15,000 people marching in Madison, Wisconsin

Ed Schultz is talking about this right now on is radio program. He asks - if 500 Tea Partiers marched along the Potomac with signs - would it be covered? Yes.

But who is covering the Madison marchers? "Where's the coverage?"

People are being bussed in to support the governor.

http://wegoted.com/listenLive/

When will the MSM catch on?

By calling it terrible and potentially violent. Also they hope the protesters fail.

Some pieces of work.

I'm not joking

REVOLUTIONS!

I know you're not joking. I suggested the same just yesterday to a friend in email. She lives in Chicago and they weren't even covering it in their news. As you know, Illinois is right next to Wisconsin so it's ridiculous.

It's a calculated decision not to cover it. Ed will surely keep banging this drum.

...would be forced to cover it then.

fascinating as the Egypt coverage was, they are continuing to cover other such uprisings. They do plenty of stories about the US and Europe, China, etc. I will keep the board apprised of what/if/when they cover Wisconsin resistence to Bagger takeover of state government.

Current stories:

Bahrain protests

Somali pirates convicted in US

Lybia protests



They are currently alerting on a breaking story of Iranian warships in the Suez Canal heading for Syria. This is being denied by the Egypt Suez Authority that runs the canal. They are being pursued by 2 Israeli warships. I will keep you all informed of this breaking story. Hopefully nothing that will require further alert, but I fear from the rhetoric coming out of Israel/US it will and soon.


Over and out,

Carry on

How in the hell can our politicians lecture about democracy in other countries?!

Bless Big Eddie!!!

...we'll see Keith again in May!

I've always thought they should bring a super liberal adult in to garner an older progressive audience.

They have some pretty cool stuff on that us boomers would find interesting - I especially like the shorts that viewers send in from all over the world.

:hi:

They are on a number of places, including Link TV.

Folks, we need to start seeing things this way.

I am increasingly convinced by others' arguments that Progressive-ism begins at the state level.
(And I would add, still survives there - often in the majority)

Bring on the local coverage!

Are they hearing about it in Rhinelander? or Wausau?

Btw - :hi:

And I noticed that the headline on MSNBC's site is about the protest.

Fox reported on it and Ed played some audio of the two news readers saying how it was terrible, how there could be violence and how they hoped the teachers would fail.

I miss Kieth O. as he would surely have covered it last night along with Ed.

I'm glad that Ed is taking his tv show to Madison tomorrow night.

I saw the Wisconsin legislator on Ed's tv show last night say that the Guard was only put on notice so they could take over the work of the prison guards if the guards went out.

That's the first I heard that and wondered if it was a backup excuse. I didn't hear that point when he first put the Guard on notice.

by collective bargaining agreements. Shut It Down.

A caller just thanked Ed for his plans to be there.

Grass Roots: Labor activists strategize for 'class war' ignited by Walker budget bill

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/grassroots/article_b8243b38-398f-11e0-a7bd-001cc4c03286.html



Dems take testimony through the night as budget bill committee vote set for noon

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_4e64e866-39d3-11e0-879e-001cc4c002e0.html



Gramps will be dancing a jig up in heaven over this reaction. One of my earliest memories was going to the polls with Grandpa in about 1952 and his setting me up on the counter and explaining to me to never vote for any repuke, as they do not support the working man. He was died-in-the-wool Irish Dem Union activist.

This one's for you Gramps!




Hands off my Social Security!
Hands off Latin America!


rdb

That was back in NYC in the 1950s with the old voting booths that have the curtain and the big lever.

And I loved imagining you up there and gramps teaching you about serious things!

I marched in it, called my family in Cali to watch because it was a huge, 3 day event. A dismissive Contessa Brewer (MSNBC) interviewed Jesse Jackson for about a minute or two, but they didn't show the march. And that was the only "coverage" I saw.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/seiu/4056350534/

As state after state goes after workers and the banks pickpocket our wallets in general - the media won't be able to ignore the massive numbers.

I miss Keith O today. He'd be one more voice.

He played the audio - Reporter in the studio said she hoped the teachers lose. They implied that it could get violent.

Also, Ed said that Beck is going crazy on his radio show over this story today.

:rofl:

:applause: :rofl:

No such luck. :(

Gee thanks, Contessa. At least it's starting to creep past Ed and Fox.

And that Obama will begin to embrace the "uprisings" in America.

He wasn't clear about that earlier. So I thought he might have meant his radio show. But the TV show means live video. Cool!

Hundreds?

Truth isn't always a strong suit for the msm.

It was just on MSNBC. Not one peep about Madison.

Fair & balanced? :eyes:

Even our Fox affiliate is a good station and gives fair coverage. The public schools in Madison are closed today because the teachers are downtown. I have to say this: Madison has more leftist activists per square mile than any city I know, but the people out there today are just regular people who are angry, and that's what is going to give this movement teeth. Its not just the left.

A mass protest of 500,000 people was claimed to be "20,000 radicals"

and Brian Williams says nothing in his opening of the news. Bet it isn't shown on the show at all.