"Blank" the Media

[maxrandb]

Watched ABC News tonight...not a damn word about 15,000-30,000 Americans marching in the streets in Wisconsin, BUT, I recall that last year, a couple of knuckledragging Teabaggers behaving like ass-hats at a Town Hall was 24/7 News!

This country is hosed!

[Botany]

1. I tried to channel surf between CBS, NBC, & ABC and I only saw 20 seconds ...

..... on CBS about Wisconsin.

BTW ABC = Disney = ESPN = right wing propaganda sometimes.

People Power is a threat to the rich so you gotta kill the message by not covering it.

[Shagbark Hickory]

5. Yup. Abc news is very slanted.

[nevergiveup]

2. The media is totally in the tank for the Republicans.

It is becoming a huge problem for Democrats and progressives.

[livingonearth]

3. Doesn't it piss you off? And they say it's a liberal media. Yeah right.

I called a local radio show today that was talking down worker's rights. I told the ass hat that his "workers have no rights" attitude was the perfect argument for having unions. He had to go to a commercial of course, but his debating skills were shown to be lacking.
Get on the air. Let people see they don't have all the answers. Even Limbaugh chokes when confronted with logic. Go to the station and ask for an interview if you have to. This is serious.

[quinnox]

4. Full GOP spin mode from mainstream media has been in effect for a year at least

Don't know what is going on, but its been a full on Right wing propaganda press for the past year from all forms of media.

[socialist_n_TN]

6. If you want media attention, you're going ot have to ..........

DEMAND it. That means getting arrested in civil disobedience AT THE STATIONS AND CORPORATE OFFICES.

I'd start with the Corp HQ of Faux Noise. Make sure you let their COMPETITORS know about it too. THAT will get you media exposure.

[AndyTiedye]

8. Even That Wouldn't Work

You'd get arrested all right, but still no media coverage.

[socialist_n_TN]

9. Don't you think that CNN, et. al. would cover a mass...........

rowdy demonstration at one of their competitors? I do. 500 or a thousand people chaining themselves to the front doors of Faux Noise with signs saying "Solidarity with the WI workers!" Another few thousand yelling insults? Yeah, you'd get the press, ESPECIALLY if you CONTINUED to do it day after day.

This is going to have to be a LONG term strategy and struggle.

[AndyTiedye]

7. What Protest?

If it's not on the Tee Vee, most people will never know it happened.

[butterfly77]

10. Their lead story...

the fattest and unhealthiest Americans are in the south..http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/obesity-crisis-threatens-health-care-system-americans-exercise-food-advice-tips-health-12935370