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Corp Media Mentioned DC S24 - But There Was Much More |
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by D. Burbeck
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27 Sep 2005
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Yes, the corporate media actually mentioned the demonstration in DC which drew more than 100,000 protesters.......it's true. Their reports were generally about 15 seconds in length, and mentioned nothing about the impassioned call for impeachment by former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark or any of the other speakers at the Rally. |
They also neglected to mention that there were large demonstrations in San Francisco,
La, London, Cambridge, Rome, Milan, Madrid, Ottawa, Toronto, Seoul, Paris, Ireland,
Copenhagen, Helsinki, Damascus, Baghdad, Portland, Seattle, San Diego, Syracuse and
more. In all, well over 200,000 stood up in cities around the globe to say "NO" to the War
in Iraq.
That it was mentioned at all is a good sign, I guess, when you consider that there have been
more than 2,000 demonstrations around the world since the Nov. 2 Election that have brought
out millions of protesters that have never been given one second of coverage by our illustrious
corp. media giants (ass-kissing, complicit fascists) .
For a more complete coverage of the weekends events around the world, see "Protest News":
http://www.angelfire.com/nb2/www.dissentam.org/Sept.html |
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Numbers deflated, as per usual |
by Darrin
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28 Sep 2005
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Mainstream press has been pretty consistently reporting "tens of thousands", while progressive and independent media have reported as many as 300,000 people. I was also at a previous DC rally of 300,000, and this one actually seemed larger to me. |
