Does Ron Paul get less media coverage than other similarly prominent candidates? In this clip from The Daily Show show, John Stewart puts forward the argument that Ron Paul is being ignored by the media, showcasing some convincing clips to that effect. Are the clips referenced in The Daily Show an accurate representation of Ron Paul's media coverage?

According to this article on Yahoo news (hardly a republican friendly news site)

> After a brief spike in interest, the mainstream media coverage of GOP candidate Ron Paul is back to nearly nothing, according to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism. This week, less than 5 percent of all campaign stories focused on Paul, the lowest point since Dec. 11.

A search of ABC's news site shows no links to actual news stories since Jan. 26 and that is only a single story. There are mentions on various blogs, though those are not really news... they aren't even journalists according to a federal court ruling. I get similar results for NBC and CBS (Google search)

So while "ignore" may be a bit strong a case could be made that they are at least indirectly marginalizing his campaign. Though, it could be that Paul is just not making the newsworthy quotes.