Media Shrugs as Thousands of Bernie Sanders Supporters March Across the Country

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In the first-ever nationwide march for a presidential candidate, thousands of people in at least 35 cities took to the streets in the “March for Bernie.” Despite the marches going viral on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, national corporate-owned media outlets have, so far, remained silent about the historic nationwide turnout — for many cities, in the midst of a blizzard. Sanders congratulated his supporters for the historic turnout in a livestreamed address on Saturday evening.

The mass march, just a week before the Iowa caucuses, was primarily publicized on social media. On Twitter, participants in multiple cities posted videos of large crowds amassing in high-visibility public places. And according to some, the number of marchers exceeded the number of RSVPs on the official “March for Bernie” Facebook event pages. Roughly 1,100 RSVP’d for the march in Boston, yet as this video shows, the crowd may have been even larger:
videos at link

The Chicago march brought out thousands, and the main program featured prominent local activists and even a local alderwoman to speak to the crowd about why they supported the Vermont U.S. Senator’s presidential campaign:
http://usuncut.com/politics/nationwide-march-for-bernie-sanders-sweeps-across-35-cities/


Bernie Sanders rally in Portland draws big crowd, no Bernie
https://twitter.com/andrewtheen/status/691024919128203266/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw




Bernie Sanders rally draws large crowd in Portland
http://katu.com/news/local/bernie-sanders-rally-draws-large-crowd-in-portland

Twitter pics



march was amazing! So much energy and excitement. #NV4Bernie #LasVegas
https://twitter.com/LucyFlores


Rally held in Buffalo for Bernie Sanders
Hundreds attend rally for Bernie Sanders
video at link
http://www.wkbw.com/news/politics/rally-held-in-buffalo-for-bernie-sanders



https://twitter.com/Buffalo4Bernie

[Fawke Em]

1. The Revolution Will Not be Televised. eom

[orpupilofnature57]

2. + 1000000000000 !!!!!!!!!!!

[LiberalElite]

3. and AGAIN they will be shocked - where'd HE come from-

HOW could this happen?

[draa]

4. You just know their heads will explode.

If only I could hurry them along I'd be much happier.

[LiberalElite]

5. It would be for the best if you could hurry them along -

their heads aren't good for anything anyway.

[Fawke Em]

8. Tweeted with a young woman today about this.

She was PISSED that the media didn't cover it. I told her it did - she and the thousands of others who posted to #MarchForBernie.

That's the media, now.

And I say this a former journalist. The profession I studied for and loved is a mere shell of itself. I've come to terms with that.

[LiberalElite]

9. And yet - the media blackout and all -

people are still finding out about Bernie. That genie is out of the bottle and not going back in. Fuck the MSM. We don't need them. They only think we do. They flatter themselves too much.

[Fawke Em]

10. Your sig line of "Mutts" looks like my house. LOL

:large

[LiberalElite]

11. awww. Nice!

I have 4 kitties -Riley, Charlotte, Thumper and Bootsie.

[Fawke Em]

12. Four dogs and a cat here.

You're seeing: Charlie the rescued Cocker Spaniel, Gordy, the Chihuahua and Casper the Ragdoll Persian (no one calls him that, though, he goes by his rap name: K-Witty). The other two, not pictured, are Danny, my Beagle/Shep mix and Snap, my Pit/Rott mix - and, ironically, the sweetest of the bunch. The name "Snap" is a joke. She should be named, "Lick." LOL.

[Live and Learn]

17. LOL I love that photo.

And Casper looks like one big kitty.

[wendylaroux]

7. no, it will not,

imagine how msm would have covered trump or Hillary.none stop coverage of all locations.

[eridani]

13. But it will be texted, tweeted, shared and liked n/t

[libdem4life]

6. Well, perhaps they feel hamstrung by the Equal Time Thingy they no longer enforce

except when convenient. Problem is, I read where the Hillary Conversation in Iowa somewhere brought out 6 people...and she didn't even meet with them. So, how could there be equal time?

I don't have the link, but I know someone should...if so, it would make a good post here.

Energy (re that behind Bernie right now) that is not allowed to flow, builds up into a rush.

What we resist, persists.

Things like that are laws of nature...and politics.

[Tommymac]

22. Believe equal time media thingy was quashed by Sir Raygun in 88.

Could be wrong but I think the media covered it then...one of the last real news stories they did if my old hardened grey matter is working today...

[libdem4life]

28. Yeah...the end of fairness and balance. n/t

[SoapBox]

14. Well...what the?

"March for Bernie"?

How the heck did I miss seeing this posted? I look at a ton of FB pages and Twitter accounts daily and never saw this...so Los Angeles, where were you today?

Portland, OR had about a 1,000 at Pioneer Courthouse Square (saw pictures).

[Uncle Joe]

15. By their works you shall know the corporate media conglomerates for what they are.

Thanks for the thread, cal.

[retrowire]

16. Hillary doesn't have support like this. Fact. nt

[Live and Learn]

18. Exactly, where are the Hillary supporters?

I tried to meet up with one to campaign and do voter registration (and prove that people of color did support Bernie) but turned out he only wanted to hang out at McDonalds and quietly observe me.

I haven't seen any out on the streets except for a handful in Vegas before the first debate.

[retrowire]

19. Wait, what?

You wanted to campaign for Bernie so you met up with a Hillary supporter and all they wanted to do was hang out and observe you? 0.o

[Live and Learn]

21. We never actually met because I refused to be quietly observed and insisted he actually come out

and work. He never got back to me. And you might just know him.

[retrowire]

24. o.0 why would i know him?! nt

[Live and Learn]

27. He does a lot of standing on DU. He challenged me back in December to meet him in Watts in January.

I accepted the challenge an actually looked forward to it but on the day, he changed it to a McDonalds near Echo Park where he would sit and quietly observe me.

[RichVRichV]

25. This is self selecting and non-scientific.

Hillary supporters don't believe in that.

[tblue37]

20. The M$M similarly ignored millions of protesters worldwide against CheneyBush's illegal

invasion of Iraq.

[Tommymac]

23. Agreed. I was one of the millions who didn't officially exist...

much less march.

And guess what...here they go again!

[840high]

26. Happy k/r

[Duckfan]

29. But But But, Hillary has marches too.

They just do them in warmer weather.