The history-making event in Congress yesterday was merely a minor blip in

[BrklynLiberal]

almost all of the media. This is why I was so disappointed in the performance of almost all of the Democrats. This reaction was predictable. If they had ALL stood up, and together, it might have made headlines.
Most Americans will be no more aware of what happened yesterday than they were of what happened on Jan 6,2000! If it had not been for Michael Moore,would YOU have known about what happened then??
The only article the NYTimes had was on page A19, with no mention of the historical importance of this.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/07/politics/07elect.html?oref=login

I am sure most of the other MSM will give it even less coverage than that...or give it the negative coverage that was exemplified by the words of people like Tom Delay and his ilk.
KKKarl Rove and the Repukes accomplished exactly what they had in mind. The headlines were all about Gonzales...and his lies.

[Wickerman]

1. I'm afraid Ms. Beasley recieved more attention

Ms. Beazley? I've seen it spelled several ways.

[Cocoa]

2. there's no excuse for it

this was, like you said, historic. The media should have taken the opportunity to let everyone know what was happening and to educate the public on the law and the history.

[AG78]

3. The media will find

any court case, ANY court case, to talk about. They'd go to Antarctica for a penguin trial about stealing fish if they could.

I know the Yates trial was overturned, but that's all I know. I don't know why, who did it, how they did, nor do I care. That's the least crazy thing happening at the moment.