Don't "They" have as Much Right to Protest as We Do? I Defend Them...BUT!

Does our "Mainstrem McCorporate Media" get more right to build up the protests ahead of time with massive coverage Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, Networks), spending days on the build up and then interview EVERYONE involved with that Protest as if it was the SAME as all of those who Protested against the Invasion and War in Iraq?

I would hope to hear more from the Media about why the "Tea Party" got MORE coverage than protesters against Iraq Invasion or even the Protests Worldwide against the G20 or the support for actions by Greenpeace others actions against the very same Capitalist/Bankers ruining the World Economy (G20/G6/G8/IMF/WTO/UN..etc).

I applaud all protests for those who have something to protest about. We folks who protested against the Iraq Invasion and Occupation were tarred with "A.N.S.W.E.R and United for Peace and Justice." We were told we didn't get Media Coverage because Far Left groups (who could be terrorists) were getting the permits for us to march in cities all across America. Even here on DU there were discussions about how we were associated with "Radical Left Wing Groups" so our protests didn't matter and that's why "McCorporate Media" never covered them.

BUT...here we have a RW Group that is sponsored by very far Right Groups headed by Dick Armey and Newt Gingrich (and RW Think Tanks),but the "McCorporate Media" seems to feel they are Mainstream.

Let us ALL PROTEST...it's the only hope we have to keep our Government FOR THE PEOPLE.. I only hope that the "McCorporate Media" will be kinder to the rest of us after their MEDIA FRENZIE over the "Tea Bag" parade!

ALL WE ASK IS FAIRNESS IN COVERAGE BY OUR MEDIA....IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK? :shrug:

already know of our complaints. They are "In the Record" and Michael Copps who knows about all this knows where the bodies are. Why is FCC not heard from?

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But as our investigation showed, the key players in the Tea Party Web ring were no amateurs, but rather experienced Republican operatives with deep connections to FreedomWorks and other fake grassroots campaigns pushing pro-big-business interests.

FreedomWorks has a long history of using such campaigns. Founded in 2004 by Dick Armey, the former Republican House Majority Leader and lobbyist from Texas, and publishing titan Steve Forbes, FreedomWorks represented the consolidation and rebranding of two older think tanks, Citizens for a Sound Economy, founded by the notorious Koch family, and Empower America, a powerful lobbying firm that has battled health care reform and minimum-wage bills while championing deregulation, corporate tax cuts and whatever else their corporate clients desire.

The idea was to bring these two dinosaurs into the Internet age so they could compete with the newly created MoveOn.org.

FreedomWorks got caught AstroTurfing their sponsors' agendas almost as soon as the group was formed. In 2005, when President George W. Bush was trying to get the public to go along with his plans for handing Social Security over to Wall Street bankers, the New York Times revealed that a "regular single mom" paraded by Bush's White House in its PR campaign was in fact FreedomWorks' Iowa state director.

http://www.alternet.org/workplace/136688/fake_teabaggers_are_anti-spend%2C_anti-government%3A_real_populists_want_to_stop_banks_from_plundering_america/?page=entire

on what they called "Left Wing Sympathizers with Communists and Terrorists."

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that ALL FOLKS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PROTEST IN AMERICA...but the treatment for one group should not be more fair than for another? :shrug: All deserve at LEAST their 15 minutes to air their issues. Iraq War and Occupation protestors are still waiting for even 5 minutes of one person appearing on Matthews, CNN or any network to view our positions...to air views of anyone supporting our position in the same segment as a discussion with those opposing. We were just IGNORED.

Maybe I'm treading on thin ice here but I still defend the rights of people to be wrong and to publicly demonstrate it.

But, there was also the push back by Nixon...so there was still some view of both sides. Today...it's not that way and hasn't been for a very long time. Only the Republican and Right Republican views get the time...and those who are seen to oppose are treated as an "Oppostion to the Ruling Authority" even when we now have a Dem President and Congress.

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-Laelth

election cycle. No fellow Dems supported those gatherings. This is an outrage! :eyes:

I can understand what you say. I'm just not sure it will work out as optimistically as you feel. I was focused on the difference in coverage...but I understand what you say and at "one time" might have felt it would work out as you now feel.

I do wonder if there isn't a new party forming on the Right that they are finally out in the streets, though.

to use a football comparison

They aren't really good at that game. Every game has nuances that you become aware of and improve over time. They screwed up the old game plan so bad that they trashed it for a completely new one but they have the personnel for the air attack not the ground game.