Post clips of NATIONAL news network coverage of yesterday's 200,000 protestors here:

[blm]

Will this be the shortest thread?

I had CNN and MSNBC in background all day yesterday and this morning, with some switches to PBS during their news cycle.....I heard NOTHING and saw NOTHING about the protests.

Also wondering.....Have any of your RW friends or family given an explanation for why THEY think the corporate media has been downplaying and, mostly mute about these massive protests by workers when they had given so much airtime to the much smaller crowds of Teabagger protestors that assembled in 2009 and 2010?

I also wonder (ok...doubt) will those clips of Wisconsin be used in any way to accurately express the SCOPE of the protest?

Corpmedia can always be counted on to minimize the grievances of the pro-worker citizens while they maximize the outrage from the pro-fascism crowd.

[Atman]

1. Actually, I just heard CNN mention it during their news update.

Said "...tens of thousands of protesters. Some estimated the crowd to be 80,000 to 100,000." But that really was about it. Nothing much else said about it, although they did show a video clip.

[blm]

2. Remember the EXTENDED videoclips of teabags being shown in HEAVY rotation, even HOURLONG segments?

The anchors couldn't be in more awe of their gatherings, even when the newsmedia outnumbered the teabaggers.

[elocs]

3. Yeah, that's too bad but I'm not going to cry in my beer because there was not enough national

coverage. I don't measure our success here by whether CNN or MSNBC choose to give us enough attention. The point is that it is well known in the state of Wisconsin and Walker and the Republicans certainly know about it and that point will be driven home by the recall elections. There were plenty of links right here on DU that took you live to the protests and you could learn all about it.

Had this been a national protest in D.C. that went on for weeks with these numbers it would have gotten attention, but it never would have been enough attention for those who are continually beating the media conspiracy drum. We're going to get the job done here in Wisconsin regardless of how much network coverage it gets.

[rfranklin]

5. Absolutely, but there the anger at the MSM is justifiable...

they pandered to the Tea Beggers for months inflating pitifully small gatherings into a "national movement."

[blm]

6. I applaud the local coverage you're getting, but, you can't deny the national media has minimized or

muted what has been happening in Wisconsin. And the protests in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana haven't even made a blip on the national radar.

If you don't believe it's intentional, then please explain the discrepancy in coverage according to journalistic standards.

[elocs]

9. This is a state issue in each and every state. We can't "make" the networks cover this

to our satisfaction, so there's no point in continually crying about it and using it as an excuse. We have to use the internet to our advantage and do what we can do.

[Atman]

11. There is more to it than just "getting enough attention" from CNN or MSNBC

When one group's rally is run in constant rotation on a so-called mainstream news, while a much larger rally which much broader implications get little or no attention, it serves to give a certain national legitimacy to one concern over the other. That it turn give the low-information voter, which is most of America, the impression that one issue is actually more pervasive and important than it actually might be. Hey, cover them both exactly the same if that's what you want to do...I'd love to see the footage of a busload of sixty five year old white guys with misspelled signs along side the footage of the Wisconsin rallies. Let the people decide which issue the feel more connected to. But when one side on an issue is blocked from you completely, it's beyond just "getting attention." It's deliberate suppression designed to make people feel the Wisconsin stuff is basically over, and that's it's just not all that important.

Your reaction to the OP helps illustrate why Republican always kill us in the messaging wars, usually getting whatever they want; we think it's enough to just know we're doing the right thing, while they know they're doing the wrong thing yet still win because they tell everyone it's the right thing over and over and over and over and never back down, even in the face of facts.

[blm]

14. exactly...it's the NARRATIVE of our national and state elections that brought GOP rule to Wisconsin

and other states suffering from their fascist agenda. The narrative pushed by the corpmedia and the results of 2010 is not just 'coincidence' as some believe. Neither is the muting of the pushback by working citizens.

[PeaceNikki]

12. I agree.

:thumbsup:

[w8liftinglady]

4. I'm wondering what Wisconsin coverage was like? What's your take on that?

Hell,in Texas,we wouldn't have even known you HAD an event there.No mention.

[blm]

10. I'm in NC. Mr blm worked for Knight-Ridder/McClatchy for over 10yrs, so I'm familiar with the muting

of news stories that could cause a loss of benefit for media OWNERS and execs.

In 2004 readers heard little about pending legislation that would reclassify workers so they would no longer receive overtime pay. Shortly after 2004 election day, the GOP pushed the bill thru. My husband started out 2005 knowing he'd make about 10,000 less in income thanks to that bill. Media execs benefitted from that story being undercovered and ignored.

Corpmedia execs WANT the unions THEY are dealing with now to lose all power, too. They would LOVE to see all unions CRUSHED out of existence so they could put even MORE millions in THEIR bank accounts. THAT is why they will not allow the truth to be heard and for the American people to see what's happening in Wisconsin as a national movement of workers.

[Octafish]

7. If it's not on tee vee, it didn't happen.

In today's America, image is everything.

[Scuba]

8. Nothing to see here folks, now go on back to hating your neighbors. n/t

[Angry Dragon]

13. I do not know the numbers

Wisconsin had 200,000 protesters on Saturday
How many troops in Iraq??
How many troops in Afghanistan??

Wisconsin was invaded, that should be reported.........