled for Sunday's Today Show.

[Corydoras]

Not to put too much of a damper on anyone, because we sure need publicity and we are definitely hitting the big time and this is great and all... But the jubilation here reminds me of when our current president visited the Republic of Georgia. The Georgians went wild for him, they felt so incredibly grateful that such a powerful country was paying attention to them. You can see YouTube videos of them putting on big shows for him and essentially mobbing him with adulation. It was probably the warmest reception he will ever receive in his life-- even neocons don't worship him like that.

But of course we all know how much influence the fearsomely mighty Georgian lobby has over the Bush Administration.
:rolleyes:

So we must push on! Onward and upward!

[CasualApathy]

Representin' the obligatory youtube request

[Geronimo]

Representin' the obligatory youtube request

Yeah, me too.

[libertythor]

The media magnates want to make money. Now that RP is polling a solid 5%, they don't want 1 out of 20 of Republicans to be ignoring their newscasts. The more viewers, the more they can charge for ads.

Now when we hit 11% there will be a larger explosion of coverage. Hopefully real soon....like 11% nationally and 25% in NH, MI, NV and maybe 20% in SC

[itsnobody]

someone youtube it

[Tenbatsu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMA5vsTQgI

[tiznow]

yeah they really painted him to be "scary" with those short clip responses to those that don't know much about him

but as they say any press is good press.

[risiusj]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMA5vsTQgI

Thanks.

Very good piece.
Way to go Brian!

[dmspilot00]

I thought the piece was rather negative.

If anyone is a modern Don Quixote it's George W. Bush! "I'm the decider! War on terror! Save the world from the WMDs (Wind Mill Devices)!"

[csen]

sigh...I guess I'll take it. It's really a limitation of TV, have to cram a lot of info into a short period of time. That's why we get platitudes from the other guys.

[theprolific]

that was a great segment and that show is watched everywhere. this is great for the campaign.

[Corydoras]

We just have to get MORE and MORE pieces into the MSM!

[paulitics]

I liked the sign at the end that said "Dr. Paul cured my apathy".


1 year ago I was rather apathetic, and seeing this would have piqued my interest back then if this was my first impression. Who likes being late to the party? We are tapping into the alienated vote.

[davidkachel]

Are you guys kidding???? This piece was fantastic. I predict a huge spike in support as a result.

[surf]

How long until we get an "embedded" reporter?

[Blowback]

Awesome coverage!

[austin356]

C/P from an email I sent out on this:

It was in a demographic that we really have had ZERO exposure in. And this is the demographic that includes the people who sit at home and answer their house phone and take presidential preference surveys.

[SwooshOU]

More MSM exposure! Great!

[katao]

C/P from an email I sent out on this:

It was in a demographic that we really have had ZERO exposure in. And this is the demographic that includes the people who sit at home and answer their house phone and take presidential preference surveys.

Unfortunately that demographic is 50+ who are going to be scared shitless by the misrepresentation about eliminating Social Security. The incompetence of the mainstream media is unbelievable.

[werdd]

I think it painted him as a one issue canidate in a way.... but it was still great!

[adpierce]

fantastic piece, kind of misrepresented the social security issue... nothing new, but the msm can't ignore Dr. Paul forever

[ronpaulfan]

that coverage was terrible. The media said he was crazy and the problems he's fighting aren't real. :mad:

*sends $25 to Dr. Paul*

[Nash]

sigh...I guess I'll take it. It's really a limitation of TV, have to cram a lot of info into a short period of time. That's why we get platitudes from the other guys.
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I give it a C+. It could have been a lot worse and wasn't a hit piece but it wasn't terribly positive either. The shots of the crowds were less than inspiring (they only showed small muted gatherings) and the one phrase talking points were kinda lame ("abolish it") The ABC piece was significantly better than this one because it really drove home the rush of support.

Regardless, at this stage any publicity is good and the bent on tis story wasn't "bad" it just wasn't great either.

[ronpaulfan]

Ron Paul is the greatest presidential election story since Kennedy. He should be all over the news and painted like a people's champion. Every time they mention Guiliani and Romney, they should be mentioning Dr Paul. All these bits and pieces of media coverage are just scraps to keep us occupied and make us think we're getting real coverage.

[mkrfctr]

I think a lot of people here who are intimately familiar with Ron and such are nit-picky and miss the bigger picture.

It's like saying the font on the slim-jims was the wrong size and they forgot a couple bullet points after seeing someone hand them out to a million people for free. Who cares! Someone just handed out a (not exactly perfect) slim-jim to a million people who didn't have one!

A C+? are you kidding?! for a 2min piece that's got to be an A- at least...

[JenHarris]

Unfortunately that demographic is 50+ who are going to be scared shitless by the misrepresentation about eliminating Social Security. The incompetence of the mainstream media is unbelievable.

My thoughts exactly. Also thought it looked like a broadcast done from a third rate local network instead of NBC nightly news. Good job to all the supporters though :)

[jm1776]

I think it was great!!! Just freaking awesome! These viewers are the people who never heard of him. Now they have!!

[mkrfctr]

You guys do realize why they put "talking heads" and "experts" on their shows, yes? It's because they are morons, that's why they are reporters and journalists and not the experts. They report on all kinds of things, lots of things they don't understand. You report on something you have no clue about and you get it 100% right.

Example, you have a 2 minute piece that can cover either communism in modern day china, the pope, extreme watersports, or amphibious cars. Ready, set ... wait, picked already did you? No pick the one you know the least about ... and GO! Oh and don't mess it up or you'll get about 20,000 emails on it if you do. *wink*

[Duckman]

I think this is the closest you will ever see to "Fair and Balanced Coverage."

Yes, there were some negatives.

But there were lots of positives.

:D

[kenc9]

Finally, finally, finally, a main stream media with an honest report of Ron Paul.

Everyone! He has finally arrived as a top tier in both message, media and MONEY!

[jm1776]

Unfortunately that demographic is 50+ who are going to be scared shitless by the misrepresentation about eliminating Social Security.

Speaking for the 50+, we don't want our kids financing our retirement when they have no chance of benefiting themselves. Thinking otherwise gives us no credit. ;)

[katao]

Speaking for the 50+, we don't want our kids financing our retirement when they have no chance of benefiting themselves. Thinking otherwise gives us no credit. ;)

God bless you - I only wish my own parents and inlaws were as wise...

[Kacela]

I sent NBC a nice email thanking them for their coverage, but also corrected the statement about RP wanting to "abolish" social security - He wants congress to stop looting existing social security funds for their own pork barrel projects in order to satisfy existing promises to those who have paid into the sytem, but RP wants to offer alternatives to Social Security fo future generations - anybody currently collecting have no worries at all.

If you do email NBC ( Nightly@NBC.com ), please be nice.

[Nefertiti]

C/P from an email I sent out on this:

It was in a demographic that we really have had ZERO exposure in. And this is the demographic that includes the people who sit at home and answer their house phone and take presidential preference surveys.

I also liked the fact that they talked to an African American supporter, as it kind of counteracts the idea that he is a racist without having to address it head on. How many of that demographic are watching is questionable but if anyone had already heard he was racist might think twice when they saw that.

[Nefertiti]

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I give it a C+. It could have been a lot worse and wasn't a hit piece but it wasn't terribly positive either. The shots of the crowds were less than inspiring (they only showed small muted gatherings)

Small muted gatherings? I was there in Chicago and it was neither! They did zoom in a bit on us and didn't show how we were strung out for several blocks but that way you could read the signs people were carrying.

This was too short for anyone who hadn't heard of Ron Paul before to make up their mind about him one way or another probably. But at least his name is out there to these people, now we need to reach them more in-depth.

[freedominnumbers]

Overall good exposure. No overt smears or slams.

They just put a credible view of Ron Paul in front of many people. They saved us many thousands in commercials right there. I hope they do air a more comprehensive version on Sunday morning.

[RevolutionSD]

Good piece!
Not perfect, but I'll take it.

Do people still watch "nightly news"?
I never do. I get my news from the internet, but I'll occassionally flip on CNN or Fox to see what kind of propaganda they are spreading.

[devil21]

Good piece!
Not perfect, but I'll take it.

Do people still watch "nightly news"?
I never do. I get my news from the internet, but I'll occassionally flip on CNN or Fox to see what kind of propaganda they are spreading.

It does seem like the "Nightly News" has gotten shorter over the years and local news takes up most of the news time slots now.

[RevolutionSD]

It does seem like the "Nightly News" has gotten shorter over the years and local news takes up most of the news time slots now.

I just meant that I thought network news was a dying art. Isn't it?

[RoamZero]

I loved how they subtly painted him as a nutcase through the don quixote reference.

[Bruehound]

The will have a longer version airing on the Sunday Today Show. I would expect the same agenda driven editing however.

[Richandler]

I think Ron Paul supporters should fully boycott any and all things NBC reltated. They are really painting Ron the wrong colors. Unless this weekend piece actually has a positive and oh maybe this isn't a bad idea tone then NBC needs to be ignored in all ways possible along with their advertisers too.

[wgadget]

I loved how they subtly painted him as a nutcase through the don quixote reference.

Probably 80% of the people watching don't even know who Don Quixote is.

[Nash]

Small muted gatherings? I was there in Chicago and it was neither! They did zoom in a bit on us and didn't show how we were strung out for several blocks but that way you could read the signs people were carrying.



Well yeah I know and that's kinda what I mean. The support is obviously there but the way they displayed it seemed less than impressive. Compare the NBC coverage to the ABC video from the people in New York.

[empirenine]

Not the greatest piece I've seen, but good job Brian!

[jgmaynard]

The piece was fine, IMNSHO - we NEED mainstream exposure and that means networks and choppy editing.

JM

[joshdvm]

Mixed message, but overall, good coverage.

Whether or not intentional, the 'tilting at windmills' theme is a smear, no question about it.

"To some, Ron Paul is the Don Quixote bla bla bla" Bullshit statement.

The out-of-context, one-word sound bites unfair and misleading.

This is counter-balanced by referencing the show of support which makes him appear credible, windmills, or no.

The urgency conveyed by the piece is positive.

Overall, I liked it.