Again, I would be stunned if the mainstream media began providing factually accurate assessments of Ron Paul’s campaign. As Noam Chomsky has stated so frequently, the media’s job is not to foster debate or questions, but to sell the political establishment’s agenda to the public. The establishment — not the “electorate” — will tell us which of the candidates from each party suits its purposes and interests.  It will also articulate the “issues” for us (e.g., “Should Willie Horton have been paroled?”, and “the importance of the pledge of allegiance”). Ron wants to address such matters as the war system, the Federal Reserve, and other symptoms of a draconian state. Any GOP candidate who wants to elevate the campaign to a  debate over who should be the next “American Idol,” or which college football team should play for the national championship, will be eagerly embraced — and interviewed — by all of the mainstream twits. But Ron Paul? Did Pravda ever provide reviews of Atlas Shrugged?

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