A Ron Paul K.C. {Missouri} volunteer campaign website has posted information stating that the Federal Communications Commission told Iowa media outlets not to cover the recent Ron Paul rally which was held in Des Moines, Iowa.

According to one post on the Ron Paul KC Volunteers website made by a user whose screen name is "the mom":

"Jim Guest (the Missouri State Congressman who gave an introductory speech for Ron Paul at the event) was asked (beforehand) to look into why the local media wasn’t covering the event, his contacts (at the stations?) reported back that the FCC had contacted the stations and told them in no uncertain terms not to give coverage to Ron Paul’s event. This isn’t some wild conspiracy that was on the rumor mill at the event. I was standing right next to Congressman Jim Guest while he was explaining this to someone who had asked him why the major media wasn’t here covering Ron Paul."

According to the Ron Paul 2008.com website:

"Congressman Ron Paul was excluded from the Presidential Candidates Forum sponsored by Iowans for Tax Relief and Iowa Christian Alliance "

In an article written by James Buchanan dated 07/01/2007 and posted at DavidDuke.Com, despite being excluded from the debate in Iowa, Congressman Paul's rally had twice as many attendees than were at the Presidential forum he was excluded from. Buchanan writes that:

"According to one blog, Ron Paul spoke before a packed house with easily double the audience of the “official” Republican forum in Iowa, which had excluded Dr. Paul. A recent news article reports “Outsider Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul headlined a raucous campaign rally Saturday after a multi-candidate GOP forum in Des Moines to which the Texas congressman was not invited. An audience of more than 600 GOP activists turned out for the Paul event, held in Hy-Vee Hall next door to where six candidates addressed a subdued crowd of much the same size earlier. ‘Today we want to celebrate and we want to be very positive,’ Paul said. ‘We’re here to talk about life and liberty, and quite frankly they are inseparable.’ Paul has built a loyal following of people attracted to the politician’s libertarian stance on constitutional rights and opposition to the war in Iraq. But organizers for the forum, held by Iowans for Tax Relief and the Iowa Christian Alliance, left Paul out of their lineup, citing his lack of campaign organization in Iowa. "

A press release dated 07/01/07 from the Ron Paul campaign puts the number of supporters attending Congressman Paul's rally significantly higher stating that there were 1000 attendees. The press release also stated that:

" Dr. Paul was the only GOP candidate excluded from the forum, so his campaign organized an event of its own.  Despite being planned in less than a week, Dr. Paul's event singlehandedly outdrew the other forum and its six participating candidates by several hundred attendees.

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