CNN's Pitiful Coverage of the Protests in Wisconsin
I'm still not sure what's more pitiful. The fact the CNN along with our other cable news networks decided to largely ignore the fact that we had massive protests going on in Wisconsin this weekend, or that when they finally devoted a few minutes to it as CNN did here in between hours upon hours of chasing the ambulance of the day which is the earthquake in Japan, they didn't let the public know just how large the crowds were there.
I thought if you considered yourself a "news" organization, you were supposed to be capable of walking and chewing gum at the same time. CNN along with MSNBC and Fox decided to largely ignore the protests in Wisconsin, and with Fox of course trashing them with the small amount of coverage they got there as well, and instead did almost all wall to wall coverage of the earthquake in Japan.
Thankfully for anyone with Internet access that wanted to see what was going on, The Uptake did broadcast the protests.
We need to do something about the media consolidation in this country and until these large media conglomerates are broken up, things aren't going to get any better with our struggles to fight back against the destruction of the labor movement and the middle class that is under assault right now. How and when that happens and what political force it takes to change it is beyond me, but if we aren't at least pushing our politicians to do something about it, nothing is ever going to change on that front.
I guess it was asking too much of CNN to show this picture of just how many turned out to protest during their coverage. Anyone think if this was some teabagger rally which they love to promote, that they would not have been showing the crowd size?
Here's their feedback page if you'd like to let them hear about it. Contact us.
Next time tape teabags to your head and they'll take you seriously.
Hopefully humanity will one day learn to be humane.
"...chasing the ambulance of the day.."
Come on Heather, the damage in Japan is a big deal, and while yes, we want Wisconsin to stay on the front page, an earthquake, a tsunami and two melting nuclear reactors are not exactly distractions from the "real" story.
With a 24-hour news cycle, I'm sure than could cover both stories accurately... if they wanted to.
far left loon >.<
someone with a journalism degree.
and it struck me how there was only so much information, but the host seemed to be scrambling to stretch it out to fill time.
This is often the case when they go to nonstop coverage.
While they were doing wall to wall coverage of Libya, they were actually presenting useless minutia about the relatives of Omar Kadafi. They even brought in talking heads to talk about them. Very weird. Anything to avoid covering unions and the plight of the middle class.
I wonder if CNN even covered the Libya story today? It's like they only have one journalist and the rest are all empty talking heads.
CNN does great remote coverage of developing stories, but only one at a time it seems, and only if it is politically safe from a republican point of view.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Unions suck. Wall St. Bankers are great. Get with the program!
not all martyrs see divinity
so they can't multitask, huh?
ultvio
Beck and Fox over 6 months to organize the teabag rally at the capital but when there has been a spontaneous movement in defense of real rights the media won't cover it. Where is C-span with there bell to bell coverage? Please help me. I want to raise 1 million dollars to offer as a reward to anyone that can locate this missing far left media.
MSNBC also barely mentioned it, although they did make sure to note the crowd size a few times. Still...freaking annoying. Yes the news from Japan is major of course, but FFS at some point it just becomes disaster porn, and there's nothing wrong with moving away from repeating the same stuff over and over and reporting on national stories too...
Don't look there.Unless of course our advertisers approve.
is Fox Lite.
NOBODY 2012
Conservatives who want to pretend they are open minded.
In an ironic sort of way. It's only news if it gets covered. The only way this thing gets any press is if Charlie Sheen shows up and snorts a line off the abdomen of some hot farmer's daughter.
Great idea. Win/win. If a line of coke will get the media cameras there...
far left loon >.<
I thought it was cute the way Fox referred to the gathering as a Union Uprising.
"Fox News is a cancer on our Nation" -- Me
Yeah they really went all out didn't they?
That crowd shot makes it look like about 30 people standing around and CNN took the time to interview exactly one of them.Truly inspired tee vee.
"To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And,
at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between,
plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing."
This is truth, to me. "
-Jack Handy
And they will do anything they can do to make that happen.
It's not beneficial to the corporate masters that own the U.S. media.
It's no accident they didn't cover it.
Yes the Japan story is huge, but it also gives the propaganda machine cover and an excuse for ignoring Madison.
The 'mainstream media' has a pro right wing bias, hence their ignoring protests of the wars in Iraq/Afganistan, and the Union protests.
In contrast, they gave full coverage to Teabagger gatherings which were very small in comparison.
'Liberal media'? WHAT liberal media??
CNN's ignoring the union member protests is no shock
Thee liberal MSM , just propaganda ( another lie ) by the Reich wing , the monkeys threw their shit against the wall and it seems to have stuck in this case .
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
Hear, hear. Time for a Fairness Doctrine 2.0 that includes cable. If we can regulate what "organic" means, then surely there's a way to regulate what's called "news."
It's long past overdue!!!
Beer-i.e., God's Sweet Nectar- is a magic drink that makes you smarter, stronger, and more sexy.
-S. Colbert
to serve the American People, instead of the corporations. As long as the FCC is in business to prostitute the agency and betray its trust to the People, nothing is going to happen.
IF Fox mentions the protest, I'm sure they'll claim only a handful of people turned out..
Who of course,were hired to do so.
"To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And,
at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between,
plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing."
This is truth, to me. "
-Jack Handy
'The ambulance of the day which is the earthquake in Japan,' is an idiotic comment.
Heather, you might has well have written it to say 'who gives a shit about the earthquake, it happened in another country'.
It IS a big deal- but so are the union member protests here in US.
Don't be so flippant about dismissing the japanese earthquake as a trivial matter.
To echo what Tom Servo said, I thought I would use a C&L headline for today as my guide.
"That's fu*#ing retarded."
Big City Mayor
Except that's not what happened, even from a deliberately harsh reading of the comment.
which is why exxagerated headlines and overreaching expansion of comments should be avoided.
"That's fu*#ing retarded."
Big City Mayor
The media is controlled by the same people wishing Unions would just fade away. The same people who want endless war. Why do you think they'd cover a demonstration against their own self interest.
I believe that comment was hinting more at disdain for the cynical manner in which news media circles like vultures over any and all disasters, picking over every detail and hypothesising continual doomsday scenarios in order to keep viewers hooked and keep the money rolling in. It does not seem to me to be a suggestion that the earthquake itself does not matter.
The interview pevealed more than the reporter himself and touch on the key point, that the crowd size is 100 of thousands and that Scott Walker didn't put union busting on his platform.
i have used the internet for news since the idiot box required another idiot box to receive the signal, so i'm used to getting on the internet for news. i was more than pleased with the coverage of the egyptian protests from al jazeera. and i appreciate articles like this that point out the current coverage provided by the "paid for" network news is as bad as ever because it reinforces the fact i made the correct decision
enorceht
"Chasing the ambulance of the day" ? After all the disaster in Japan was and is a minor event ... when compared to the demonstrations in Wisconsin , is that right ? Were you typing faster than you were thinking Heather ?
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
Whenever there is a huge ugly disaster, it gets super over-covered, 24/7, going beyond news and into hyper overdrive speculative crap, time-filling bullshit, at the expense of other, also important, news.
It's bullshit to say she's trivializing the event. I'd say it's more like she's trivializing the coverage of the event.
me-oww!
Yeah , well you can translate to the MSM and everyone else who picks up on ( and uses ) what was written on this evil liberal blog . I've been around here for a while , I don't think she meant to trivialize the disaster in Japan but "the ambulance of the day " ? Got a little careless there .
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
Kreskin: Why can't they cover it all? I think Heather's point is that they obsess over 1 story. Same footage, over and over. Weak analysis from the talking head club and every other story with less marketing potential drops off the radar.
I did notice CNN inserting a number of bullshit tabloid stories though. They had time for that.
I don't believe in God. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
-Andrew Carnegie
Well put.
I emailed CNN, AC360, 'Situation Room', and 'Your Money' to suggest that they are missing out on a major story that will affect all Americans for generations to come. I suggested that they give these events in Wisconsin and all across America the attention they deserve.
I did the same thing three times last week.
If all of us follow the link to CNN provided above and emailed or left a comment we might make a difference.
So do it. Contact CNN, and the 'situation room', and AC360, and 'your money' . It only takes a few minutes.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
CNN's heart belongs to its business partner, the Tea Party Express. They won't be walking away from that investment anytime soon. We've seen more than once that most of CNN's talent would be just as happy, if not happier, working for Fox News.
"until these large media conglomerates are broken up, things aren't going to get any better " , true , but "we" are absolutely powerless to change that and neither Obama , the Democratic party , certainly not the Republicans , are going to do anything about it , that is for damned sure . The snow ball has grown too big and it's gaining speed , we let it go too long , it's going to roll right over us I'm afraid . We know what's happening but the rest of the country are oblivious , even supporting their enemies , the traitors and saboteurs . We can scream , yell and rant but no one is listening , we are written off as far left wing radicals , nut jobs . They were deaf , dumb and blind in Germany until it was far too late , we are witnessing the same thing here today .
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
I disagree. The "ball" is only going to roll over american citizens if we let it do so. There are many ways to change this. One way is to-- wait for it, boycott those media outlets which refuse to inform the public. Another is to build our own media networks, from local papers, to networking blogs like this one to others with similar tastes. There are many ways to do this, what may be lacking is the will.
This may sound lame but I think in cases like this Twitter can be a good tool. CNN uses Twitter very much. They keep their eye on it. It would be wise to join the program and get on twitter and get some followers and start tweeting some of this shit. #cnnfail with a few notes about what they are not doing and where you can find real news about Wisconsin will soon open their eyes. I firmly believe this. So something like this
or
This kind of thing can get passed around to millions of people very quickly. CNN wants eyeballs and if eyeballs are going elsewhere to get news I think they will react.
The mainstream television news is not something I ever watched, except on occasions like 9/11. I always used to listen assiduously to CBS radio news, which at the time (from the 60s to the near end of the 80s actually provided content and enough information for the public to make informed judgments). Now that kind of information comes ONLY on the internet, and Al Jazeera. News, it seems, isn't for the people of a withering democracy, but only for those young enough in heart to care about it.
This is a sure sign of capitalist culture's senility.
MyMy
Peter Jennings could cover most of what you needed to know in 1 hour.
CNN has 24 and they can't focus on more than 1 or 2 top stories.
BBC and Al-Jazeera do more before breakfast than CNN does all day.
Stupid news. Stupid country.
I don't believe in God. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
-Andrew Carnegie
Yes. I watched a bit of Japan coverage yesterday and they repeat the same story. It's a hugely important story, but there's room to squeeze in a bit of other news too.
far left loon >.<
The people that matter know what's going on it's all those people that are going to vote in the recall, vote in 2012 and, one way or another, utterly destroy conservatism and TeaBaggery.
that just ran Karl Rove's fictitious ad about unions?
CNN is another large corporate conglomerate. Their news is broadcast accordingly. Their coverage will not change.
Unless everyone quits watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGaoXAwl9kw&fe...
We need to do something about the media consolidation in this country and until these large media conglomerates are broken up, things aren't going to get any better with our struggles to fight back against the destruction of the labor movement and the middle class that is under assault right now.
This is the key to stopping the plutocratic destruction of America, the assault on average Americans.
Break up Big Media NOW!!!
Yes. In the mean time we need to write to the talking heads and email them and make them uncomfortable being corporate hoers. We need to soften them up before they can be cleaved into useful news agencies.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
I want to know when are you guys at C/L going to get serious and call a spade a spade. We are being manipulated by corporate media monopolies! You guys aren't serious enough about this reality. You just keep whining about it and doing nothing. FIGHT, go to DC. Do something already! Jeez 4 years and nothing but whining, I'm sick of it. You want medieval USA, you're going to get it if you keep hiding behind lame blogs.
Embrace diversity
You don't think we've called a spade a spade more than a few thousand times? Dude, I totally call bullshit to that. I've been at this for six years and I know I've typed the words "corporate media" more times than I can count.
We DO fight, thank you very much. We fight to get on the air and put liberal voices out there as often as we can. I do a regular radio spot, Neiwert and Amato have both fought to get on cable channels and succeeded several times. Susie's been on the air and done some fantastic podcasts, as have BlueGal and Drifty. You have NO idea how difficult it is to get bookers to recognize that more than anti-Obama liberals deserve a chance to get a platform.
We document incidences of bias and misinformation and we highlight it on this blog, which is one of the top 25 most influential blogs in the country. We're read by people in the media. Are we swaying things? Maybe a little. It's hard to swim against the tides. Olbermann credited us personally with helping him show the suits at MSNBC that a non-conservative bent could get ratings. And I like to think we had a lot to do with getting Rachel Maddow her spot in the MSNBC line up, because we touted how good she was as Olbermann's sub. We've been referenced on ALL the Sunday shows at one time or another and in the major newspapers.
Tell me, smart guy, what you think we could do in DC. Then tell me why you haven't got your lazy ass to DC and done the exact same thing instead of whining about what you perceive us as not doing.
CNN has joined Fox in the "Locked Out Cable Channels Extravaganza".
Details not at 11.
She has the tone of "What are those wacky liberals up to now? Why don't they just go home? What's the problem with these people?" (But first, Is your dog psychic?) So the first thing they do is trivialize the demonstrations. Like its akin to a crowd of teenagers demonstrating because Justing Bieber did not win the Grammy. This is what passes for news in this country.
This is blatant propaganda.
Mubarak's media used the same tactics in Egypt and Ghaddafi makes statements dismissing Libyan protesters as nutcases also.
Like I said blatant propaganda.
They will NEVER cover this story honestly.
As someone who lives in Japan I don't find what happened here to be an ambulance chasing story. I guess the protest in Wisconsin is a much larger story than the millions of people effected by one of the largest earthquakes ever and subsequent Tsunami.
Take no offence nishinasono. None was intended. The comment was intended solely for the practices of CNN.
CNN is always chasing something at the expense of balance - remember the balloon boy? - or the so called 'Tea Party'?
We will never forget what Japan is going through, and many of us here at C&L will do what we can to help, long after CNN has moved on - for example, remember three days ago when CNN 'cared' about Libya? 24/7 Libya. We here at C&L haven't forgotten the struggles in Libya either, but what of CNN?
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
posted here before today.
And also interesting is how with all that's going on in Japan, at 8:30 am, you go to Crooks and Liars, to a story about the Madison protest, to the comments section and post a comment.
One would think you would have other things to worry about besides a story about a protest in Madison.
I smell a Koch Brother 'Media consultant'.
I've noticed that after a lull they've regrouped and stepped up their online activity.
Probably hired some new contractor(s).
btw; I have much love and respect for the Japanese people and my heart goes out to them at this time.
here in 日本埼玉県埼玉市. Just to let you know the first I made a comment at Crooks and Liars was in 2005 ばかちゃん.
Member since 3/13/2011?
That was back when one didn't need to register as they were using HaloScan as a means to make comments. I live near 宮原駅on the 高崎泉。. Further I don't need to cut and paste the Japanese into my comments as my computer made in Japan is capable of writing both Japanese and English just by pushing a single key.
For a guy in Japan you seem inordinately interested in a story about U.S. media coverage in Madison.
I'm not that obsessed with it, I have other things to do.
One would think you would too.
Mr In Japan During the Largest Disaster in History, But Surfing Stories on American Politics/Crooks and Liars// Member Since 3/13/2011 or 2005.
Since you seem to have some free time on your hands, why don't you post a first hand diary on what's going on over there.
That would be constructive.
Do YOU have anything constructive to add to the conversation?
But, whenever I see a post that doesn't ring true, I'm always curious if the commenter really is who or what they present themselves as.
I'm curious as to why someone in a country that is going through their greatest disaster in history would be so interested in posting on a story about American politics.
Just seems very odd.
I've also stayed with Japanese people as a guest in their homes and something just didn't ring right about this guy.
I've been around a long time and I think I have a lot more experience with con artists than the average person for a lot of reasons that I'd rather not go into right now.
I'm REAL good at spotting frauds.
Maybe this guy is, maybe he isn't.
He should be able to speak for himself.
It's the internets, anyone can assume any persona they like.
Most are not very good at it, some are better at it than others.
Anyway, we all have more important things to take care of, so I for one am ready to move on.
You wouldn't believe it anyway. Maybe I have time on my hands because all train service in the Tokyo Metropolitan area has been suspended because TEPCO is trying to prevent rolling blackouts to residences. Which means I'm unable to go to work. So remember don't believe anything I say because
One: I'm not American
Two: I obviously work for the Koch brothers
Three: You I'm sure are completely xenophobic
ありがとう ばかちゃん
If you've got nothing but time.
Xenophobic? Not even close.
Who says I wouldn't believe you?
I would very much like to hear an eyewitness account of what's going on.
Because you are wholly incapable of reading Japanese I will translate what I wrote. Are you able to read and understand Romonji? I told you were I live. Which is in Saitama Prefecture the city of Saitama: Kita Ward: Nara cho.
The train line is the Takasaki Line The station Miyahara is a 7 minute walk from my aprtment: The first station after mine if you're going to Tokyo is Omiya. In the other direction is Ageo. The terminus in Tokyo is Ueno in Gumma its Takasaki. Hopefully that isn't to difficult for you to understand
What's yours?
You've lived through one of the biggest disasters in history.
Let's hear your story. What's going on there?
A description of your daily commute is not really news.
No one asked for that.
I asked you what was going on over there.
Yes, I'm "wholly incapable of reading Japanese" as you put it..
Why wouldn't I be?
How about telling us what's going on over there.
When I ask you to relate your experience in Japan, you post that you are no longer posting here because, as you say "you're not wanted here"
I practically begged you to share your experience and you take that as being "not wanted". I find that extremely odd.
You also state that "you're sure that I'm completely xenophobic" despite the fact that you've read my posts stating that I've spent time staying with a Japanese family and that I have much love and respect for the Japanese people.
Trying to create a narrative much?
You don't come across as an honest person.
And as to your remark:
"you are wholly incapable of reading Japanese I will translate what I wrote. Are you able to read and understand Romonji? "
That makes you sound more like a troll than ever.
Anyone can use a translating program and a lot of people have been to Japan.
There are 12 year olds who could probably pull off this ruse while simultaneously texting their friends.
I'm not impressed with your capabilities, but I am dissapointed that someone would see an enormous tragedy as an opportunity for deceit.
Well, by this time you've had plenty of time to write your first person account, but that would have cut into valuable trolling time, wouldn't it?
And we all know time is money.
I owe you nothing because you accused me of being a liar from the first. You know nothing about me or what I've been through yet you claim to know everything about me. I also know that no matter what I say about what happened last Friday you wouldn't believe it any way.And, just because you stayed with a Japanese family means nothing to me anyone could say that. So with all your mighty powers have me banded.
If you were real, you could convince me.
I gave you the chance multiple times.
You wouldn't take it.
All I asked you was to relate to us what's going on over there.
If it was me there and someone asked me, I would have no problem doing that.
It would have taken less time than all your bobbing, ducking and weaving.
As to my staying with a Japanese family, I don't care if you believe it or not.
It is what it is whether I have your approval or not.
It doesn't keep me from telling my story, it doesn't make me run away.
I could have supplied more details if you asked.
That would have initiated a dialogue.
I gave you the opportunity to have a dialogue, you refused to take it.
You have nothing but lame excuses.
There seems to be nothing real about you.
Wisconsin protesters apparently need to dress up in costumes and wave misspelled and racist signs. Then they will be considered newsworthy. (not).
"There is here a linear illusion of reality
And causality a dream"
Tachyons
Here's the email i sent today -
Dear CNN TV,
Hello. Well, the protests across the nation, and in particular in Madison Wisconsin are in their second month now. The gathering in Madison on Saturday was bigger than ever, and included a parade of tractors.
In fact, about 100,000 union supporters turned out yesterday. The 14 Democratic state senators who left the state to prevent a vote on Gov. Scott Walker's bill are now back home, and received praise for their efforts on behalf of the middle class.
This is a story for the ages. The events in Madison will affect all Americans for generations to come. The lives of the American middle class are at stake. The American dream is at stake.
I hope CNN will give the developments in Madison and across the nation the time and attention they so rightly deserve. Please, CNN, don't let us down. Thank you.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
If we all write every day then at least they will be forced to confront reality. As it is, the only people writing in are T-baggers and shills for the Koch brothers pretending to be concerned citizens.
Come on, write CNN a respectful email. Send it to CNN TV, or Headline News, or 'Your Money' [it's your money isn't it?], or the 'Situation Room', or AC360, or hell, sent one to 'Fareed Zakaria' - he knows how important a strong middle class is.
CNN TV
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/
AC360
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?10
'Situation Room'
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?65
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Fox isnt driving the story so CNN wont cover it.
But, whenever I see a post that doesn't ring true, I'm always curious if the commenter really is who or what they present themselves as.
I'm curious as to why someone in a country that is going through their greatest disaster in history would be so interested in posting on a story about American politics.
Just seems very odd.
I've also stayed with Japanese people as a guest in their homes and something just didn't ring right about this guy.
I've been around a long time and I think I have a lot more experience with con artists than the average person for a lot of reasons that I'd rather not go into right now.
I'm REAL good at spotting frauds.
Maybe this guy is, maybe he isn't.
He should be able to speak for himself.
It's the internets, anyone can assume any persona they like.
Most are not very good at it, some are better at it than others.
Anyway, we all have more important things to take care of, so I for one am ready to move on.
America is a psy-ops carried out against 310 million people at once to make people live in a Stockholm Syndrome to their oppressors, who are barbaric custodians of the most militarized culture in the known history of Humanity. The major media is one tool by which the barbarians keep the population hopeless, disaffected and separated, division being the integral key to conquest.
I would like to see 10,000,000 people storm CNN or Fox or MSNBC at once and seize the airwaves that belong to the people from the merciless disinformationist pigs that use it create an Overton Window around Social Justice that is even narrower than the media elites' collective hive-minds, which are rife with contempt and derision for the people they broadcast to and full of a desire to see those people disenfranchised and isolated as much as possible in order to implement and reinforce their Apocalyptic status quo in the blind service of phony Pharaohnic wealth.
May they die a thousand deaths as all cowards inevitably do, and may their machinery and apparatus of information be returned to the people, to whom it rightfully belongs.
If you would like more coverage of the battle in WI, First it is not going to happen all the networks are OWNED BY THE BIG CORPORATIONS you will see only what they will have you SEE,HEAR OR READ to realy to get REAL NEWS YOU WILL HAVE TO BRACK UP THE CORPORATE CONTROLED MEDIA. THEY are ALL FOX MAKE OVERS. WE have to start soon or we lose what little FREEDOMS we have left.
I see from some of the comments that a few people are saying that CNN was covering the bigger Japan story. THAT is no excuse though.
I was following on Twitter and at the moment Michael Moore was taking the stage I turned over to CNN to see some pics and the crowd. ( If they were covering it )
At that EXACT moment CNN was NOT talking about anything to do with Japan.
The female CNN anchor was giving us a story about how Chris Collingsworth ( from the NFL ) was on this floating barge restaurant last night and the cable holding the barge snapped and they floated downstream.
So the Breaking News for CNN decided to run with at that moment was...
1. 100,000+ Protesters were gathered in Wisconsin or
2. A Former NFL player had his dinner interrupted in Cincinatti last night.
What a tough call for CNN.
Exactly. I guess a lot of folks here want to suspend reality and unfairly defend CNN.
I don't believe in God. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
-Andrew Carnegie
the corporate media would have shown up.
They aren't journalists, they are rightwing propagandists. They don't do journalism, they do propaganda. They only begrudginly provided the minimum-most coverage so that they could maintain their pretense that they are anything but the, lying, manipulative propagandists that they are; their ommissions were an intentional attempt to deceive.
When the reporter said it's the law of the land now. What he really meant was, you lost get over it. Why you bothering to protest anymore? His disdain for the protester was so apparent.
No offense, but....I find it interesting that you guys complain about media incompetence, bias and, sensationalism and yet when the MSM focuses on a story you find tragic/important/near and dear/etc., you all jump on anyone who suggests there are other important stories to cover.
I guess human emotions can trump judgment easily. Understandable, but unfortunate.
I don't believe in God. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
-Andrew Carnegie
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