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Metaphorical

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2. The Tea Party

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Oct 27, 2025, 10:44 AM

Oct 27

like so much of what has emerged from the Republicans in the last fifty years, was a marketing campaign from the get-go. Sinclair and Clear Channel media plugged it relentlessly through their various channels, then did everything they could to make it look like a grass-roots effort even given fairly tiny "protests". The bought and paid for MSM is absolutely terrified of giving legitimacy to actual protests.

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No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the media coverage: [View all] tblue37 Oct 27 OP

And The No Kings protests were also held worldwide. tblue37 Oct 27 #1

The Tea Party Metaphorical Oct 27 #2

This! tblue37 Oct 27 #6

You mean, Clear Channel aka iHeart Radio? A radio conglomerate that B.See Oct 27 #8

Why do you think Bush Jr allowed the select billionaires to take over and add to their portfolios slightlv Oct 27 #18

And FOX!!!! Grins Oct 27 #13

What makes you think the 'MSM' Oeditpus Rex Oct 27 #21

This was the big lesson the GOP learned during Dubya's Iraq war. travelingthrulife Oct 27 #3

And the Tea Party continued getting corporate media coverage long after it became defunct. sop Oct 27 #4

Well yeah, the corporate media is nothing more than a ruling class mouthpiece. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 27 #5

Because our worthless media is run by republican billionaires. Initech Oct 27 #7

It's almost like the media is part of the problem. progressoid Oct 27 #9

Almost being a synonym for exactly in this case. hay rick Oct 27 #15

In Columbus OH in 2009 Sarah Palin in town and about 200 people were there including the press and it got Botany Oct 27 #10

In Metro Detroit DownriverDem Oct 27 #11

That's because there was violence and drama during the anti-American Tea Party protests ffr Oct 27 #12

The name "Tea Party" was copyrighted in October 2008 Grins Oct 27 #14

When you own the information you can bend it all you want. twodogsbarking Oct 27 #16

Democracy NOW! Mr.Bee Oct 27 #17

Quit wasting time and energy expecting someone else (legacy media, or their ilk) to rescue us, or be "fair." jeffreyi Oct 27 #19

Decades ago popsdenver Oct 27 #20

Great story and sure illustrates the problem we have had for a long time rurallib Oct 27 #23

LOL popsdenver Oct 27 #28

This. tblue37 Oct 27 #26

And we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that markodochartaigh Oct 27 #27

One of Hitler's CABAL popsdenver Oct 27 #29

For me this confirms that the media is a run and owned by right wingers Mr. Sparkle Oct 27 #22

Interesting Cirsium Oct 27 #24

This is probably a no-no but No Kings was FAR larger than the 7 million rurallib Oct 27 #25

***THIS!!!*** US M$M is a big part of the reason we have Putin's Whore as president uponit7771 Oct 27 #30

What a big fucking surprise. Cha Oct 27 #31