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06-12-2007, 08:51 AM
CNN Muff GOP Ron Paul 'First-Class Seat' Coverage?
Monday, June 11, 2007 - FreeMarketNews.com
Opinion/Analysis
FMNN feedbacker "Dave" responds to the CNN report that only Ron Paul flew first-class of all the GOP candidates returning to Washington DC after the recent GOP debate. He claims that former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore did, too.
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=43421
To confirm this report, FMNN called sources close to the Gilmore campaign. These sources indicated that Jim Gilmore - who always flies coach - had indeed been "bumped up" to first class. He may in fact have been seated in front of Ron Paul, as FMNN feedbacker Dave indicates.
CNN seems to owe viewers a clarification.
The network has already found it necessary to explain in some detail how its "political ticker" group managed to "disappear" an entire slew of pro-Ron Paul posts after the past GOP debates.
CNN should clarify this smarmy little story as well.
The story is important not for information about who sits where on a plane, but because it provides evidence of media bias that has been consistently denied by major mainstream players. By providing a popular "grass roots" campaign, Ron Paul has triggered the media mechanism that seek to discredit freedom and free-markets - and provided ongoing evidence of the mechanism in action. The Internet now provides a vehicle to expose the workings of mechanism.
read the rest of the story at Free Market Network News here:
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=43454
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Monday, June 11, 2007 - FreeMarketNews.com
Opinion/Analysis
FMNN feedbacker "Dave" responds to the CNN report that only Ron Paul flew first-class of all the GOP candidates returning to Washington DC after the recent GOP debate. He claims that former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore did, too.
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=43421
To confirm this report, FMNN called sources close to the Gilmore campaign. These sources indicated that Jim Gilmore - who always flies coach - had indeed been "bumped up" to first class. He may in fact have been seated in front of Ron Paul, as FMNN feedbacker Dave indicates.
CNN seems to owe viewers a clarification.
The network has already found it necessary to explain in some detail how its "political ticker" group managed to "disappear" an entire slew of pro-Ron Paul posts after the past GOP debates.
CNN should clarify this smarmy little story as well.
The story is important not for information about who sits where on a plane, but because it provides evidence of media bias that has been consistently denied by major mainstream players. By providing a popular "grass roots" campaign, Ron Paul has triggered the media mechanism that seek to discredit freedom and free-markets - and provided ongoing evidence of the mechanism in action. The Internet now provides a vehicle to expose the workings of mechanism.
read the rest of the story at Free Market Network News here:
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=43454
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http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=658