Groo the Wanderer Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 March for Life today. over 400k people showed up. the handful of counter-protesters was silent Who covered it? www.foxnews.com has it as the main story www.cnn.com is running 2 main stories: one about JFKs keepsakes up for auction and one about Burt Reynolds in ICU for the flu. march for life is not even a tertiary link on the main page biased? fairly obvious to any knucklehead... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 The media bias bothers me, and it has nothing to do with what anyone thinks about the March for Life, but it's the blatant lack of seriousness in the media. There is no sense of trying to put the march into context for viewers and understand the march honestly. It's all about creating stupid headlines that dumb everything down to the simple, official storyline: "abortion rights" vs. "abortion rights foes." Our mainstream media is nothing but stupefying noise, there is nothing in it that contributes to serious civic discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappo Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Friends posted on facebook that they were watching live coverage of the March on cnn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4588686 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 March for Life today. over 400k people showed up. the handful of counter-protesters was silent Who covered it? www.foxnews.com has it as the main story www.cnn.com is running 2 main stories: one about JFKs keepsakes up for auction and one about Burt Reynolds in ICU for the flu. march for life is not even a tertiary link on the main page biased? fairly obvious to any knucklehead... I heard it mentioned on NPR. It's not really news if it happens every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4588686 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 It's like when code pink complains that they don't get covered seriously for disrupting events. Well, duh. You do something at every event and people just get used to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 It was in the Edmonton Journal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Why should the media stop being biased now? It's a proud tradition that dates back throughout written history and before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4588686 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 It was also on MSNBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 It was also on MSNBC Allow me to conduct a little thought here, based on the big three (plus NPR) and how I imagine they covered it: Fox News: Pro-life activists continue the 40 year prayer vigil that is the March for Life. CNN: Anti-abortion activists again marching in the capital on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. MSNBC: Anti-reproductive rights activists who seek to oppress women again showing their bigotry for the 40th year in a row. NPR: Abortion opponents marching in D.C. today for the 40th annual March for Life, a protest of the Roe v. Wade decision. Next up, All Things Considered. Each with its own distinctive flair and method of referring to people who marched and to abortion itself. The fact Fox News had it as their main story is just as telling a bias as to how deeply overall it was buried in some other stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 CSPAN is the best mainstream media source IMO. Don't know if they covered it or not but I enjoy watching CSPAN political coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PadrePioOfPietrelcino Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 I heard it mentioned on NPR. It's not really news if it happens every year. I suppose that's why Black Friday and the State of the Union Address isn't covered then.I heard it mentioned on NPR. It's not really news if it happens every year. I suppose that's why Black Friday and the State of the Union Address isn't covered then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groo the Wanderer Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 CSPAN is the best mainstream media source IMO. Don't know if they covered it or not but I enjoy watching CSPAN political coverage. gads! thats more boring than watching golf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 (edited) http://digihairshirt.blogspot.com/2013/01/thousands-march-but-not-on-saturday.html comparing Gun Control March to March for Life Edited January 27, 2013 by Lil Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 gads! thats more boring than watching golf. lol not boring, just serious...no loudmouthed "commentators." There are other places to go for opinionated news coverage (online). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God the Father Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 It's not really news if it happens every year. haha yeah annual events rarely get significant news coverage lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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