Reply #17: Media dilution

[charlie]

I wouldn't have imagined that it would be possible to hide up to a half million people from the broad public, but it seems to happen regularly nowadays.

During Vietnam there were 3 networks and if you wanted televised news, you had to tune in early or late evening for a half-hour broadcast. A segment on any network would reach 10-60% of the viewing public. Nobody commands that kind of audience anymore. Same with general interest print -- coverage in Life or Time would reach most homes. No more. Couple that with the ideological bent of most MSM, and marchers would have to set themselves on fire to enjoy the sort of coverage Vietnam-era protesters had.