Ron Paul gets screwed by MSNBC

[Big_Rob]

I got this from Myspace. This is pretty messed up and once again shows what I say about EVERY poll. Polls can be manipulated to say whatever you want them to and this just shows it.

Obama didnt earn the votes but was given the votes as handout on the back of someone else. I guess thats just the way liberalism works.


Please repost this on all the various Ron Paul forums, Meet-up group forums, libertarian forums, 9/11 truth forums, etc:

MSNBC's show Hardball put out a contest for the upcoming Presidential election. They had viewers make promotional videos for each candidate & a poll for people to vote on which video they liked the best. The one that got the most votes was to be aired on Hardball, a major cable television show during primetime hours to millions of viewers which is extremely valuable free advertising. The videos that were made for Ron Paul had gotten the most votes and were ranked number one & number two, the number one having over 3000 votes. Earlier today, either due to a glitch or an intended conspiracy on MSNBC's part, all of Ron Paul votes have been transfered to other candidates & Barack Obama's video has his 3000+ votes. If you had voted for Ron Paul's winning video prior to today your vote is now recorded as being for Obama.

The best way to handle this situation is to both contact MSNBC & notify them of their either accidental or deliberate mistake & demand that the 3000+ votes for Ron Paul's video be returned to him, as well as to vote once again for both Ron Paul's videos, & to get the word out to everyone you know who is a Ron Paul supporter to do both as well & spread the word on to others that they know. We don't have much time as I've heard that the contest is ending in a day, & Paul is now down by over 2500 votes even though they were all casted for him. Contacting MSNBC is necessary because it will at the least potentially have the effect of preventing them from stealing Paul's votes again if this has been a deliberate effort of cheating by those in the mainstream media who do not want Ron Paul to be successful, and at best it will have the effect of forcing MSNBC to correct this & return the votes to Ron Paul. But we should also not give up on the poll just because this has happened, & with the combined effort of contacting & complaining to MSNBC as a safeguard we should all vote for both Ron's videos again & spread the word to do so. With a huge effort we can potentially take back this contest & get the Ron Paul promotional video played on mainstream primetime television.

Here is the link to the poll: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19858606

And these are the contacts for MSNBC & Hardball. For your message to be most effective be assertive but not overly profane:

GeneralComments@feedback.msnbc.com, hardball@msnbc.com, nina.bradley@msnbc.com, mark.effron@msnbc.com, ramon.escobar@msnbc.com, phil.griffin@msnbc.com, val.nicholas@msnbc.com, marc.rosenwasser@nbc.com, alana.russo@msnbc.com, erik.sorenson@msnbc.com, mel.weidner@msnbc.com, cynthia.antoniak@msnbc.com, tom.busby@nbc.com, stefanie.cargill@msnbc.com, robert.dembo@msnbc.com, alison.hawley@msnbc.com, stephanie.himango@msnbc.com, steve.hyvonen@msnbc.com, nick.kovijanic@msnbc.com, sandra.lilley@msnbc.com, alla.lora@msnbc.com, steve.majors@msnbc.com, danny.noa@msnbc.com, michael.rubin@msnbc.com, richard.stockwell@msnbc.com, susan.sullivan@msnbc.com, mike.tanaka@msnbc.com, robin.touval@msnbc.com, essa.yip@msnbc.com, viewerservices@msnbc.com, countdown@msnbc.com, hardball@msnbc.com, Tucker@msnbc.com, themost@msnbc.com, joe@msnbc.com, MTP@NBC.com, Dateline@NBC.com, Nightly@NBC.com, WT@nbc.com, Today@NBC.com, letters@msnbc.com, business@MSNBC.com, Erik.Sorenson@MSNBC.com, viewerservices@msnbc.com, countdown@msnbc.com, hardball@msnbc.com, Tucker@msnbc.com, themost@msnbc.com, joe@msnbc.com, MTP@NBC.com, Dateline@NBC.com, Nightly@NBC.com, WT@nbc.com, Today@NBC.com, letters@msnbc.com, business@MSNBC.com

Here are some more contacts for MSNBC, there may be some duplicates in here but these include phonelines:

MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC Programming Executive Producer Marc Rosenwasser (212) 664-3880 (201) 583-5512 marc.rosenwasser@nbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC Media Relations Contact Alana Russo (201) 583-5013 (201) 583-5453 alana.russo@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC President Neal Shapiro (212) 664-4444 (201) 583-5453 neal.shapiro@nbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC Media Relations Director Paulette Song (201) 583-5010 (201) 583-5453 paulette.song@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC President Erik Sorenson (201) 583-5050 (201) 583-5453 erik.sorenson@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC Advertising Sales Senior Vice President Susan Epstein Sosnay (201) 583-5000 (201) 583-5453 susan.sosnay@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC Operations Director Mel Weidner (201) 583-5000 (201) 583-5453 mel.weidner@msnbc.com

NEWS CONTENT EDITORS
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC Foreign News Senior Editor Michele Acevedo (201) 583-5777 (201) 583-5512 michele.acevedo@nbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC Booking Unit Producer Cyndi Antoniak (201) 583-5451 (201) 583-5692 cynthia.antoniak@msnbc.com
MSNBC Live Senior Producer Chris Ariens (201) 583-5000 (201) 583-5512 chris.ariens@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC Foreign News Senior Editor Tom Busby (201) 583-5777 (201) 583-5512 tom.busby@nbc.com
MSNBC Live Senior Producer Stefanie Cargill (201) 583-5000 (201) 583-5512 stefanie.cargill@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC News Commentator Jeff Cohen (201) 583-5155 (201) 583-5512 jeff.cohen@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC National News Director Robert Dembo (201) 583-5222 (201) 583-5453 robert.dembo@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC News Senior Director Alison Hawley (201) 583-5155 (201) 583-5453 alison.hawley@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC Foreign News Senior Editor Stephanie Himango (201) 583-5777 (201) 583-5453 stephanie.himango@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC News Senior Producer Steve Hyvonen (201) 583-5155 (201) 583-5453 steve.hyvonen@msnbc.com
MSNBC Live Senior Producer Nick Kovijanic (201) 583-5000 (201) 583-5512 nick.kovijanic@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC News Senior Producer Dave Levine (201) 583-5707 (201) 583-5453 dave.levine@nbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC News Senior Producer Sandra Lilley (201) 583-5155 (201) 583-5453 sandra.lilley@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC Booking Unit Senior Producer Alla Lora (201) 583-4030 (201) 583-5692 alla.lora@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC News Assignment Planning Editor Tracey Lyons (201) 583-5222 (201) 583-5512 tracey.lyons@nbc.com
MSNBC Live Senior Producer Steve Majors (201) 583-5000 (201) 583-5512 steve.majors@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC News Editor In Chief Jerry Nachman (201) 583-5155 (201) 583-5453 jerry.nachman@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC Foreign News Director Danny Noa (201) 583-5777 (201) 583-5453 danny.noa@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC Political Analyst Lawrence O'Donnell (201) 583-5000 (201) 583-5453 lawrence.o'donnell@msnbc.com
MSNBC Investigates Executive Producer Michael Rubin (201) 583-5000 (201) 583-5512 michael.rubin@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC Political Analyst Jay Severin (201) 583-5000 (201) 583-5453 jay.severin@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC News Senior Producer Richard Stockwell (201) 583-5155 (201) 583-5453 richard.stockwell@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC News Senior Producer Susan Sullivan (201) 583-5155 (201) 583-5453 susan.sullivan@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC News Senior Producer Mike Tanaka (201) 583-5155 (201) 583-5453 mike.tanaka@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC Booking Unit Producer Robin Touval (201) 583-5151 (201) 583-5692 robin.touval@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC Deputy Bureau Chief Wendy Wilkinson (202) 885-4678 (202) 362-2009 wendy.wilkinson@msnbc.com
MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC News Senior Producer Essa Yip (201) 583-5155 (201) 583-5453 essa.yip@msnbc.com

[learn2swim]

The corporate take over of America.

[RealityCheck]

Do we have a screen shot of the origional votes? I don't really want to contact msnbc over some anonymous myspace claim.

[Satyr]

Originally Posted by RealityCheck

Do we have a screen shot of the origional votes? I don't really want to contact msnbc over some anonymous myspace claim.

You have to actually watch the video to see the number of votes. Can't really get a screen shot of it unless you do them one at a time.

[bulloncoins]

Originally Posted by RealityCheck

Do we have a screen shot of the origional votes? I don't really want to contact msnbc over some anonymous myspace claim.

This just posted on RonPaulforums.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNp1gPZ77I4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNp1gPZ77I4

[GoldWampum]

This should make for some interesting discussion if it is not buried.

[RealityCheck]

I was about to do some emailing when I checked the msnbc website and it seems to be corrected! :bull-buddy-icon:

The top two are now both ron paul videos.

[skirnir]

What else would one expect from the propaganda arm of General Electric? About as 'fair and balanced' as Faux News.

Screw this, I'll be watching Al-Jazeera :D

[RealityCheck]

Wait a second, why are we even voting if they have a panel of judges who decide?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19862336/

"Hardball's campaign ad challenge is looking the most creative entries about your favorite presidential candidate or the candidate you like the least.

Our panel of all-stars will name the winner in August. "

[learn2swim]

I think they fixed it.

[Big_Rob]

Originally Posted by learn2swim

I think they fixed it.

They did. Im going to assume that they only fixed it after receiving a deluge of angry emails and calls from pissed off Ron Paul supporters

[Big_Rob]

Originally Posted by Sukhoi_fan

MSNBC: "See, our hand wasn't really in the cookie jar after all. An honest mistake. Seriously."

lol!!! I think with voters becoming more internetand technology saavy, its going to be very hard for the MSM to pull little bullshit stunts like this.