Liberal Media? Yeah right... Beck = 85K and lots of press, Gays 200K and almost no press
Less than a year ago (Oct 2009) 200,000 GLBT and supporters marched in Washington. It didn't even make the local news. Tonight the local news spent 10 minutes on Beck.
That is SO not a "phenomenon" like the grassroots organizing of the Tea Party. The Tea Party at least challenges the status quo. The Tea Party is made up of people who have been marginalized and disrespected and ignored. The Tea Party is literally BEGGING to get some media attention as they fight for their rights! Gays... they always have parades, so what's newsworthy about that? It's what they do. Ho hum.
:sarcasm: obviously...
P.S. Do the Koch brothers fund gay rights groups? Nope, didn't think so.
3. I suggest you email the local media and ask them to review
their coverage of that last gay rights march. Since they didn't cover it, you have a perfect avenue to ask which ethical journalism standard did they follow in deciding that a religious conservative event was newsworthy, but a massive gay civil rights march wasn't? Ask them to review who made that decision last year and to please explain which news standard the station has adopted so you can make better decisions about where you get reliable information in the future.
5. And he had a year or so to hype it on both telelvision and radio.
Look back to the 30's and you'll see the same thing-- fascist rhetoric always a has free stage provided by big business. I don't think Beck is actually very political-- he's just a megalomaniac, and this schtick gets him attention. Nothing new there.
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