Email Bomb: Counterattack Against FOX Debate Poll

Submitted by ACinMA on Mon, 05/09/2011 – 08:30
in Ron Paul 2012

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Fox News is once again showing its true colors as it attempts to manipulate public perceptions of the GOP race. The 5/5/11 GOP debate was followed by several instances of attempted poll manipulation. Fox released a poll shortly after the debate to which Ron Paul was the clear winner with 56.64%. After the results, Fox removed this poll and added a new poll, seemingly in an attempt to benefit their network favorite, Herman Cain. Once again, Ron Paul wins, and once again the poll is dropped for a new poll. This would occur again after Paul won the first, second, third, then fourth poll release by Fox, clearly showing Ron Paul was the winner of the debate. Yet, no mention of Paul’s win(s) after these various polls.

Screen Shots of 4 polls:

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From tribute_13 over at RPF:

ATTN! It is not news to anyone that FOX has been doing what they do best. Spinning Ron Paul’s victories into defeat. Paul has won the last three post presidential debate polls and FOX keeps taking them down and replacing them with new polls to skew the results. We need to do something about this. It won’t take but a few minutes. I’ve done all the work for you. Copy and paste the email addresses and the letter and screenshots and send this letter to the offices of FOX news and any other outlets you feel will help us in our fight against unfair and unbalanced media coverage.

Alright guys, you know what to do. It’s that time of year again where we begin our fight against the media’s attempt to subvert our efforts and smear our name and our candidate. Posted below is a list of emails and some screenshots to attach to the email. Here’s the letter:

To the Offices of Fox News,

After the coverage of the presidential debate on May 5th, we’ve monitored the polls closely in regards to our candidate of choice, Congressman Ron Paul from the 14th District of Texas. Throughout the past two days, we’ve noticed an attempt at subverting the results. After the clearly orchestrated focus group concerning Cain by Frank Luntz during Hannity’s post show coverage, Ron Paul won the poll with more than 80%. Despite the focus group members, Ron Paul still won the South Carolina straw poll after the debate, the state in which the cross section of voters was misrepresented on Hannity Thursday night.

When the post presidential debate poll was taken down in order to push Cain and reset the results, Paul still dominated the poll. After subsequent attempts to reset the polls, Paul has been and still is the leading candidate concerning who won the presidential debate on May 5th. The Ron Paul base has been monitoring this and has withheld a formal address of the activity going on at the “Fair and Balanced” offices of Fox. However, after the third poll was taken down and the fourth one was put up we question when Fox will finally give up on trying to isolate the very real and relevant wing of the republican party that wants to see a return to sensible foreign policy, a return to the moral fabric that made America the great country it is today, and a return to true fair and balanced coverage of differing opinions. We as a nation should pride ourselves on logic, merit and values, and this clear indignation against the Paul camp is contradictory to your organizations mission statement.

Our power to spread these issues among others is the main driving force behind this campaign and request that FOX address these inconsistencies with the polls and give an explanation as to why the polls are continually replaced. We request the poll results be shown and that no new polls replace the current results. All we ask is that the poll be allowed to continue and naturally yield a fair cross section of the opinions of the people.

The public watched the debate and have continually made up their mind that Paul had the strongest showing. His common sense approach to foreign policy and his experience with the U.S. economy makes him the only viable candidate, but much like the philosophy of the great Doctor, it’s not your job, nor ours, to influence or force certain ideologies on anybody. Let the polls stand and let the American people decide. Quit thinking for us.

http://dailypaul.com/164090/email-bomb-counterattack-against-fox-debate-poll