G4's "Attack of the Ron Paul"

G4 television attacks Ron Paul, alienates viewer base.

Kevin Pereira, co-host of G4's popular "Attack of the Show", was caught this week displaying blatant ignorance in a failed on-air joke. After showing a clip of Giuliani in the Fox Republican Debate where the moderator called Giuliani out for "being the only one on this stage that is against the war in Iraq" (implying that he is the only anti-war Republican candidate, which is untrue since Ron Paul is also anti-war), Pereira tries eliciting humor by saying that it is contradictory for Ron Paul to be running for president "since he is anti-government."

It is obvious that Pereira missed out on a few United States history lessons, and knows nothing about Paul's campaign. As G4's viewers know, Ron Paul is not "anti-government." He advocates returning to the vision our forefathers had for the federal government, which is a small federal government with most of the power left to the individual states. Ron Paul does not support disbanding the federal government, just shrinking its power, which is all important after the many executive orders and bills of dubious legality that President Bush signed while he was in office. A president has the power to control the size of the federal government, so it makes plenty of sense for Paul to be running for president.

It is also obvious that Pereira is out of touch about his target audience. G4 is a gamers television network with a target audience of males ages 13-35 who are informed, or want to be informed, about technology. This demographic happens to also be the same people who visit TechCrunch. According to the TechCrunch primaries, 70% of the Republicans in this demographic will vote for Ron Paul.

I suggest that Pereira study up before going on the air again.