where's the discussion on all of this well to discuss all of this life in new york is journalist michael tracey welcome michael so why isn't the mainstream media taking the time to analyze his policies and what he has to offer. well the mainstream media frankly has never felt it necessary to afford ron paul substantive coverage it was only in the last two weeks when he ticked up so dramatically in the polls in iowa that they felt it necessary to vet him as they would any other candidate. ron paul actually has been leading the polls has been in the top tier of the national polling for a good portion of two thousand and eleven and until now when it's actually his candidacy is considered viable by these mainstream media types that they you know go through his past and sort out some of his lie that he's now ron paul he is seen as this fringe candidate as kind of an extremist i'm quite far outside of the mainstream thinking here's what gay rights activist dan savage recently said about paul. to show what he says is ron paul may not like gay people and may not want to hang out with us or use our toil

seems that some of the anger can vanish because it's not i'd like to highlight a story written by michael tracey over at salon dot com here he detailed mayor bloomberg annual holiday party that he throws for the local press this is a party where reporters from the new york times the new york post the new york daily news c.b.s. fox and other outlets were all in attendance and according to those that were there it was a very light heart of that so light hearted in fact the mayor bloomberg felt that he could make jokes about journalist arrests and the occupy movement in general there he joked about those in attendance having press credentials because don't forget when journalists were being arrested one of the city's defenses was that they weren't all properly credentialed he also gave out gag gifts to journalists and joked that those gifts are only for the one percent he even gave out a tarp is one of those gifts joking that it got it from that he got it from the sanitation department on the west side or all of the tents and tarps that were confiscated from zuccotti park must have ended up one poi