GOP Candidates Blast CBS News’ for ‘Disgraceful’ Bias at South Carolina Debate

I didn’t watch the debate tonight. Sounds like I didn’t miss anything new. Incompetent candidates, arrogant moderators, stupified audence. Yawn…..

What a whiner.

Conservative candidates. Don’t let the “LIBERAL” controlled News Media give you a death punch. Fight back and stand your ground and say what you want to their crooked ways. Always remember, “God is watching”. And as for you “SAMEAGAIN”, if I don’t get this posted then I know that Liberals and their Agenda are behind everything that goes on on all these political news media and Blogs. I would rather die a CONSERVATIVE than have lived my life as a Thick headed Liberal.

True. Michelle Bachmann actually got a fair amount of questions. She is polling very low numbers.

Thank-you Matthew Jaffe! CBS should be ashamed. Ron Paul 2012

WE WILL NOT HAVE A SITTING DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT IN JANUARY OF 2013!

Weirdo Huntsman is happy because he is polling at 1% and was treated like a top-tier candidate by CBS as was Santorium. Paul is a top-tier candidate and was treated as Huntsman and Santronium should have been.

Bachmann got plenty of time to speak–which is largely a waste given she never answers a question but shifts into her inane talking points. At least FactCheck will be busy. It is hard to believe from watching the debate that she sits on the Foreign Intelligence Committee–she must sit on the Foreign side of the table????

The debate was not balanced between the candidates. CBS did not allow the full time on network for the event, cutting the network broadcast short. While Pelly attempted to keep to the time schedule, it was too rigid, I suspect partly because they were cutting off 30 mins. prior to the end of the debate.

The format of these debates is too limiting. Too many questions, for the time frame, not enough fairness in allowing each candidate to respond to a particular question, and some candidates got extra questions, while others did not.

Poor job, CBS.

typical. Republicans blaming others for their failures. And get over your Paul obession. He has NO CHANCE to win a general election. you’re LUCKY if you dont make him your candidate. YOu have ONE chance at winning in a general election and we all know who that is. deal with reality.

@Alex That’ll show ‘em!

I will vote for the most qualified canidates, the only 2 I see as qualified too leed is Ron Paul, and Newt Gingrich. All the other candidates well….I will vote for Ron Paul 2012….CBS you can ban Ron Paul all you want but we the people will vote him in.

Any of these candidates would beat BO. He’s done. Stick a fork in him. He’s only lined Wall Street’s pockets with the indexes bouncing back while we continue to suffer through $3+ gas, $15T in debt and 9% unemployment. How is he better than Bush???

even as a liberal, this disgusts me. everyone should get equal time, regardless of their incompetence and poll numbers.

MSM ignoring Ron Paul. God, they must really think we’re a bunch of lemmings. This is why I won’t vote for anyone but Ron Paul. Is it that difficult to give each person on the stage equal time to speak? This was a poorly moderated debate. Shame on you ABC.

That’s right, Obama 2012.
More Wars 2012.
More corporate bailout 2012.
More War on Drugs 2012.
Bush’s 4th term, here it comes.

Once again, the media shapes the debate. It shouldn’t matter if one person is polling higher than another — they’re all there to debate, and they all deserve equal time to express their views. Maybe if the public had a chance to actually hear from some of the other candidates, their numbers would rise. Instead, the media feeds the vicious circle — “their numbers are low, so we aren’t going to give them to talk, so their numbers will remain low.” Pathetic. It’s the media’s job to be impartial, not to pick favorites.

I emailed CBS to inform them I will no longer patronize them, nor their affiliates. I am also refusing to spend money with any of their sponsors. The blatant stonewalling of a candidate in such a manner is disgraceful.

The RP faithful need to start voting with their wallets.

discraceful? it goes far beyond that. Ron Paul is being blacked out of all media and now they are trying to black him out of the debate process. I will not vote for anyone other than Ron Paul because he has a really good message that the media is trying to prevent the people of this country from hearing.
Ron Paul 2012!

I will vote Ron Paul, he is the only one who can beat Obama. CBS sucks, I wish they can go to bankrupt.

CBS debate was no worse than most of these things have been in the last 4 elections. All the media is doing, including CBS, is filling air time with an “event” to bring viewers to their televisions and keep them there as long as possible, up to and through the elections. Candidates are exhibits in a perverted carnival, and the goal is to make and shape public opinion. When real thought and expression becomes apparent (such as the comments from Ron Paul), the media distorts the message and marginalizes the messenger. The media must control its markets. The only acceptable result from this comedy is MONEY for the media rulers.

That CBS debate was disgraceful… Sorry, that’s all I have to say about that.

For all you liberals out there.

1 Ron Paul has alreeady won by setting the direction of the debates and this nation.
2. Ron Paul CAN beat Obama in the general.
3. We don’t really care as much about Obama getting re-elected as we do about taking the house and senate so Obama is neutered if he does win because the GOP is stupid enough to put Romeny up against Obama like they did with McCain in 2008.

As pointed out, there is good evidence that Ron Paul is at the top and he was given the least, or close to the least amount of time to speak. That is unfair.

I watched the whole thing and the number of questions/follow-ups seemed about even to me. What I didn’t like was the CBS guy debating Gingrich about whether or not the killing of enemy combatants is legal. Next time, let that guy get on stage with the others if he wants us to hear his views.

Perry – 5 questions, 2 follow ups
Newt – 5 questions, 1 follow up
Cain – 5 questions, 1 follow up
Romney – 4 questions, 1 follow up
Santorum – 3 questions, 2 follow ups
Bachman – 3 questions
Huntsman – 2 questions, 1 follow up
Paul – 1 question, 1 follow up

CBS also removed their online post-debate poll after Ron Paul won by 70%+.

Biased?

I chose not to watch this debate for one reason and one reason only: CBS News was “moderating” it. It is the laughingstock of the industry, and has been for several years. I remember all too well how Congressman Paul was treated by them during the last election: With our economy deteriorating rapidly and Paul with much economic and foreign policy expertise, did they analyze the hard issues? Nope, they focused on the flashy “top tier” candidates exclusively on-air. What little coverage they gave Paul on their web site consisted of cut-and-paste monotony of their assessment of his “long-shot”, “quixotic” bid for the presidency, a Nevada brothel owner’s support of him and a political donation from a member of the Stormfront group. Yellow journalism as its absolute slimiest. Disgraceful is too mild of a word to use.

Ron Paul has a strong following anyone else in the GOP gets the nomination many of us will not be voting and your party could come crashing. Id highly advise people at least look into some of Ron Paul’s view points, watch a video or two on YouTube. I have never seen someone running for president make so much sense in my life. Shame on CBS for giving Ron Paul less than two minutes to speak in a full hour of the debate. Completely absurd.

according to Jon Stewart, Ron Paul is the leader of his party, it’s just not the Republican party.

Ron Paul all the way. He’s the only true American with some cojoles!!!
p.s Jews control the media, and Paul is the only one who is not as for Israel like the rest.
Stop the parasites!!!!

It’s been the same thing EVERY debate. They skirt around Ron Paul and he’s the ONLY one on the stage with anything to say and push Romney shamelessly (who has NOTHING to say but political rhetoric). YELLOW JOURNALISM..

Let Ron Paul speak with equal time. These debates are a joke.

Enough of the debates. They have served to fuel the media with fodder for the political pundits to attempt to be critical of any candidate at any time and there has never been and most likely never will be a level playing field. The media has always had an agenda and that it to re elect Obama by any means and these candidates have been playing right in there hands from the very start.

There’s no such thing as democracy in this country anymore.

Corporate America decides FOR you….

I feel sick to my stomach right now.

I will vote Ron Paul no matter what. Then I give up on this phony system.

“This is an important issue for Congresswoman Bachmann. She’s a member of the House, the Foreign Intelligence Committee.”

How apropos, considering that intelligence is foreign to her………..

Polls nor does the media select the next president – the people do. Equal time should have been allotted to each candidate regardless of perceived popularity.

The moderator at these debates have rationed time for centuries. Bachmann is asked fewer questions because she stands NO chance for winning the GOP nomination and her response to these questions are calculated, predictable and boring.

Itz juss bizness.

CBS like NBC, ABC, and Fox have a lot of affiliate stations across the country. By shorting some candidates national airtime those candidates will just have to sink more bucks into ad buys at the local affiliate level early on to remain in the game. The national media know the party favorites Perry and Romney will be spreading da media buy loot. Gotta put the squeeze on the others upfront, and get what they can from the other candidates — before they fall by the wayside.

The same goes for print and radio media. Why do a great unbiased job impartially reporting on presidential candidates when they can do a slop-ass job and thereby squeeze more media buys out of the candidates.

Out of Bachman, Huntsman, Paul, and Santorum only Paul has and will continue to have campaign pockets deep enough to stay in the game to the end.

And in terms of playing the game, the Paul campaign is missing golden opportunity after golden opportunity, particularly after Jon Stewart handed them about $10 million dollars worth of great PR with Stewart’s comment that the media is treating Paul like the 13th floor of a hotel.

The day BEFORE each presidential debate Paul participated in the Paul campaign should have run a full-page ad in USA Today along the lines of, in this case:

“Watch tomorrow night as Scot Pelley and CBS treat Ron Paul as the 13th floor in a hotel for being such a threat to both the established democrat and republican parties.”

Jesse Benton, campaign manager for Paul, isn’t the sharpest pencil.All he’s doing is laying back and trying to counterpunch after the big media disses. So he comes across as nothing more than a big crybaby, even though he makes a good point.
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Now if Benton the wuss had taken a glove off and slapped Pelley and CBS in the face the day BEFORE — like someone challenging them to a duel — with a USA Today ad predicting their short-shrift of Paul, NOW Benton could come across as someone with a justified grudge — and the cojones to get in the media’s face about it. BEFOREHAND!!!!!!

Suck it up Benton and grow a pair, you’re really disappointing us as Paul supporters. You’ve got to go guerilla, live off the land. And you can do such without being such pukes as Plouffe, Axelrod, and Dunn and in a manner that retains the respect of Dr. Paul

I registered republican to vote for Ron Paul, yes before the deadline.

it doesn’t matter if Ron Gets one min or ten minutes in a debate … EVERYTHING he says is the most sane, and logical approach, oh and he follows a thing called the LAW…. it was scary to watch all the rest of the repubs, practically drooling over more bombing and sanctions an killing and torture… what’s wrong with them, it saddens me that Paul has to be compared to these guys.

RON PAUL 2012

It is the individuals job to choose their choice for President. It is the Media’s Job to give fair exposure to all candidates. Posted by: TheNewFourthEstate | November 13, 2011, 9:05 am.

LOL! But all of these clowns aren’t candidates for the presidency. They all WANT to be THE candidate the Republicans send up against Obama. ONE person will become ‘The Great Right Hope’ and the rest will go back to screwing America in their own small, personal ways……………

Michelle Bachmann is NOT the issue here. It is the media and how they can manipulate the public to believe what they want them to.

I’ve heard claims that the media controls who gets elected in this country. This is proof that certainly is the case.

I will NEVER watch cbs news ever again

I wouldn’t waste one second listening to anything teavangelical right-wing repub candidates said, no matter the venue…every single time they open their mouths they lie, pander to an elitist crowd, say the most outrageous things, and propose issues that will destroy this country and/or expand our role as military police of the world community. These people are dangerous, especially those who are in lock-step with the New Apostolic Reformation group…do a little research about this group, their plans for dominionism of the world and theocracy of the US, and realize that all teavangelicals/repubs are hell bent on creating two classes…the wealthy and/or authoritarian Christian leaders of a predominately Christian nation, and those who exist at poverty level and live to serve their masters. There are long-range plans that these folks want to put in place to rule with iron fists and to make Christian doctrine/government trump the Constitution and, as slime-ball perry stated, making government inconsequential…watch out for the koch brothers, the New Apostolic Reformation, candidates that want to destroy programs that provide for those in need, for the education of our children, vital infrastructure projects, health care for all citizens, security for our borders without sending our young men and women to fight useless wars, etc. OBAMA 11/4/2012!

An email from a CBS producer who predicted that Bachmann would not receive many questions from moderators Scott Pelley and Major Garrett.
The email is not a “supposed smoking gun” It proves that CBS intended their anti-Bachmann bias to do what they in fact did: ask Bachmann fewer (60%) questions than asked of Romney and Gingrich.

“An email from a CBS producer who predicted that Bachmann would not receive many questions from moderators Scott Pelley and Major Garrett.”
The email is not a “supposed smoking gun” It proves that CBS intended their anti-Bachmann bias to do what they in fact did: ask Bachmann fewer (60%) questions than asked of Romney and Gingrich.
A recent SmartPolitics analysis found that former Massachusetts governor and front-runner for the nomination Mitt Romney has spoken for over 73 minutes in the last 5 debates, more than any other candidate. Texas Governor Rick Perry came in second in terms of speaking time at 54 minutes, followed by Bachmann at 41.

CBS and the mass media think that they can choose our next [resident and it’s a joke. We don’t need them anymore, we are united as one and on the path back to save this country. They can ignore the good doctor all they want, but he is the true front runner and will be our next president.

RON PAUL 2012 rEVOLution

The most hysterical thing about this is he (Ron Paul) can stand there and not open his mouth and win because the American people know whats coming out of the mouths of these other candidates means more of the same.
Posted by: Peggy Rose | November 13, 2011, 9:27 am.

LOL! This is Ron Paul’s THIRD presidential campaign. (If we as a nation truly wanted him, we would have already had him). He has a very, very small but very, very vocal core group of supporters. Who believe he is the next coming of Jesus. The truth is, Ron Paul will never be president of the United States. Never. That is an absolute fact that I will stake my life on. Fortunately this will be his last go-around, since he will never get the nomination for this election, and he will be 80 years old by the time the next presidential election rolls around. You are right about one thing, though. The OTHER candidates all stink. Which is why we WILL have four more years under Obama…………

Not one Ron Paul supporter will vote for anyone but Ron Paul, we will write him in on the ballot. We will not vote for the lesser of two evils, because it is still a vote for evil. The GOP cannot win without us, they are going to have to back us if they want to beat Obama.

“The Bachmann campaign went so far as to release an email that they said spokeswoman Alice Stewart had “inadvertently received” from CBS earlier in the day….“I inadvertently received an email where CBS made it clear that Michele was going to receive fewer questions than the other candidates. Clearly this is a problem,” Stewart said.”

LOL! Yeah, sure, this spokeswoman just HAPPENED to INADVERTENTLY receive a damning email about HER candidate, against CBS, from CBS. Sure. And she received this “smoking gun” BEFORE the event, and did what about it? Did she confront CBS? Did she confront Pelley, the moderator? Did she threaten to call a press conference before the event to blast the event sponsor for this supposed email? Did she threaten to pull Bachmann out of the event unless they guaranteed equal time for everyone? If she really found out BEFORE the event that her candidate was going to get short-changed, and she really did nothing about it whatsoever, then she should be fired for gross incompetence. Unless she is lying about the email. Lying about receiving it, or lying about who really sent it……………

Well Avanti – If by “arrogant” you mean we tend to examine facts then guilty as charged. P.S. Michelle lies out of her rear end.

CBS gave Ron Paul only 90 seconds of air time in the debate. Ron Paul has double digits in the polls (comes in third in most), Ron Paul has raised the third most money; Ron Paul receives more donations from active duty military than all the other Republican candidates combined and Obama individually. Ron Paul has a national campaign organization. The Media is trying to manipulate the outcome of the Republican Primary it is obvious. Newt wasn’t crying out for the audit of the Federal Reserve when he was Speaker of the House. Especially when Republican candidates who don’t even get 1% in the polls and can’t raise money to run for President are given more time and treated like top tier candidates. Ron Paul represents a change beyond what all the other Republicans offer and Obama.

There are no real differences between the rest of Republican candidates and Obama; They only argue about: How much we WILL be TAXED; What they WILL SPEND money on; How much money we WILL give to foreign nations; How fast we WILL create MORE government and HOW and WHERE we WILL POLICE the world and FIGHT MORE WARS in order to KILL more of our men and women in uniform.

Ron Paul argues should we do these things and his answer is NO. Stop the status quo and the media/government from deciding who wins and loses…Vote Ron Paul for President in 2012 so we all get a shot at winning.

LOL! I can’t help but laugh at the people who claim they will boycott CBS and/or their sponsors over this debate. Because we all know they are lying through their teeth. As soon as a NASCAR event or a football game or some stupid reality show garbage comes on that they want to watch, their “boycott” will go right out the window. And their sponsors like Budweiser sure as hell won’t see any drop in business from these people, either…………

Ron Paul , or any of these conservative goof balls would be a(nother) disaster for the American people . Haven’t we already seen what conservatives do ? They are just loony all of them , but some are worse than others . Ron Paul is a real whacko extreme just like Bachmann , the people who support him are simpletons , who obviously do not understand the political and economic realities of the 21st century . Ron Paul’s idea of foreign policy is for the USA to curl up and ignore anything that doesn’t directly affect the USA , becoming an even more xenophobic isolationist nationalist right wing bastion of illiteracy and conservative cheap skate scam -loving ideology . Yeah that’s what the USA needs alright ….not. The right wingers will try to elect a whacko for president , because that is all they have , i.e. bat sh!t crazy nominees , and will fail .

Huntsman might have had a chance to win , but he is way too moderate and sensible for the loons on the right to accept. Obama 2012 !! Thank you Ron Paul ! You da man !! *snicker*

I could NOT BELIEVE the absurd manner in which the debate was run – Were the ppl at CBS drunk or just stupid — OR BOTH???!!! No more CBS – which is why I’m on ABC talkin’ ’bout how CBS sucks. No more clicks for YOU, CBS.

CBS is owned by Westinghouse,
General Electric and Westinghouse, the two largest military weapons manufacturers, own much of the U.S. media. GE owns the whole NBC network. Westinghouse owns CBS. It is no accident that these giant weapons contractors use the news media as the public relations arm for their primary product – war and the weapons of war…
IT IS NO ACCIDENT THAT PAUL WAS BLACKED OUT BY THIS WARMONGERING COOPERATION. Wake up american and stop drinking the koolaid.

I think Gov Huntsman was being sarcastic in his statement.And being a journalist or an executive of a news station/program,if you do not recognize sarcasm,you are unfit for the position….YOU’RE FIRED!!!!

ron paul had the only disagreement on foreign policy, obama is slow and reluctant to do anything on foreign policy front unless support base rocked, yet it’s funny seeing liberals the brain equivalent of 16 year olds to not grasp the dire situation of needing ron paul to represent the only honest talk on foreign policy front.

whether you agree with him or not, he provides a -honest-, much needed discourse, otherwise generals and private contractors will be running amok just like domestic waste and fraud on government programs. he was allocated 89 seconds of speaking time, and on this matter of national survival as we’re near bankruptcy and war spent 4 trillion dollars over the last decade, with your wide pool of verbosity, you come up with the term ‘complaining’, ‘whining’. you consider yourself fitting for national dialogue? give me a ridiculous break.

It’s not their decision who the candidate is. That’s our decision. I don’t know why we let the networks run the debates anyway, they are just Democrat lackeys.

This collection of clueless teabaggers were looking for the softball questions that they usually get from Faux news, didn’t happen

I am a military veteran and it is appalling to me that they would insult veterans in this way on Veteran’s Day weekend. Ron Paul was the only veteran on that stage and he gets more military/veteran support than all of the other GOP candidates combined. One would think that this would be reason enough to give him some time to speak his mind on the issues that affect military folks the most– Foreign Policy. Instead, they gave the warmongers all the time in the world to discuss how they would move the pawns on the global chessboard.

Ron Paul consistently polls 3rd in land-line polls, consistently comes first in online polls, comes in either 1st or 2nd in straw polls, and has the most dispersed donation mapping of any candidate in the race. These are not the attributes of a candidate that has “no chance”, they are attributes of a candidate whose greatest support comes from the People.

MSM says “some candidates poll low so they dont get as much time”. Perhaps they poll low because they are not being given EQUAL time. Whats so hard about a debate? Pick the top 5-8 questions and allow each candidate time to answer the question. No wonder so many people are waking up to whats really going on – Selected, not elected.

CBS aired the worse debate ever. the moderators stunk. the network outright lied about the length of time this debate would be. they cut the last 30 minutes in lieu of a NCIS RERUN!!! and told viewers it would be streamed. the stream was frozen and useless. then the promised it would air on face the nation the next day…another lie

I hardly ever would watch face the nation but did tune in. NO DEBATE was aired!!!!!!!!
CBS..shame on you!!! Guess what? I will tune in to pbs and any other network other than CBS!!

Posted by: keredte
WE WILL NOT HAVE A SITTING DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT IN JANUARY OF 2013!

keredte you are so right there won’t be a sitting democratic president in January 2012 but a standing democratic president being re-sworn in for another 4yrs !!!!

Posted by: myopinionpal
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I wouldn’t be too sure about that myopinionpal. There is only one way your hero is going to win in 2012 and that is if the unemployment rate dips below 9% and now that he has decided to block construction of the Canadian oil pipeline to appease the global warming activists, the unemployment rate will probably stay at 9%.

Your “standing” Democrat might be “standing” alone when the Republican nominee is sworn in.

That was a travesty of a debate. Ron Paul is the greatest hope in modern American history. I am convinced that Ron Paul has already won the hearts and minds of We the People, who believe he is the only one that we can trust. Ron Paul is against the bailouts. He was against the Iraq war from the beginning, and if we had listened to him way back then, we would have killed bin Laden a lot quicker and got it over with. Ron Paul predicted the housing bubble collapse. Ron Paul is the singular force behind the movement to audit the Federal Reserve.

I am also convinced that the more people willingly listen to Ron Paul talk for an hour on various topics from the heart, unscripted and without a teleprompter, they would come to understand that he’s actually the most moderate candidate running in either party, and that everybody else is on the lunatic fringe. God bless Ron Paul. If he succeeds despite the blackout and becomes the 45th President of the United States, it will be one of the greatest achievements in human history and the beginning of a new American century of freedom, peace and prosperity for all.

ALL CANDIDATES SHOULD HAVE EQUAL TIME IN NATIONAL DEBATES AND NEWS COVERAGE.

The media has no business in picking winners and losers. That is for the American People to do. It is horribly presumptive of stations like CBS to give favor to the SUPPOSED front runners when there have been no elections yet.

Main Stream Media is showing it’s true colors. These major news outlets are puppets for the ruling elites that want to manufacture our consent.

Bachman obviously is only comfortable with interviewers like Limbaugh and Hannity; people who are biased in favor of any GOP candidate. Their interviewing is truly disgraceful and is never informative. The GOP candidates respond only with talking points and resent being challenged to actually answer a question. None of them stand a chance in a debate with Barack Obama, not even Newt and especially Cain, Perry or Bachman.

Ron Paul marches on towards the White House. No media can stop us.

Who cares about Bachman, but Ron Paul’s results in the polls deserves more than 5 minutes (less than that aired). Anyone that the lying media is this afraid of is probably worth checking out.

Last week before this debate I heard Ron Paul state when he watches news he watches ABC. From now on I will as well. Thanks for posting this.

Wow, CBS is little more than bucket of puke if this is how they treat ron paul. Glad I know what you are all about.

I really wish people would: 1) layoff the name calling and insults. How about showing some respect, keeping an open mind and winning arguments by making a case for your point of view? And 2) stop calling Ron Paul a racist and a right wing extremist. Do some research about the man and you will find out how wrong that is. Paul is firmly planted in the libertarian wing of the GOP. Find out about the liberty movement. At first blush Paul’s ideas can easily be misunderstood, but this is not a man who advocates discrimination or religious/political extremism of ANY kind.

Re: the whole “whining” discussion. Personally, I would like to see the candidates in forums where they all get more time to give in-depth answers and to really explain their positions. Longer answer times show you who is capable of thoughtful analysis (as opposed to the parrots and the used car salesmen).

The left and the right both need to wake up. We have professional politicians, lobbyists, and special interests driving our nation into the ground. Our current president is one of them. Both parties are advocating statism; the only differences are the forms and the arguments as to why things should be this way. We must stop fighting culture wars; we cannot legislate morality (left or right).

Find common ground America or we’re doomed.

Shame on CBS!! They are blatantly pushing candidates on us like some fast food commercial oriented toward kids. THIS IS AMERICA’S ELECTION, yet they treat it like it’s just one of their game shows. We’re sick of having candidates pushed on us. CBS shouldn’t be in the business of promoting one candidate over the other, this fake debate was a complete waste of time.

It’s clear that CBS is giving biased attention to anyone who can mouth a “politically correct” response. And, it’s just as clear when a candidate speaks the hard truth, with wisdom rather than the typical fear-mongering, and demonstrates rational thought.

CBS’ interfererence with our country’s election process is UN-AMERICAN!! Obviously if we Americans want to decide on a candidate, we will not be able to inform ourselves by watching CBS’ biased coverage.

So what else is new. The so-called main stream media was the spokesman of Sen.Obama, without them he probably would have never been elected. Thank you for unbiased and investigated reporting, that went out the window a long time ago.

Fox News itself is cynical, but Fox News VIEWERS who worry about media having a liberal bias can now see that it has an ESTABLISHMENT BIAS.

Ron Paul’s views are truly radical, and, rather than argue against him, the Establishment Media (which is corporate ad funded — whether “mainstream” or right-wing nutland at Fox) “silence” Ron Paul.

This is “hegemonic discourse” at its finest. (Though Noam Chomksy is thought to be leftwing, his analysis of how the establishment marginalizes and silences dissent applies to Ron Paul perfectly.)

Hegemonic discourse — there is only one right way to talk and all others are silenced.

The war machine opposes Ron Paul, and ALL of our media is corporate funded and therefore corporate-controlled.

Major Garrett just did an interview on NBC bragging on the depth that was revealed unto them by all of the candidates, what total bull corn indeed. Ron Paul 2012