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Ron Paul Left Out of LA Times/Bloomberg Poll

The question read as follows: 

If the Republican primary or caucus for president were being held in your state today and the candidates were Kansas Senator Sam Brownback, former House Majority Leader Newt Gingrich, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, California Congressman Duncan Hunter, Arizona Senator John McCain, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, former governor of Wisconsin Tommy Thompson, and former Tennessee Senator and actor Fred Thompson, for whom would you vote: Brownback, Gingrich, Giuliani, Hucakabee, Hunter, McCain, Romney, Tancredo, Tommy Thompson or Fred Thompson?

Anyone else notice a certain name that is missing from that list?  This is exactly the type of bullshit that really gets to me.  All nine of the other current candidates were listed plus Fred Thompson who is not even officially running yet.  What is their reasoning for this?  Is it because they do not believe that Dr. Paul is a promising candidate?  Well I might be able to see that line of thinking except for the fact that he has raised more money than Huckabee (who is included in the poll). 

This has made me angry enough to decide to write an e-mail to the LA Times at timespoll@latimes.com.  I encourage you all to do the same. 

Please, if you support Ron Paul, send them an e-mail or a letter.  They deserve to hear from us for their blatant bias.

Here is that contact info:

Los Angeles Times
202 W. 1st Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Phone: 213-237-5000
Fax: 213-237-7679
E-mail: timespoll@latimes.com

Bloomberg:

Phone: +1-212-318-2000

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3 Responses to “Ron Paul Left Out of LA Times/Bloomberg Poll”

  1. Jared Rhodes Says:
    June 17th, 2007 at 1:16 am

    I’m amazed but not surprised to see this happen again. I just sent this off to the la times polling people
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    “As found in previous polls, Republicans are not too satisfied with their field of candidates compared to their Democratic counterparts, especially the conservative element of the Republican Party.”-STUDY #545.

    That is a most accurate statement which leads me to ask why Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul was left out of the poll results?

    I ask of you as well:
    * Was Ron Paul included in the poll questions?

    * If so, why was he not included in the results?

    * Is it your belief that this poll represents fair and accurate journalism, and is representative of day to day efforts in journalism and fair reporting by your staff?

    I would also like to note that the poll seems to take candidates from all tiers of the potential Republican Party nominees (such as Tommy Thompson, Duncan Hunter, and Sam Brownback) yet still does not include Paul in it’s analysis. Furthermore, a previous poll from 4/11/07 titled “2008 presidential match ups” makes no mention of Dr. Paul. Given the analysis stated in the first lines of STUDY #545, which I quote at the top of the page, the conservative element of the Republican Party displays a lack of excitement for the candidates named in your poll results. However, both Congressman Paul’s voting record and his individuality are soundly and sensibly conservative in spades, trumping many of the candidates listed in your poll. Why was a straight and sensible conservative left out of a poll in which he may have played a key role in the outcome?
    If you find the polling methods used here to be below the standards of ethics of journalism, or if you find the methods to be simply distasteful, I urge you to make any changes necessary to carry on a legacy of fairness and a lack of bias. I await your reply to my questions as well. Thank you.-Jared
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    Honestly, we gotta call these guys on it! If you can do away with their credibility you can get a good foot in the door.

  2. original212 Says:
    June 17th, 2007 at 7:05 am

    Well, no surprise here, Ron Paul is being censored not only by the mainstream media but recently even on the internet. By whom? you will ask, well It’s shocking…by Google, check out this clip http://www.metacafe.com/watch/656334/is_google_censoring_ron_paul/

    Notice that the search was being done with quotes, otherwise it would have returned every page that contained the name Ron or the name Paul (about 48 million of them)

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