Ron Paul on Fox and Friends Interview 10/17/2007

They learned from Don Corleone - "Keep your friends close.....and your enemies closer"!
They are realizing that Ron Paul will not go away and that the message is spreading, and they may be trying to save face and appear "fair and balanced" - even about Ron Paul.

They will be more subtle with their bias and slander, but it will be there.

They are the enemy, don't forget that.

In my opinion they could care less about Hillary being elected or not, it's about controlling the minds and opinions of the conservatives, just like Moore and some of these anti-war groups control the liberal side. I believe it has probably already been decided if we get a R or a D in the WhiteHouse. Ron Paul is the only serious wild-card contender left. He is a serious threat!!

They want to make sure the people on both sides are riled up against each other sufficiently enough to keep the phony two-party system going strong.

And for those that think it's ALL about ratings, wouldn't a Hillary presidency be good for Fox / Rush / Hannity ratings!?
Of course, I haven't listened to Rush since he started campaigning for BUSH, but during the Clinton years Rush was very entertaining!

That's my 2 cents. Thanks.

I found a better source for this interview and uploaded it to YouTube here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dihXK6y5h38

HAHAHA just kidding. But I wonder if they even aired this. They could have just filmed it and posted it online to make them look good to us.

-Phil Hemingway III

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If they did a nice, soft piece like this one, it is to give the appearance of fairness, without really being fair. Yes, it was a great little interview, very helpful to Ron Paul (he loooooked mahvelous, by the way), But the coverage given to other candidates is far, far more.

They need to do pieces like this, lest they are accused of bias. Now they can point to a short interview and say, "See? We gave him a good spot" and they would be right.

The debate on Sunday (?) will be another story. See where they put him in the lineup, how many questions Brit Hume directs to Congressman Paul and if there is a post-debate chat with Hannity & Colmes. Of course I am no prophet of doom; so I hope to be pleasantly surprised.

Other than Hannity, most of the others on Fox have been very nice to Ron.
They can't ignore him, what with all these stats about the military and his fundraising success, etc. They see the crowds, even if they don't cover it, for example, the thousands who gathered after the last debate. They know this has got to mean 'something' is up!

Here are some links I found last night during the outage! Poor Mike...!

http://www.grist.org/feature/2007/10/16/paul/

http://www.grist.org/feature/2007/10/16/paul_factsheet/

http://www.cnbc.com/id/21321568

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2007/10/n...

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2007/10/17/dont_ignore_...

I think they decided that RP is not going to win anyway, so it doesn't hurt to treat him fair and gain viewers.
Gee! They setting self up for a surprise!
But, still it's strange. They suppose to fight us at this point (Remember Gandhi?). I hope that doesn't mean we won't win.LOL.

When the Rick Perry question came up...

It looked like Ron was going to answer with a little laugh and say in a mocking voice, "Rick Perry."

He could have just left it that. But he was good painting them as the liberal wing of the Republican party.

what's going on?
fox biz was understandable, new channel etc., but fox news?
I've read the comments below but none of the reasons given really make sense:
there's not much money yet to gain by pandering to ron paul supporters.
and fox news couldn't care less about criticism of their bias, there are loads of examples.
so, what's going on?

I am thinking they want to get through this storm with more credibility than the other najor "News" outlets.

But this is a pander job on Fox's part, nonetheless.

I would love to see Dr. Paul front and center, taking heavy shot after shot. He is unscathable when it comes to the philosophy of freedom.

The question will become; how well does he know his current events, and will he be able to pick up on the spin in real time?

He has been doing well with limited time, and it would be nice to watch him perform under a media microscope, instead of falling victim to the media masking tape.

Excellent responses. Love the -Rudy is on the liberal wing- insinuation. And, no doubt, he is getting respect from even Fox News. How surprising of them to note the military contributions stat.

I'm watching carefully myself Treg... Only two ways to explain it.

1) We've done a great job so far, they recognize we have numbers, and they're trying to stay in front of the storm.

2) Set it up to make yourself look like a responsible News agency, gain sympathies all the way to the debates, crack the whip, spring the trap, and hope to come out relatively unharmed and possibly gain a few viewers.

I'm pulling for the first option myself.

Remember Murdoch its about money, if we make them look like idiots they'll loose credibility, they'll loose advertising. Therefore, they'll loose the money. No matter what their inside interests are, they have to maintain an audience to make money. Hopefully, they've sold out their elitist friends, just as fast as they sold out the rest of us.

- kipload
http://idealogs.blogspot.com

This is the second TV interview from Fox where I swear the interviewers are just GUSHING wish praise and kindness over Ron Paul.

Mmmmmm Whats up?

Treg

Lets Challenge Fox News to really test Ron Paul at the Debate...

Heres what I was thinking about sending to Fox..

Dear Fox,

I would like to see you do a test... If you think Ron Paul is inferior to all the other candidates then put him front and center during the debate and grill him...This is the only way you can prove that he doesnt match up to the other candidates...

Thoughts Everyone?????