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Hence, U.S. democracy is dead. elleng Feb 2014 #1
"Only mostly dead" riqster Feb 2014 #2
US democracy is not even close to dead demwing Feb 2014 #63
Without an informed electorate elleng Feb 2014 #65
Yes, but that does not mean we are dead YET. riqster Feb 2014 #80
Just think..if even ONE protestor had worn a Tea bag hat dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #98
The Moral March got a great deal of coverage online demwing Feb 2014 #122
You might be on to something there.... nt Lucky Luciano Feb 2014 #131
Information and education are anathema to Republicans. raven mad Feb 2014 #159
Exactly elleng Feb 2014 #191
"Democracy's not dead, it just smells that way." Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #161
That is why groups like Code Pink are so important Bandit Feb 2014 #3
I am not sure that even such tactics are enough. riqster Feb 2014 #6
950 people being arrested for civil disobedience marions ghost Feb 2014 #11
Kick n/t Dalai_1 Feb 2014 #32
in denial? reddread Feb 2014 #27
thank you marions ghost Feb 2014 #33
you are not welcome! reddread Feb 2014 #41
^^^"Lockdown"^^^ Uuuuu got it... Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #162
and ill raise you cable providers and telecoms reddread Feb 2014 #168
"First they just undercount your numbers, then they ignore, you whats next?" BelgianMadCow Feb 2014 #177
you go after their money reddread Feb 2014 #180
Um, no. jeff47 Feb 2014 #34
no way! reddread Feb 2014 #43
Well, if your goal was to minimize the entire event, they were great. jeff47 Feb 2014 #50
pinning the blame for the results on them? ridiculous reddread Feb 2014 #56
They are to be congratulated for undoing the efforts of tens of thousands. jeff47 Feb 2014 #57
tens of thousands? what tens of thousands are you talking about reddread Feb 2014 #59
They made the story about themselves. jeff47 Feb 2014 #77
They were not responsible for being used as distractions by the media. riqster Feb 2014 #74
They knew that being outrageous would get themselves on TV. jeff47 Feb 2014 #78
You do not know, and nobody knows, what would have happened had acted differently. riqster Feb 2014 #81
Yes, actually I do know. jeff47 Feb 2014 #169
Science is calling you reddread Feb 2014 #179
I agree with that hfojvt Feb 2014 #184
old school father founding Feb 2014 #213
So how would you recommend that protests get the attention of the media? nm rhett o rick Feb 2014 #88
Put a hundred thousand outside MSM's door. nt Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #163
I am not sure where exactly that would be but they would still ignore it. nm rhett o rick Feb 2014 #178
Maybe so. But it places MSM on notice their legitimacy is less than mass. Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #186
Respectfully, putting the corporate-media on notice is like putting Exxon on notice. rhett o rick Feb 2014 #196
I'm willing to try. Their profit margins are like the old gray mare. Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #197
I would agree that there has to be a focused issue related march and .... MindMover Feb 2014 #54
Corporate Media (R) sold out a long time ago Berlum Feb 2014 #4
Oh, agreed. riqster Feb 2014 #5
Remember this ditty? ReRe Feb 2014 #28
"Spanish Pipedream" IIRC riqster Feb 2014 #35
Thanks for the great earworm. bvar22 Feb 2014 #51
Why, you're welcome! ReRe Feb 2014 #55
Not Georgia, though there are some good deals on rural property there. bvar22 Feb 2014 #68
You will not believe this... ReRe Feb 2014 #70
I had it too. And an early printing of Be Here Now. riqster Feb 2014 #102
Booooo :-( ReRe Feb 2014 #111
And a copy of Bored of the Rings. riqster Feb 2014 #119
Hubby read... ReRe Feb 2014 #139
Oh the trilogy was and is excellent. riqster Feb 2014 #140
I'm with you. That one post is worth a star. Enjoy. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #37
Fewer and fewer are 'watching' the news. randome Feb 2014 #7
But....... colsohlibgal Feb 2014 #8
Sad but true. riqster Feb 2014 #12
I know and it is so fecking frustrating... arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #9
it's completely unacceptable G_j Feb 2014 #10
All I can see to do is for all of us to bear witness. riqster Feb 2014 #14
yes, for sure G_j Feb 2014 #15
I counted in that picture- it's 1743 people snooper2 Feb 2014 #13
That was a small amount of the total who marched. They've been marching for months, and did so okaawhatever Feb 2014 #19
So you think that was the sum total of people Lex Feb 2014 #123
um, sure, LOL snooper2 Feb 2014 #124
We have 316 million freakin' neighbors in this country. That we know of. This could just... jtuck004 Feb 2014 #16
If all Californians traveled to North Carolina to attend one march, I think the earth might JDPriestly Feb 2014 #38
We all have different standards. 100K is just a little larger than the crowd at the Super Bowl. jtuck004 Feb 2014 #72
Ever Heard of PussyRiot? Scott6113 Feb 2014 #17
should national media cover something in NC? hfojvt Feb 2014 #18
80 to 100,000 people from 32 states? G_j Feb 2014 #21
+1 a shit load...........nt Enthusiast Feb 2014 #66
Back in the sixties national media reported large protests that were local. Cleita Feb 2014 #22
This is why: marions ghost Feb 2014 #24
Rev. Barber is so right. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #48
OK... marions ghost Feb 2014 #76
It's a nightmare, mountains of money G_j Feb 2014 #85
Right it's disheartening and disrespectful but marions ghost Feb 2014 #93
This: riqster Feb 2014 #96
NO choice marions ghost Feb 2014 #143
One of my favorite Edward Abbey lines: riqster Feb 2014 #149
California, Massachusetts, Vermont and a few other states are in the lead when it comes to JDPriestly Feb 2014 #113
South-blaming is way off base these days... marions ghost Feb 2014 #145
makes me sick to read that SD is a lock hfojvt Feb 2014 #132
Too close for comfort marions ghost Feb 2014 #146
Two relevant points: volume and relevance. riqster Feb 2014 #26
For the same reason that King and Ghandi were successful... Demo_Chris Feb 2014 #120
There is something else for politicos to fear. riqster Feb 2014 #136
ALEC. Coming to a state near you. (nt) paleotn Feb 2014 #106
one answer: UncleMuscles Feb 2014 #144
Thom Hartmann just reported this on his radio program Cleita Feb 2014 #20
Rachel should... marions ghost Feb 2014 #25
Coverage on MSNBC JeaneRaye Feb 2014 #147
Lawrence O'Donnell did an excellent segment: marions ghost Feb 2014 #148
NC Moral Protests liberal from boston Feb 2014 #158
Rethugs are in trouble in NC marions ghost Feb 2014 #160
Well DUH... ConservativeDemocrat Feb 2014 #23
Seriously? marions ghost Feb 2014 #29
Seriously... ConservativeDemocrat Feb 2014 #125
Don't know where y'are but in NC-- marions ghost Feb 2014 #152
I'm in rural Oregon ConservativeDemocrat Feb 2014 #157
The Moral March marions ghost Feb 2014 #165
did MLK go door to door? Duppers Feb 2014 #199
MLK was on the mountaintop... marions ghost Feb 2014 #200
zactly! Duppers Feb 2014 #201
We agree marions ghost Feb 2014 #204
And to you! Duppers Feb 2014 #214
This message was self-deleted by its author Duppers Feb 2014 #201
I'd say traveling hundreds of miles, giving up a day off, riqster Feb 2014 #36
So you are against/don't believe in protesting, keep racking up those points CD! Rex Feb 2014 #44
You are wrong again. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #69
My! ConservativeDemocrat Feb 2014 #129
Thank you for acknowledging my airtight reasoning. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #134
"Conspiracy theories"? Like voter suppression, fracking... WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2014 #121
Nice strawman arguments you set up there... ConservativeDemocrat Feb 2014 #130
"nutcase whiners on this board" WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2014 #150
Wow, trolling with impunity! whatchamacallit Feb 2014 #176
Just remember, when you're with most Democrats, YOU'RE the troll... ConservativeDemocrat Feb 2014 #195
Any dissatisfaction with the president's policies = "hate" whatchamacallit Feb 2014 #198
P.S. Put your money where your mouth is... WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2014 #206
And of course detach from corporate investments. The single, most effective thing you can do. raouldukelives Feb 2014 #128
Don't Need Any Damn Propogandist Media.....Keep Rollin Folks bkanderson76 Feb 2014 #30
thats RIGHT! +++++++++++1111111111111! reddread Feb 2014 #94
We will be the only ones to televise the revolution. riqster Feb 2014 #99
k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Feb 2014 #31
"foisted upon the populace by North Carolina’s 100% Teapublican government. " BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2014 #39
If 20 Tea Party members had a protest it would be all over the Major News Outlets LynneSin Feb 2014 #40
It always is. riqster Feb 2014 #46
Well in all fairness, that was the point of the M$M in 2003. Rex Feb 2014 #42
"The only way for a citizen’s protest to get shown on national media would be..." hvn_nbr_2 Feb 2014 #45
S'truth. riqster Feb 2014 #47
I think they had some celebrities and that didn't even to it. n/t Cleita Feb 2014 #49
But what do they waaaant? They have no message ...blah blah blah abq e streeter Feb 2014 #52
meanwhile if 20 teafuckers gather, it's the conscience of america spanone Feb 2014 #53
^Spot on.^ Arugula Latte Feb 2014 #79
Perhaps next time we take the protest into the local TV studios. progressoid Feb 2014 #58
I think protesting the media is a very good idea, and it's time has come. stillwaiting Feb 2014 #62
Over the past 30 or so years RoccoR5955 Feb 2014 #60
+1000 G_j Feb 2014 #64
The media is a masquerade and democracy too. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #61
Keep in mind that swilton Feb 2014 #67
And that is just one of the reasons Enthusiast Feb 2014 #71
And the Repubs will thank you. Nt riqster Feb 2014 #101
Suppose they are behind the Hillary candidacy? Enthusiast Feb 2014 #135
It was Nader's documented cooperation with the Repubes that turned me against him, so maybe. riqster Feb 2014 #137
The regular media is OWNED by the Party of Wall Street. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #73
And it's color is purple Puzzledtraveller Feb 2014 #164
They sold out long ago theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #75
If 100 Tea Party stooges gathered to demand cuts to social programs, it would be a front page story. Marr Feb 2014 #82
I heard that 100,000 people gathered just outside LA on New Years Day. DemocraticWing Feb 2014 #83
And they got lots of coverage, didn't they? riqster Feb 2014 #87
can democracy work without an honest media???? spanone Feb 2014 #84
In a word....no. (nt) paleotn Feb 2014 #97
agreed. you can't have an opinion on anything if it's not honestly reported. spanone Feb 2014 #100
"informed" "functionally literate" "reasonable" reddread Feb 2014 #103
I suppose I'm an old fart.... paleotn Feb 2014 #108
busting out the nostalgia! reddread Feb 2014 #110
K&R ck4829 Feb 2014 #86
Rev. Al has been covering it, but that's all Jamaal510 Feb 2014 #89
k&r n/t RainDog Feb 2014 #90
Damn "lib'rul" media!!! blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #91
Let the M$M commit suicide by ignoring the real news. WE are the media now! Coyotl Feb 2014 #92
Oh come on... Android3.14 Feb 2014 #95
But on the major networks?..... paleotn Feb 2014 #105
It's a local/state story...like it or not. These people aren't amorphously protesting, they are, MADem Feb 2014 #174
I follow stories from all over the country marions ghost Feb 2014 #175
Well, the OP is claiming that "the media" didn't cover this story, and it is just not true. MADem Feb 2014 #182
Isn't the point of the OP marions ghost Feb 2014 #192
Liberals who are interested in this story will go to MSNBC, where it is well-covered. MADem Feb 2014 #193
The largest civil rights rally in the south since Selma to Montgomery G_j Feb 2014 #181
It's not national news yet....it will be, eventually. It's still a local/regional story. MADem Feb 2014 #183
are you aware that about 1000 people have been arrested in civil disobedience G_j Feb 2014 #185
Yes, that has been covered, on the NC news outlets and in the regional pages of the newspapers. MADem Feb 2014 #190
well said G_j Feb 2014 #194
all internet. nt G_j Feb 2014 #107
Damn! That's some crowd. But you're right. We have no media anymore. Th1onein Feb 2014 #104
Get a group of 10 Tea Partiers together though, and the media will NorthCarolina Feb 2014 #109
i live in Raleigh barbtries Feb 2014 #112
If that is what it takes, Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #114
but those are OUR airwaves reddread Feb 2014 #115
I don't disagree with anything you said. Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #116
never said anything about fists reddread Feb 2014 #117
Gov't and "News" Media are now OBIE Loaded Liberal Dem Feb 2014 #118
KnR...thanks Rick...nt GReedDiamond Feb 2014 #126
Thanks back atcha. riqster Feb 2014 #142
sorry but I was home today.. chillfactor Feb 2014 #127
Better than nothing, even if it was late. riqster Feb 2014 #133
Oh geesh, I'm an old fart gwheezie Feb 2014 #138
k + r Berlum Feb 2014 #141
Some things are just not as important.... HoosierCowboy Feb 2014 #151
What can you expect for the Corporate owned media? olegramps Feb 2014 #153
It's exactly what I'd expect. riqster Feb 2014 #155
But, when a dozen right-wingers protest with their portapotties... KansDem Feb 2014 #154
Perfect example! riqster Feb 2014 #156
Just like we never heard the massive antiwar protests. Censorship, "democracy" style. nt valerief Feb 2014 #166
Orwell was an optimist. nt riqster Feb 2014 #167
This was a regional/state story, and it was covered BEFORE and AFTER on television. MADem Feb 2014 #170
Better marketing would have helped ... JEFF9K Feb 2014 #171
True. But there is The Real News Network. Their coverage of Raleigh: BelgianMadCow Feb 2014 #172
We do get some coverage here and there, but riqster Feb 2014 #173
Rachel Maddow did a segment last night on it, link below Tx4obama Feb 2014 #187
The problem is, the problem isnt with the "mainstream media" reddread Feb 2014 #188
Mass media presents the antics of the rich and mostly useless oshma Feb 2014 #189
This should be news. But more important is...why DID the people of NC give the Tea Party such power? TroglodyteScholar Feb 2014 #203
I'm from Ohio, so I can't cast any rocks, either. riqster Feb 2014 #205
A majority hate Obamacare. WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2014 #207
Good points, but marions ghost Feb 2014 #208
Thanks for the heads-up (nt) Babel_17 Feb 2014 #209
No worries. riqster Feb 2014 #211
Blunt and Cranky hourglass1 Feb 2014 #210
Thanks for the kind words. riqster Feb 2014 #212
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