http://towneforcongress.com/economy/press-release-towne-announces-support-of-ron-pauls-hr-4248-1/ Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:15:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://towneforcongress.com/economy/press-release-towne-announces-support-of-ron-pauls-hr-4248-1/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Scott Brown, Just Another Republocrat | TowneForCongress.com | Jake Towne for US Congress, PA-15 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:49:56 +0000 http://towneforcongress.com/economy/press-release-towne-announces-support-of-ron-pauls-hr-4248-1#comment-392 [...] Mainstream media still plays an important role in deciding races, even if their focus is rarely political issues at stake. The media, instead of INVESTIGATING or REPORTING the news, CONTROLS the news. I did not understand this for myself until I moved to China, where at least there every single citizen recognizes their media is not only controlled, but deliberately censured.  For instance, Coakley was widely berated for not knowing which baseball team a prominent player pitched for, while Brown’s nude centerfold shoot for Cosmopolitan was not widely discussed. Meanwhile, Kennedy’s website was by far the most detailed on the issues. I commented on the media’s effect on my race in my latest press release. [...] [...] Mainstream media still plays an important role in deciding races, even if their focus is rarely political issues at stake. The media, instead of INVESTIGATING or REPORTING the news, CONTROLS the news. I did not understand this for myself until I moved to China, where at least there every single citizen recognizes their media is not only controlled, but deliberately censured.  For instance, Coakley was widely berated for not knowing which baseball team a prominent player pitched for, while Brown’s nude centerfold shoot for Cosmopolitan was not widely discussed. Meanwhile, Kennedy’s website was by far the most detailed on the issues. I commented on the media’s effect on my race in my latest press release. [...]

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