Yes many people on FR are manipulated by the mainstream (liberal) media.
However, I'm not following your logic. Are you saying that the liberal media manipulated the facts and Tom McClintock wasn't the top vote getter in California, in 2002? Or, are you saying that the mainstream (liberal) media keeps overlooking the top vote getter in California, in 2002? That would be Tom McClintock, of course.
Perhaps you mean something else.