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There are a handful of powerful media conglomerates that control the media these days. Ron Paul says some good things, but he also says some off the wall libertarian things that aren't acceptable to the establishment. In that sense , he is like his opposite, that Kucinich fellow. Both are marginalized by the media. It was all Paul could do to get Fox to include him in their debate.
Obama also has some of that same idealist appeal. We'll see where that takes him in the big primaries coming up.