Reply #6: We need both...Demonstrations AND what some might view as our Echo

[KoKo]

Chamber on the web.

Look at how many Lefty sites are now on the web compared to when the Right Wing and Drudge first went after Clinton over Monica. The only site I remember at that time exposing the Right Wingers was Salon Mag. There may have been a few other sites...but I was new to the net so went looking for mainstream stuff and Salon was radical but still seemed to be something that reminded me of an "off net" magazine.

Then "Selection 2000" broke the gate because so many of us were outraged over that theft and DU was born. I think some other sites like BartCop were around...but DU was the place for information and a community where you could share what was going on. The first demonstrations got huge attention here and pictures and running comments of peoples experiences.
Then the Mid-terms enraged more people and more sites came on line and then the "Blogs."

So...I see it as a "two-pronged" attack to get views other than the Right Wing that seemed to dominate the political web for so long. Plus we need better demonstrations. The Millions marching on both coasts just weren't covered. It was too easy for them to be ignored because of the screamers from A.N.S.W.E.R.

Cindy Sheehan's camp out in Texas probably did more than the huge demonstrations last year combined. But, not everyone can be Cindy and even the protestors who are outside the White House every day...get almost no coverage.

I'm still glad for every protest that I went to and think that it was important to do it whether it was covered or not. But, maybe we need to start protesting our Media ....like the local Fox news studios in our Cities and the local news channels that's owned by ABC/NBC who report biased RW crap or leave out important news that whould expose "other" viewpoints in favor of the latest fire or car wreck.

The one think that doesn't seem to work at all is signing all those online petitions. They never seem to make any difference. :shrug: