This is a pretty interesting post that’s zipping along our series of tubes.

In a respectful but pointed open letter, a writer calling himself adam1mc (whom I can only assume is a republican) went after FOX for their outrageous treatment of Ron Paul during the recent New Hampshire republican debate. What's fascinating is how you can practically feel a republican losing faith in FOX and realizing what a biased propaganda channel they really are as he watched their supposedly unbiased "moderators" and "journalists" (like Hannity!) lie and trash a fellow republican simply because he wants to end the Iraq war. I guess adam1mc needed to see FOX treat a republican like they treat democrats before he realized how wrong and dangerous FOX’s coverage really is.

Last night during the debate Fox News and Sean Hannity displayed an extreme amount of discourtesy and disrespect to not only the Republican Presidential candidates but also the American people.

There was a very clear bias towards several individuals on stage. Sen. Brownback and Congressman Ron Paul received very little air time in comparison to the other candidates on stage. Rudy Giuliani was allowed much more talk time as well as additional talk time after the bell than any other candidate on stage.
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When the moderator would get around to asking Dr. Paul a question it was a unique one-sided question engineered to make Dr. Paul look foolish. Furthermore, when the moderator would ask a question of Dr. Paul it seemed as though Rudy Giuliani’s microphone was turned up so he could be heard snickering at the question. What type of Presidential candidate is that inconsiderate as to laugh at questions directed towards another candidate?

I guess adam1mc doesn’t know what a lot of us progressives already know: Roger Ailes, the president of FOX Nuts, and Giuliani are BFFs!

But there’s much more. Paul easily won FOX’s text message viewer poll with more votes than the next two candidates combined. Adam1mc addresses how FOX covered this:

When the results for the cell phone text messaging poll were announced live on the air, Hannity could be heard screaming out “Oh you’ve got to be kidding me, this is driving me crazy” then, he resorted to the claim that Ron Paul supporters were calling multiple times. What type of journalism is this? I don’t appreciate this host criticizing a very American belief that we are fighting an endless, pointless war and we need to come home. Apparently over 33% of the viewers from last night felt the same way. Why is this so hard to believe and/or understand? Furthermore, the phone system wouldn’t allow multiple votes from the same telephone number. Hannity’s claim of multiple callers was a lie and he should make a public apology for disrespecting 1/3 of last night’s viewers.

There’s plenty more, including adam1mc calling Giuliani “an individual with poor family values, strange personal dressing habits, dead-beat dad attitude and poor leadership qualities”, but you should really read the whole thing for yourself. The post includes several YouTube clips highlighting FOX’s attempt to ridicule and attack Paul. I have a lot more to say about all this, but I’ll end this post with more of adam1mc’s words:

The attempt by this organization [FOX] and individuals to sway the election in their favor is unethical and should be construed as nothing less than attempted voter manipulation. Fox News appears on tens of millions of homes across the nation and they should not be allowed to continue this very ‘unfair and unbalanced’ manipulation of the United States Presidential election.