Santorum Attacks National Media

Rick Santorum launched a fierce attack on the national media during an event in Phoenix Tuesday, accusing it of "tearing down" the field of Republican presidential hopefuls.

"Will you be the generation that sat on the sidelines and watched as candidate after candidate comes up and the national media takes their axe out to try to destroy them in every way possible as they've done with every single Republican candidate, and as they will between now and the election?" Santorum asked during a campaign stop.

He then challenged the crowd, "Will you sit on the sidelines and say, 'Boy that's not fair,' or will you stand up and fight back for freedom?"

According to an average of the latest polls, Santorum is ahead in Arizona, with the state's winner-take-all primary now just a week away.

But with 29 delegates up for grabs, the former Pennsylvania senator is still trying to shore up support there by claiming he will be the strongest fighter for the values most important to Arizonans.

"I'm not a manager. I'm not a visionary," he said. "I'm a guy from a steel town who grew up understanding what made this country great ... I've been involved in public life, put my heart and my effort on the line to make this country the kind of country that we all want to hand on to our children and grandchildren." Read more:FOXNews