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In reply to the discussion: The Mainstream Media Ignores 100,000+ Progressive Protesters At People’s Climate March [View all]daleanime
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The Mainstream Media Ignores 100,000+ Progressive Protesters At People’s Climate March [View all]
babylonsister
Sep 2014
OP
Wouldn't be the first time a huge march or demonstration was ignored.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2014
#1
Well, on this issue at least, if you're depending upon DU for "news", you're being mislead.
George II
Sep 2014
#73
Well, if you're depending on this thread to get your "news" about there being no coverage...
George II
Sep 2014
#78
But obviously it hasn't been ignored, in fact it got widespread notice by all forms of media.
George II
Sep 2014
#72
You're missing being lied to. On a daily basis. And pretty much on about everything.
blkmusclmachine
Sep 2014
#53
There often seems to be an idea that the goal of a march or protest is strictly to get on TV.
KurtNYC
Sep 2014
#67
Bankers can steal Billions of Dollars, an the media will dutifully skew it for the benefit of the 1%
blkmusclmachine
Sep 2014
#54
So glad you were there! I'd like to see Moral Monday turnouts in New York. Then there'd be media.
ancianita
Sep 2014
#24
Rupert Murdoch's Fox News said the same thing, but their headline said "Nearly 400.000"
MADem
Sep 2014
#60
Never been a fan of the yellow journalism employed in these PolitcsUSA articles posted here.
tritsofme
Sep 2014
#30
I hope they vote, thereby making the media more irrelevant than it already is
still_one
Sep 2014
#34
That's a great pic, babylonsistah.. here's a couple of more tweet pics.. of course m$m ignored them.
Cha
Sep 2014
#37
Mainstream TV did cover it, though. The assertions in the OP article aren't accurate.
MADem
Sep 2014
#62
I am planning a day of protest for the victims of the Gulf oil spill to counter the BS spewed by BP.
Dustlawyer
Sep 2014
#49
The most coverage they will give it is when they use the photos from this event
raouldukelives
Sep 2014
#51
The media has been captured by the 1%. They will report what they want us to know, the way they want
blkmusclmachine
Sep 2014
#52
I don't know where you were sleeping yesterday, but it was all over the news...
George II
Sep 2014
#57
The original claim above is just taking a page out of the rightwing playbook...
George II
Sep 2014
#71