Is the Washington Post Afraid of Something?

I learned today that the Washington Post has published an article about yesterday's Iowa Straw Poll. But they left out the candidate who got 5th place, Ron Paul... What happened? Was it a simple oversight? ... They did happen to mention the candidate who got 6th place, Tommy Thompson... Rudy Giuliani, who didn't even attend and came in 8th, was mentioned 19 times. Count them: NINE-TEEN times. What's with that? ... It's rhetorical, but we can propose theories.

Other online stories at Voice of America News and even the San Francisco Chronicle also omitted Ron Paul. The latter even mentioned Rudy Giuliani 10 times.

So... Oh, no! Is it a... dare I say it... a "conspiracy of silence?"

I've read before about a theory that the major media have already decided who our choices should be in November 2008. But please... not even reporting the whole story? I'm shocked. Just shocked that some facts would be omitted. It must be a first.

P.S. An interesting analysis of this poll can be found at The Liberty Papers.