http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/ron_paul This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Ron Paul en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200710220006 Noting that a Fox News text-message poll following the October 21 Republican presidential debate put Ron Paul in first place, Sean Hannity said, "Oh, this poll -- you've got all your supporters calling." Paul responded: "What, you mean your own poll isn't any good?" Hannity then said: "No, it's just a lot of fun." But Hannity has previously touted the results of the same type of text-message poll when those results were favorable for President Bush: In January, Hannity noted several times that "85 percent" of viewers who voted by text message said that Bush did an "excellent" job in his State of the Union address. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200710220006 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:26:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709070003 On <em>Hannity &amp; Colmes</em>, Republican pollster Frank Luntz cited Republican focus group responses to an exchange over Iraq policy between Mike Huckabee and Rep. Ron Paul, and, echoing Huckabee's assertion about needing not "to lose our honor," declared: "Clearly, principle won out in this exchange." Luntz cited no evidence that the focus group participants favored Huckabee's comments because they thought that the comments -- in contrast with Paul's -- were based on "principle." In fact, Paul's position on the Iraq war has been consistent, though originally sharply at odds with public opinion. http://mediamatters.org/items/200709070003 Fri, 7 Sep 2007 09:28:22 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200706280007 The Associated Press uncritically reported that Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul was excluded from the Iowa presidential forum because, according to one of the groups sponsoring the event, Paul "didn't meet the criteria the groups drew up," including "having an established exploratory committee and garnering at least 1 percent in a national poll." The AP did not mention that Paul established his presidential exploratory committee months before invitations for the forum were sent and was polling at 1 percent in at least one national poll at that time. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200706280007 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:29:11 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705190001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705190001 Fri, 18 May 2007 20:01:11 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705160009 Several media figures mischaracterized a response that Rep. Ron Paul gave at the Republican debate, with some asserting that Paul had "blamed" the United States for the 9-11 terrorist attacks and others simply accepting Rudy Giuliani's misrepresentation of Paul's statement -- that the United States had "invited the attack." In fact, Paul did not blame the United States for the 9-11 attacks or say that the United States had "invited" them. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200705160009 Wed, 16 May 2007 17:25:39 EST