Exactly, you don't even have to look for it to see it, Dan sees it..
I see it and I'm not a Ron Paul supporter in the slightest.
I'm just trying to be fair. Since I'm one of the few non-Ron Paul supporters on this board, I feel like I'm being objective about this.
Before I thought it was bullshit. Ron Paul was polling in single digits and wasn't really in a position where he could win any states so I didn't think he was that newsworthy. But now that's changed. He's now a legitimate contender and deserves the same coverage other candidates got when they were in the same position.
To MSNBC's credit, since the national polling which has him in double digits and the Iowa polling which has him within the margin of error of the front runners came out, MSNBC has sort of jumped on the bandwagon. They've been giving him the warranted amount of press coverage.
CNN I don't think is intentionally snubbing Paul. They are just really bad at what they do. It's not even news anymore. It's more like TMZ for politics. If Ron Paul wants to cheat on his wife with Lindsey Lohan, they'll cover that. But they are no longer a legitimate news organization any more. So it's to be expected they don't give him coverage.
Fox on the other hand is clearly and intentionally snubbing him based on his political views. It's unmistakable. They even set up all his debate questions to put him on the wrong side of Iowa issue polling, and then didn't ask him very much about the issues he draws the most favorable responses. And their coverage of him is an embarrassment even by the low standards of TV/internet news. They are showing a degree of bias they usually only reserve for democrats.
I know why they're doing it though. If Paul gets a lot of votes, but doesn't win, he's going to go 3rd party in the general election, crushing the republicans chances of winning. They want to make sure he doesn't have enough support to do that. The problem is, he already does so it's not going to work. At this point they'd be better off just giving him fair treatment. That way he'll be less likely to feel attacked by the republican party. And lets face it, fox news is a wing of the republican party.