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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow the media covers a Teapublican rally:
http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/how-the-media-covers-a-teapublican-rally/"Yesterday, we talked about how liberal demonstrations are ignored by the media, even if tens of thousands are present and protesting. Here is a picture of one small part of that crowd, which was NOT covered on major US news outlets:
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Now we bring you a few photos of Right-Wingnut events that WERE covered by that same media. See if you can spot the difference:
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Yep, if you are a Teabagger, Birtherbot, Right Wingnut or a Republican of any sort, then the media will show up and cover your rally, never mind how small or ridiculous it is. But if you are anybody else, sorry, but Bubbas having gotten a blowjob back in the 90?s or a celebrity sighting is far more newsworthy than you are.
Since the right-wingnuts and Teapubs own the media, this may not be surprising. But it remains infuriating."
MindMover
(5,016 posts)riqster
(13,986 posts)But hey, we do what we can.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)riqster
(13,986 posts)Thanks, Scoob, that is hugely useful for my eeee-vil plans.
malthaussen
(17,234 posts)And therefore unAmerican.
-- Mal
riqster
(13,986 posts)A huge liberal bias.
malthaussen
(17,234 posts)riqster
(13,986 posts)WovenGems
(776 posts)Clowns masquerading as normal folks sells better than normal folks do. The bias one sees is about money and not about which side they agree with.
riqster
(13,986 posts)But money also drives agendas, and agendas drive content selection.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)And even hitting them about it on Twitter results in zero response.
How do we fight something like this?
riqster
(13,986 posts)All of us. My little tiny blog gets a measly 70-500 reads a day, apart from DU. But that times all of us here would be a massive amount of Information bypassing the tacit censorship of the MSM.
There is strength in numbers. We need to use our numbers.
louslobbs
(3,238 posts)organizations that are supposed do investigative reporting........everything I find out, I find out by researching for myself via the internet. I no longer trust any of the big corporate reality TV "news" shows.
Lou
riqster
(13,986 posts)A whole shitload of Americans DO get their news from such sources.
And they vote.
louslobbs
(3,238 posts)Lou
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Pretty simple.