On Saturday, there were “Tea Party” tax protests held in Orlando FL, Raleigh NC, Ridgefield CT, and Cincinnati OH. Round-up here.
Today I opened my Sunday Washington Post, and what did I find?
On the front page, below the fold, an article on Obama’s “volunteer” campaign (Obama’s Campaign Army on Road Again).
On page A-8, an article on a rally outside the AIG offices in Washington (In the Capital, a Glut of Outrage).
On page A-10, a full-page article on the anti-AIG demonstration outside the home of AIG executive Douglas Poling in Fairfield CT (Obama Looks for Calm in a Firestorm).
On page A-16, an article on the anti-war (in Iraq) march from the National Mall to the Pentagon (Protestors Mark Milestone). The largest demonstration (against the war) was estimated at 2000-2500 people.
The Tea Parties linked to above were more widespread, and at least one was larger than those reported on by the Post. Did I see any coverage of the Tea Parties?
Nope. None. Zero. Zip. Nada. Nothing.
All the news that’s fit to print. Riiight.
[UPDATE] Oh, my God, an Instalanche! Thanks, Glenn, for the link.
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for coming; please look around and come again.
MH
"All the news that’s fit to print."
ReplyDeleteThat says it all.
The media simply dont think the tea parties belong in that category.
Because the Tea Parties are in opposition to their precious Obama.
ReplyDeleteThey rammed this know-nothing Marxist SOB down our throats and they are not going to allow the people to prove them wrong.
All the news that fits the narative.
ReplyDeletenot going to allow the people to prove them wrong
ReplyDeleteNot to worry. A steel-reinforced concrete wall called "reality" will take care of that.
Or more accurately:
ReplyDelete"All the news that fits, we print."
Bob Humphreys: +1
ReplyDeleteI'm not saying the thrust of your argument is wrong but to be fair that's the motto of the New York Times not the Washington Post.
ReplyDeleteMaybe news of the “Tea Parties” is not “fit” to be printed in a screaming headline across page 1A, but it certainly could merit a feature on one of the inside pages—in the interest of what in the trade is know as presenting “both sides of the story.” At least, I can say that I have done that, in my precious patch of blogosphere.
ReplyDeleteLadies and gents,
ReplyDeleteit is time to start leaving comments like this ON the websites of the offending parties (WP, NYT, etc) — where possible (of course) and with or without the hyperlink to the blog post (they may not accept comments with hyperlinks in some cases)… If not the blogger him- or herself (he or she may be too modest…), then one (or more) of the readers…
We need to start getting the message out to more of the people who continue to read these stockpiles of double standards and who continue to take them for gospel…
Funny, because, as the tea party rallies are a "man bites dog" story (leftist groups rally all the time, conservatives almost never), the press should be all over them.
ReplyDeleteClearly, the gatekeepers don't want to encourage this movement -
or are afraid of appearing to comfort the comfortable.
Don't give them any more of your money. Don't buy the paper. If they don't have money, they won't exist. Something else of value will continue to take the Post's (and other MSM's) place.
ReplyDelete"All the news that fits our views."
ReplyDeleteTwo good places to leave some feedback to the media are Angry Journalist and Reflections of a Newsosaur.
ReplyDeleteThe real question is: Why are you spending your money on such a newspaper, helping to keep it in business?
ReplyDeleteChester White
My subscription expires next month. I doubt I'll renew.
ReplyDeleteUsually the newspaper reporter has an email address. You could write him or her personally with your complaint, asking them why they are covering an ACORN rent-a-mob when real people are outraged by the government picking winners and losers regardless of the AIG officer's payout.
ReplyDeleteYou get good feedback that way.
Who knows, maybe your reporter might find room to shoehorn in a tea-party story because of it.