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Sure there were probably plenty of Ron Paul supporters casting their vote, disenchanted by Fox News inclusion of their favorite Republican US Presidential candidate in an upcoming New Hampshire debate, but if 96% of the overall vote is made up of Ron Paul supporters, Fox News may need to seriously reconsider their decision. It can be theorized that not all of the 96% are necessarily Ron Paul supporters, which actually bodes well for his campaign as this could potentially bring in new voters. David Knowles of the AOL Political Blog writes:
With the primary
election season
finally (mercifully)
about to begin, two
networks have given
Ron Paul supporters
a legitimate issue
over which to cry
"media conspiracy!"
The two
conglomerates in
question, FOX and
ABC have summarily
decided to exclude
some candidates from
forthcoming debates.
While Paul may or
may not make the
roster for
Saturday's ABC
debate, he's
definitely not being
invited to Fox's on
Sunday. Though Paul
continues to lead
the big AOL straw
poll, proving that
his followers spend
more time online
than any of the
other candidates',
the more traditional
telephone surveys
have not shown him
attaining double
digit levels of
approval. But is
that the whole
story? The irony here is that AOL is owned by Time Warner and Time Warner once fought to keep Fox News off its monopolized cable system in New York City. Paul supporters have threatened to boycott Fox News sponsors and - perhaps worse - drive the company's shares down. The O'Brien household has already taken measures to address this issue. We programmed our remote control to jump over Fox News, pissing off my husband's Sean Hannity-loving right wing Republican aunt who is in town visiting. ----- Payton O'Brien, Gambling911.com Senior Editor and Political Analyst POBrien@CostiganMedia.com Originally published January 2, 2007 12:00 pm EST
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96
Percent of AOL Users
Say Fox is Wrong to
Cut Ron Paul from
New Hampshire Debate