Why does ron paul get ignored by the media

Mike Wallace said to Rep. Please tell Congressman Paul why he is wrong. Paul is also passionate about ending the War on Drugs by legalizing soft and hard drugs — from cannabis to cocaine to heroin. None of the other candidates share this view in their political platform. Paul was the only candidate at the debate who supported eliminating the Federal Reserve at the debate, but since then, both Perry and Bachmann have adopted this stance, according to Reuters.

So why has Paul been ignored? The answer is not clear, but the best guess is that, until recently, America has not taken Paul seriously. Jon Huntsman, who is allegedly a Republican but worked for the Obama Administration, came in second. Michele Bachmann came in third, just one spot ahead of Herman Cain.

Fifth place went to Mitt Romney, and yet, the media declares Romney the front-runner. Romney was also declared the winner of the CNN debate last week, despite saying absolutely nothing of substance.

He has been declared the front-runner despite not actually winning any sort of poll, debate, or wrestling match against any of the other candidates. He is coasting on the name recognition that comes from being a second-generation, wealthy white male who also looks a bit like Captain America had a love child with Peter Griffin.

Ron Paul, meanwhile, remains the favorite of actual Republicans, Tea Party folks, and obviously Libertarians. Some of the latter may defect to former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, who has been a strong voice for liberty for 20 years, but this talk of them turning to Bachmann, Sarah Palin what?

Since analyzing politics is both my career and my hobby, I spend a lot of free time checking out what people are saying about the political candidates and their stances on issues. Ron Paul's supporters have their own forums, folks. But rather than shower this intriguing candidate and his views with attention, the news media willfully forgot about him. The question is, why?

Perhaps the answer could be found during the recent Fox News debate in Iowa, in which Paul trashed Republican saber-rattling toward a potentially nuclear Iran. It's time — it's trillions of dollars we're spending on these wars. But this media freeze-out started long before.

After reading that, I got a little paranoid and did what any reasonable guy would do. I fashioned a cone-shaped hat from aluminum foil and put it on as I typed this column. Even liberal comedian Jon Stewart, not my typical go-to source, seemed ashamed of the media's treatment of Paul.

We crunched our own numbers based on transcripts and data provided by the other networks, spanning the period from the date each candidate announced his campaign through December Paul's fans aren't wrong to criticize the media for its coverage of his campaign. Paul is mentioned on air far less frequently than most of his rivals, including Bachmann and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, both of whom trail him in national and state-level polls.

And when pundits do talk about him, they frequently do so in a far more negative tone. It is also true, as his campaign has asserted, that Paul gets less time to air his views in debates; University of Minnesota political scientist Eric Ostermeier has calculated that Paul has had the least amount of time to speak in three of the last ten debates; only twice has he been given more time than the average candidate.

However, he's getting his share of television time elsewhere.