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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Ron Paul scores success in media assault



Ron Paul speaks during the Iowa Republican Party's straw poll on Aug. 13 in Ames, Iowa. | AP Photo
Ron Paul’s campaign has made a powerful tool out of the meme of the media’s disregard. | AP Photo Close

In the campaign to get more attention for his campaign, Ron Paul has scored a win.
The Texas congressman and his legions of vocal supporters turned what they deemed insufficient coverage of his close-second finish at Ames straw poll into a story with legs — and now a whole new set of stories. With a new Gallup poll out this week showing him in third place in the nomination race, Paul is scheduled to appear on “Fox News Sunday” this weekend, and a four-page Time magazine feature on his campaign’s momentum will hit newsstands tomorrow.