have any of the Sunday talk shows talked about the protest marches?

[donsu]

I thought c-span was going to show it but all they showed was the speeches.

was any of the marches on TV at all?

[SlipperySlope]

1. If all I watched was TV news...

Then I wouldn't know anything had happened in Washington at all. Zero coverage. Zip Nilda Nada None.

[Mass]

2. A couple of sentences on MTP.

I dont remember anything on this Week, but I may be wrong.

[Quixote1818]

3. Meet the Press touched on it and showed Sheehan

Then they talked about Sheehan confronting Hillary on Iraq and that Hillary may be in trouble with the left because of her War stance.

[KharmaTrain]

4. Too Many Other Fish To Fry

While some on DU might not know it, there was a hurricane that did pound LA and TX yesterday, Katrina is still a mess, Oil Prices and tons of other issues that have a bit more importance to a bit more people than discussing the march. Plus, who would you want on discussing it?

[donsu]

5. americans can't discuss more then one subject at a time?

I want everyone and anyone discussing it.

what's the point of protesting if TV doesn't carry it in full, and congress people, press, pundits, reporters, etc. taling about it.

what's the point?

[KharmaTrain]

9. What's The Story?

Honestly...what is there to spend time on a major network interview show in discussing the march? Was there a stirring speech, or were the numbers so overwhelming? I think you need to remove your DU goggles and see the world from a different perspective. Most people I spoke to...and many are Democrats, had no idea about this march and that was Cindy Sheehan's story, not all the other groups that tried to grab center stage. These people are more concerned about why oil prices are so high, why this government continues to lie and how much worse things are gonna get. The don't connect marches with their immediate worlds.

Also, dare I say, which Democrats would you suggset speak for us? Honestly...would you want any of those people trying to take on a Russert or Blitzer and their skewed agendas?

Trust me, there'll be plenty of yesterday's protest on the air this coming week. It'll be used as fodder on right wing hate radio shows as they surely ran tape on the C-SPAN coverage and be assured some of the more off the wall statements will be making their rounds through the talking points and emails.

The success of the march is it happened. Four months ago, no one here thought it so 200,000 or so people would care enough to go to Washington for a protest. Now, the object is to double that number for the next one...and to learn from the mistakes of this one. One, IMHO is to turn the message of this from being a protest...where people are angry and frustrated (like I saw and heard yesterday) to a rally...where the message is unified and upbeat...energizing those in attendence and inviting outsiders to join in.

Peace...

[donsu]

11. are you nuts? we're "upbeat" and "unified" in our protest of the

criminal bushgang.

a protest is a PROTEST

BIG protest in DC and all around america and the world. and you think they had other things to talk about this morning on the political talk shows.

(DU has goggles? how much they cost?)

[KharmaTrain]

14. See How Far Angry And Mad Gets You

A big protest would be 1,000,000 or more, along with high profile politicians and celebrities inviting people to get involved. This sure wasn't what I saw happening in Washington.

It was an important event for the anti-war movement and a big deal here on DU, but it wasn't outside in the real world I live in and many others. And from what I saw yesterday on C-SPAN, it wasn't something I'd want to be a part of.

Damn right I want a rally...something to unite people...not divide them. This is a focus on this regime's responsibility in committing an illegal war...not about Palestinians or Haitians or Gays or Labor Unions or Workers Struggles...it's about spreading a simple question Cindy Sheehan started asking...that hasn't been answered and is now all confused into tons of special interests and egos. That's what I saw yesterday...and you want that splattered across the tube into "mainstream America". Even without corporate spin...they don't need it...some of those speakers said enough to scare the shit out of the moderates and independents who are going to be needed to form any effective opposition to this regime. At least I hope you're not naive enough to think Democrats currently have enough power to take on this regime.

Fine...the BFEE are criminals. You don't need to sell me...and one day I hope a tribunal in the Hague is the ones who determine this cabal's ultimate fate. But the prime objectives now are to put the brakes on this regime...put the heat that 100,000 or 500,000 won't do, but 1,000,000 or 5,000,000 or more at the ballot box will.

The constant harping on this site is how evil and mean the wingnuts are. Yes, they are. But there are some equally divisive and over-the-top types on this side as well. Now I'm sure you don't take the stuff the Rushbos say...and you would hope reasonable people would say the same thing. This has to be applied on our side as well...and with extra caution. Sure, we can have facts and "the truth" as much as you want, but until you earn trust and respect of a majority...and the Democrats, Progressives and others in opposition to this regime haven't done that yet. The corporate media won't do it for us...and all the petty infighting of the factions here sure won't do it either.

The ultimate answer is for leaders, preferably in the Democratic party to step forward. To take this frustrated energy and devote it to removing as many Repugnicans from the House and Senate next year and to really start getting both respect and accountability.

This is a movement deperately in need of a message and focus.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

10. If Michael Jackson was still on trial, they'd do a split screen.

Bet my paycheck on it.

[fasttense]

6. The Ignore Organizations (formerly called the News Organizations) are

doing what they do best - ignoring. Corporate Media would miss WW III if the brush administration and Rove didn't point it out to them.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Yes but not enough coverage

A little bit on MTP. A few minor comments on Chris Matthews. I haven't watched This Week yet.

McLaughlin Group mentioned it.

[clitzpah queen]

8. I surfed channels since 9 am and found practically nothing.

It was like if a tree falls in the forrest......

How Dare They!

Remember how much coverage 50 Terry Shiavo protesters got for days and days?

What a fucked up MSM (big news there!) Basically without the internet and some back pages of some newspapers all that effort would have been disappeared.

[Mari333]

12. watched the news all evening..no coverage of the march at all.

nada.

[WillyT]

13. Both ABC With GS, And Faux News Mentioned It In Their Roundtables...

but that was about it. At least from what I saw.

:shrug: