It's because no one agrees with you idiots.
They made a superstar of lone Iraq War protester Cindy Sheehan. They cover every G-8 protest -- involving paid protesters, by the way -- like it's the second coming of the American Revolution.
Yet, when ordinary Americans are mad enough to take to the streets -- as they will tonight at the Augusta Tea Party and other tea parties across the nation -- the mainstream media are wholly unimpressed.
On Monday, as momentum began in earnest for today's tea parties to protest runaway federal spending, CNN.com's feature story was that women over 55 are flocking to Facebook.
The other big news of the day: The Obamas name their dog.
The mainstream media seem not to want this protest to happen -- while they gleefully report on any protest pushing left-wing notions.
In the alternative, they desperately want the tea party movement to be a passing fancy.
"I'd bet my Borsalino hat that five years from now the tea party of 2009 is going to be considered little more than a fad that flopped," writes blogger John Tantillo. "In fact, it shouldn't even be compared to the monumental event that kicked our great country off with a rebellious bang."
We'll see. But why declare the movement a failure before it's even been given a chance -- unless it doesn't fit with your agenda?
Not everyone is that close-minded. As the left-wing media snore and sniff their noses at the tea partiers, an online citizen-journalist site called Pajamas TV says it has more than 200 volunteer citizen-journalists covering the tea parties.
Media critic Howard Kurtz oddly chastised Fox News Channel for covering the tea party movement too much -- but added, "On the other hand, CNN and MSNBC may have dropped the ball by all-but-ignoring the protests."
Some think this is a partisan thing. It isn't, and it can't be. George W. Bush and his Republican co-dependents in Congress outspent everyone else in U.S. history, and the Democrats under Obama are doubling down on it.
They're all to blame.
Whether this grass roots anger is a fad or not is wholly up to the people involved. If they just want to vent, then the air will escape quickly.
If, on the other hand, people truly are concerned about and willing to work to fix our country's economic future, then it will indeed be a movement.
And much of the news media will have been caught by surprise.
(The Augusta Tea Party will be from 5 to 10 p.m. today at the Jessye Norman Amphitheater on the Augusta Riverwalk downtown. )
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It's because no one agrees with you idiots.
Finally, while it is a truism, kudos to the ACES for printing the following; it must have taken some backbone to do that: "Some think this is a partisan thing. It isn't, and it can't be. George W. Bush and his Republican co-dependents in Congress outspent everyone else in U.S. history, and the Democrats under Obama are doubling down on it.
They're all to blame.
Whether this grass roots anger is a fad or not is wholly up to the people involved. If they just want to vent, then the air will escape quickly." Amen! GGpap
This event isn't for the sheeple. They have the alphabet media to tell them what to think. The TEA party is for Americans concerned with their country and the abuse in D.C. The 1 1/2 trillion dollar deficit run up over the last 8 years and the additional 3 trillion dollars added during the last 2 months is way beyond enough for all thinking Americans. D.C. needs to be flushed and the TEA party is just the beginning.
Cindy Sheehan is a woman with severe psychological problems that was used by the left wing media to trick sheeple. It worked on all of them.
The Augusta Chronicle editorial staff (ACES) refers to the media as "they". Funny, but "The Tea Party" and the "Fair Tax" rally have been covered by The Chronicle and extensively by right wing talk radio. Are "they" not the media? Additionally FOX News has spearheaded the "Tea Party" movement. I don't watch TV, but I read the blogs, and the "Tea Party" is extensively covered there as well. Yesterday (Tuesday 04/14) The Chronicle ran a banner news flash headline in its online edition which read "BREAKING: Congressman, others planning to speak at amphitheater 'tea party'." This is NOT breaking news. The local "Tea Party" is a planned and orchestrated event AND it IS partisan. On Monday 04/13 The Chronicle ran the following story: "BREAKING: Augusta tax protest Wednesday." The Chronicle as part of the so-called mainstream media is pushing the "Tea Party". Heck, The Augusta Chronicle editorial page editor Mike Ryan is going to be one of the featured speakers. Will I be there? Heck No!
From Think Progress: "In its annual Economy and Personal Finance poll, Gallup has found that Americans view of income taxes are the second most positive they've been since 1956, with 48 percent saying that the amount of federal taxes they pay is 'about right'." So, where's the beef?
JUSTUS4-Always good to hear from your crazy self everyday.You are wrong you will see the real american people stand up and take our country back.There are more people murdered in this country everyday than than killed in Iraq and your crazy sister old crazy Sheehan hasn't even put a marker on her son's grave,happy mothers day Sheehan
Stay on point justus, JRH, they're objecting to the way those taxes are being spent. Read it again.
Cain, please. Your second 6:56 post was just too stupid to print.
Once again, Mr.Ryan, you resort to falsehoods to get your propaganda out. There has been extensive coverage of these events, from giants such as the NY Times and Washington Post, to ALL of the cable news outlets. CNN ran a segment on the parties every hour for the last two days. You still insult your circulation, everyday. Your credibility is almost shot.
Communism/Socialism has NEVER worked anywhere. How can we be so dumb as to embrace it here? I feel that I am in St. Petersberg in 1917. Or Germany in the 1920's (Pray remember that NAZI is an acronym for "National-Socialist-German-Workers-Party.)
Facts for the wingnuts:
* Only those making over $250,000 will get a tax increase.
* The vast majority of Americans will get a TAX DECREASE.
* Taxes on the wealthy will still be lower than they were under Reagan.
* Bill Clinton raised taxes on the wealthy, balanced the budget and the economy boomed.
* Bush lowered their taxes and got the Chinese Communists to finance it.
* The "Tea Parties" are being organized by Washington DC lobbyists who are being paid by the ultra-wealthy and Wall Street.
President Obama is helping working Americans. These people are helping a few living on the Hill. Don't get sucked in by the rightwinger's "Tea Party".
Justus, there are flights to just about every country in Africa on a daily basis. Delta not ready when you are? Try AA, UA, US Air, or any of the other, numerous carriers that fly to Africa. Try Zimbabwe. You'd love it. They booted "Whitey" from the farms and I hear they're doing great. Oh......wait.....
Noils, you're a f'n idiot if you think Obama can pay for all the BS he's proposing by taxing only those that make over 250K. My God people, are all of you illiterate?
Believe me, this is not an issue of media bias. It is supply and demand at work. If people cared, there would be media coverage.
That's a crock. The MSM reports what they want you to know. They drive the sheep as good as any split-tongued politician out there. It has already reached the point where there is a media for us, and a media for them.
signal, you underestimate the intelligence of the American people and that is sad.
signal always no they are government schooled and believe anything they are told,with out checking anything out.
cain u r clearly a hypocrite. obongo has expanded the wars, expanded the domestic spying program, expanded corporate welfare, lies about every other breath and yet you have no complaints. zero credibility cain.............. amf
bdittle, look at the shape the country is in now. ...and no, I don't mean since Obama was elected. I am thinking about the last 40 years. No, I don't underestimate anything.
What is odd is that 99% of the protesters are not effected by the taxes and they are protesting the loss of a job
He even screwed up naming the dam dog. Did you say Bo or was that a no. That dog doesn't have a chance.
How are they not affected? Can one of you Einstein Libs PLEASE explain to us how only taxing the people making over 250K will pay for the trillions of dollars Obama is proposing or already spent? Did any of you Augusta libs get out of middle school?
What is odd about the tea party'rs is they have representation and a process to change what they don't like. Protesting is a good start, but the symbolism of the Tea Party just doesn't make sense and makes the protest seem funny.
Apparently you're not getting the fact that the people that actually PAY the taxes are beginning to be outnumbered by the people that DON'T pay taxes. If you don't pay taxes, and receive things from the government, damn right you're going to support a politician that takes from one and gives to you. Constitution and freedom be damned so long as you "Gets yo's".
giveitsomethought: you printed in your 9:09 AM post that over 99% of the protestors are not effected by the taxes and are protesting the loss of a job. Can you quantify that statement? Because I have not heard that anyone has interviewed every person across the nation to find out the motive for each protestor's attendance. In fact, most of the people interviewed have claimed they are protesting the fact that in his first month in office, the president signed a bill neither he nor anyone else read and increased the national deficit from 1.8 trillion to over 9 trillion over the next 4 years, with interest. That is almost a 900% increase. How is that going to be paid back? Many of the protestors are Democrats as well. Those who have told me they are attending are all gainfully employed, but are sick of the government's wasteful spending and bad policies. And they are exercising their right to publicly assemble and peacefully protest. I think the left is calling this stupid and useless because they aren't used to conservatives using the same kind of tactics the left has traditionally employed.
So Signal, where do you tell a White person that disagree with you to fly? Germany? Austria?
I may be wrong, but I thought that there were a hell of a lot more employed people, than those that are unemployed?
RUFUS, I guess we know that you watch Good Morning America. Robin Roberts made that same comment, at 7:00 AM this morning.
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