Watching coverage of the climate march on Democracy Now! and thinking ..............

[marmar]

......... that we are really fortunate to have an independent left news source such as Democracy Now! ..... Amy Goodman interviewed people such as Kshama Sawant, and from groups such as domestic workers fighting exposure to chemicals in the workplace -- interviews that you'll never see on corporate media.
So Thank You Amy, thank you Juan Gonzales ...... and Bill Moyers and Thom Hartmann and your ilk. You're indispensable.

And I've seen CSPAN cover Tea Party rallies. But 200,000 people marching about the most important issue facing all of us? Not so much.

[Peregrine Took]

1. Pathetic how the U.S. msm is ignoring the whole thing. n/t

[young_at_heart]

2. What will it take to make them care?

The world they live in doesn't allow for 'problems'!

[EEO]

7. Real problems, anyway.

Yellow journalism has been "in" for decades now, largely due to the 24 hours news cycle and a woefully under-educated electorate.

[cantbeserious]

12. Mainstream Media Is Owned By The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks- The 1% Will Never

Admit to a problem that undermines the standard narrative with which they use to control and manipulate the 99%.

To admit that problems exist would be to open a Pandora’s box of questions that would begin to undermine the standard narrative.

This must never be allowed to happen.

[seveneyes]

19. What will it take?

A faster boiling of Biblical proportions, not this slow boil that appears to be happening now.

[misterhighwasted]

3. Yes thank you Amy Goodman. Democracy Now. FSTV

Tells us all we need to know & all we've suspected about MSM as a propaganda tool for the governing of, by & for the 1% and their MIC.

Where are they????
_____________________

[riversedge]

4. Yes. glad to see the wide variety of groups

that came together for this event. And soooooo glad Amy was on group for the interviews. Most of it I watched--missed about 20 minutes.

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked, recommended and kudos to those people you cited.

Thanks for the thread, marmar.

[pansypoo53219]

6. LALALALALALALA WE CAN'T HEAR YOUR ALL!

so has the kock brothers decreed.

[Enthusiast]

8. Kicked and recommended a whole bunch!

[ReRe]

9. My only complaint...

... is three hours were not enough! I particularly liked it when Angelique Kidjo sang a couple songs. Amy Newman is a national treasure, for sure. I call her our "Walter Kronkite." A broadcast & online journalist with a conscience. And there's no one piping her the questions. She used no teleprompter today. Was in her "element": out among the people on the ground. You could tell she was really enjoying herself. I loved it when she stopped and read some signs for the broadcast audience: "A good planet is hard to find!" "Tarheels against Tarsands." (college kids from NC.) "Give Bees a Chance!" "Save the Ice Caps" "Cook Organic, Not the Planet." And if you didn't hear it, go to http://www.DemocracyNow.org and listen to Neil Young's new song dedicated to climate change.

[Lifelong Protester]

10. K & R

I heard nothing of this before today. I usually think I am informed (I'm here!!! That is where I get a lot of information) and nothing.

[alp227]

11. You just laid out what the REAL liberal media is.

The "so-called liberal media" like ABC/CBS/NBC/CNN/your local newspaper, heck even the "even more left wing" media like NPR/PBS/MSNBC...not really left wing at all!

[YvonneCa]

13. Wall to Wall with 50 Tea Partiers in Murrieta...

... For days!! Estimates of crowd in NYC alone 310,000... and other cities also had marches.

This is really bad...

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

14. Here in our little town of 1200 persons on the southern Oregon coast

over 50 people showed up for a climate rally and march through town. Not a bad percentage of the population.
Highway 101 is the only route on the coast and runs right through town, over half the motorists honked in support.

[Pastiche423]

16. You must live in P.O.

I checked to see the closest protest to me and was surprised where the only southern coast one was held.

(I am 25 miles north of P.O.)

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

18. Why yes I do and you most likely live in Bandon

[Pastiche423]

20. Unfortunately (for me) yep

[flamingdem]

15. Yay, though I miss the heyday of Liberation News Services

and other dedicated left news sources in almost every university town.

[JEB]

17. K&R