For your edification, here’s your media bias story of the day. For instance, NPR did a story on the “counterweight to the Tea Party” staging a protest outside the White House. Backed by numerous heavyweight leftist groups such as the AFL-CIO, Move-on, NOW, etc., the story got great media play, as all such political mega-rallies in DC deserve.
But there were only 100 people at this heavily sponsored rally. And that’s the “counterweight to the Tea Party”????
SUURRREEEEE.
BTW, the photo below is a TEA PARTY rally — not this pathetic show by 100 paid staffers of left wing outfits.
Covering the budget fight and President Obama’s tepid and misleading budget proposal, NPR’s Scott Horsley reported this morning on opposition from the left:
We saw sort of the counterweight to the Tea Party on the right yesterday … protesting outside the White House.
Big rally against budget constraints, eh? Like the Tea Party rallies such as this one?
Well, not exactly like the Tea Party rallies. According to various news stories, the rally was supported by numerous groups, including the AFL-CIO, MoveOn.org, the National Organization for Women, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Democracy for America, and National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. Speakers included Sen. Bernie Sanders, liberal activist (and brother of former presidential candidate Howard Dean) Jim Dean, and at least two members of Congress.
And here’s how the AP reported the results:
Liberal lawmakers from Congress and a coalition of like-minded groups rallied outside the White House on Tuesday, voicing frustration at the Democratic president they say has let them down by proposing cuts to Medicare and Social Security.
“If they vote to cut Social Security, they may not be returning to Washington,” Sanders told about 100 people who gathered with signs that read “No Chained CPI” and “We earned our Social Security.”
I’m not sure the president should have too much confidence in this “counterweight to the Tea Party.”
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100 people?
There will be at least 50 at the San Diego Tea Party MEETING, tonight. ..and that’s in an off-year.
The more important thing to note is that, somehow, someway, they actually get people to vote their way
Brian, keep in mind that, with all the big deep pockets, sponsoring organizations — each with a big office in DC, it’s likely that over half the 100 people were mercenaries — staffers paid to attend. Add to that the entourage accompanying each of a number of speakers, include a couple curious homeless folks and you have a DC rally garnering media headlines!
Brian……..What is poly opps?…..Rider is clueless. Its all about staging. Give me van with 20 handmade signs, a dozen volunteers, and Ill give you the watts experience on your local media.
You dont need Glen Beck to get credentialed on any media. Photo Opps boys. DNC can create a mob in a minute. I collected data on the Occupy, when in San Diego. The Tea Party should have attended the work shops that were mostly open. As the name implies, tea party folk are out of their league. I collect data at the Tea Party events, but oh so droll.
Cindy Shehan is in Palm Springs today. Hundreds are with her on her journey to DC. They will camp at the MCB, 29 Palms this weekend.. The elephant has been robbed of its ivory.
Those acid flashbacks are really annoying sometimes.
Michael Erl, you might get LOCAL media for such paltry turnouts, but NATIONAL media? Good luck with that. Unless, of course, your cause is liberal.