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In reply to the discussion: 10 years ago today, millions around the world joined to protest the upcoming iraq war. [View all]colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)20. Big Media Abdicated Their Responsibility
Instead of asking tough questions about Iraq they were cheerleaders, all they lacked was pom poms. Edward R Murrow was turning over in his grave. MSNBC even canceled it's highest rated show because Phil Donahue dared to question the idea of an Iraq war - replacing him with a raving fascist nut job, Michael (Weiner) Savage.
They also took great pains to not show much of the massive protests against this move - much as they did not showing the large protest crowd gathered in Washington, January 2001, as Dubya was installed as president after the Florida/Supreme Court coup.
Thinking of the men and women who have died or been maimed because of this still makes me livid, it's an unnecessary tragedy.
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10 years ago today, millions around the world joined to protest the upcoming iraq war. [View all]
niyad
Feb 2013
OP
Yep, stood on a street corner with my sweet Samoyed (passed in 2009) for a couple
sinkingfeeling
Feb 2013
#1
I was just thinking about your v day one billion rising rally. glad it was peaceful and lovely.
niyad
Feb 2013
#5
was thinking about you and libodem just before I checked this, wondering how it went.
niyad
Feb 2013
#6
I eneded up in a horrific scuffle with NYPD and their horses immediately following this event...
Earth_First
Feb 2013
#7
glad that you were not injured. I was thinking about what the horses must have been going
niyad
Feb 2013
#11
you were in the springs? or one of the other protests? I do not recall hearing anything about
niyad
Feb 2013
#44
+1000000 to everything you said! The media still needs to be held accountable
Fight2Win
Feb 2013
#26
Good for you (I mean that) but I wonder what they took away from the experience years later.
randome
Feb 2013
#25
I remember someone saying recently that colin powell could only go by the "intelligence" he was
niyad
Feb 2013
#42
because the powers that be had too much to gain from their long-planned wars. we were simply
niyad
Feb 2013
#43
Me, too. 4 hours with my sign, screaming. I made it to the street that could see the stage, did you?
lindysalsagal
Feb 2013
#53
to be part of this world-wide effort was truly amazing. if only that had been the last time we
niyad
Feb 2013
#54
indeed it does sound familiar. I have been called many names over the years for my activism,
niyad
Feb 2013
#40
fortunately, it was not terribly cold here--was reminded about the blizzard in the eastern part of
niyad
Feb 2013
#52
only when the icc can get some of these criminals rounded up. this country certainly is not
niyad
Feb 2013
#55