In case you haven't heard, Ron Paul has won the presidential straw poll at CPAC for the second year in a row. This has invited the usual calls of "He can't win," and "Straw polls mean nothing," that came last year when he beat out candidates Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee.
Despite the conventional "wisdom" that Ron Paul can't win a presidential election, his consecutive CPAC victory has gotten him a lot of airtime on the various news networks. Yesterday, Ron appeared on Fox News, as he did last year post-victory. Before the interview began Fox News showed video from CPAC, announcing the winner of the straw poll, and it struck me as odd how many boos there were in the background. I had watched the live version of the announcement, and it seemed to me that there were more cheers. I shrugged off my apprehension and simply watched the rest of the interview. Today, however, while looking through various Ron Paul-related news articles, I came across one that was truly unsettling.
Apparently, Fox News used last year's CPAC footage instead of this year's during their introduction to Ron's interview. The difference between the two is that last year the Ron Paul supporters were late getting to the results ceremony because Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty Group meeting ran long. This forced them to have to wait in an overflow room, separate from the main chamber where the results of the poll were announced, and so the main chamber was filled predominately with supporters of Mitt Romney and other candidates. So, naturally, there were a lot of boos when none of these candidates were announced as the winner.
It was easy for Fox News to switch the footage; the same man announced the same results in front of an identical backdrop. I don't see how this could've been done accidentally, it seems to me that this is a blatant attempt by Fox News to marginalize Ron Paul by giving the illusion that his victory was unpopular.
See it for yourself:
Congressman Paul on Fox News
Actual footage of CPAC victory (skip to 8:45 to see reaction)
News story that confirmed my suspicions
Video outlining deceit
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