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joshbaumgartner · 01-02-2008, 12:56 PM

Another Ron Paul note...

I was in the car today and caught some of his interview with Ed Schultz. Ed asked him about Fox keeping Paul out of the debate, and Ron stated that there was a 99% chance that it was because Fox was unwilling to air his views, in particular, those on the war.

After essentially painting Fox as a pro-war shill, Ed followed up by questioning his view on media consolidation. Republicans have been rather mum on this one, so I was interested to hear his response, and a bit blown away.

Ron Paul stated that he was unhappy with media consolidation and the like. He blamed it however, on the fact that the public owns the airwaves leading to government interference. His solution was to privatize the airwaves themselves, allowing companies to buy up the frequencies themselves!

Ed followed up by pointing out that there was no way anyone but the rich could own them, and Ron Paul dismissed this by saying that didn't matter since they could just use the internet instead.

Wow.

01-02-2008, 12:56 PM	#119 (permalink)
joshbaumgartner Insane	Ron Paul on media consolidation Another Ron Paul note... I was in the car today and caught some of his interview with Ed Schultz. Ed asked him about Fox keeping Paul out of the debate, and Ron stated that there was a 99% chance that it was because Fox was unwilling to air his views, in particular, those on the war. After essentially painting Fox as a pro-war shill, Ed followed up by questioning his view on media consolidation. Republicans have been rather mum on this one, so I was interested to hear his response, and a bit blown away. Ron Paul stated that he was unhappy with media consolidation and the like. He blamed it however, on the fact that the public owns the airwaves leading to government interference. His solution was to privatize the airwaves themselves, allowing companies to buy up the frequencies themselves! Ed followed up by pointing out that there was no way anyone but the rich could own them, and Ron Paul dismissed this by saying that didn't matter since they could just use the internet instead. Wow.