Well, ABC News gave today's events 10 seconds...

[Junkdrawer]

"...it didn't go without incident as 1 Senator and 1 Representative from the House objected to Ohio's electors. Democrats knew their objections were largely ceremonial and the rest of the certification went without incident."

:mad:

[htuttle]

1. CBS seems to have skipped it entirely

I was watching, and if they covered it, it was too quick for me to notice.

[Junkdrawer]

4. Tell me again there's no Media Lockdown....

Because it sure looks like there's a lockdown to me...

[EndElectoral]

2. CBS is an embarassment anymore! How could they not even mention it?

[greenmutha]

9. CBS got dissed bigtime by a Repuke congressman today.

I'll have to go back and watch my tape to see who exactly it was, but he got a snide little remark into his five minutes of debate about CBS News being on the side of the conspiracy theorists.

[melwoods]

11. Bobby Jindal- LA.

I took names.:)

[Old Mouse]

3. With only one senator

and all congressmen saying they were objecting, but not REALLY objecting, why should the media care?

[Ken065]

5. NBC had about a minute

At least they highlighted the fact that Democrats were making a point about election reform and not trying to change the election.

BUT, wouldn't this story have received a lot more coverage if 40+ senators had voted "nay". Yes, this was a step in the right direction, but to the media and the general public it wasn't worth noticing. A stand of solidarity would have garnered more coverage for the issue.

[glitch]

15. Yep - hence the disappointment in many. But we're still proud of the few..

and Welcome to DU!

[AirAmFan]

16. Jim Lehrer gave it about a minute on PBS

There were clips of Tubbs-Jones and Pryce, both of Ohio and the first two speakers during the House debate.

I guess framing today as a matter of civil rights rather than as part of the Kerry-Bush "horse race" took away most news editors' interest. {sarcasm}So some African-Americans were denied equal rights to vote? That's not news--that's been happening for four hundred years, and who cares except African-Americans?{/sarcasm}

[dogindia]

6. nbc did just a few sentences and news hour hardy more

I am just still in shock by the media.

[NurseLefty]

7. At this point can we expect anything more from the MSM?

Political discourse and debate is dead in American mainstream media; so is the notion that it is accountable.
For your news, seek it beyond our borders... thank God for the Internets.

Edit for brainfart

[pa28]

8. There are a few around here who still think the media tells our side.

I wonder if their opinions have been changed by the non-coverage of todays historic events?

[leftchick]

10. That is why this "strategy" won't work.....

WE have no fucking media in ths country anymore!! Rmember 2000??? It took Years before the theft was reported and then in left-leaning publications. :(

[Junkdrawer]

12. I mean, maybe if Reid "accidentally" exposed one of Boxer's breasts...

What is it going to take????

[oscar111]

14. AAR: flyers, one-line ads, ur Will

today shows why we need to build AAR into a Juggernaut.

take out one line ads in weekly papers

flyers with the online url, and any frequencies locally

add aar to your will

urge aflcio and DNC to subsidize AAR, OR create their own versions

[EuroObserver]

13. Reuters UK

U.S. Congress certifies Bush's win
Thu Jan 6, 2005 11:03 PM GMT
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=3NKJ1QCS44XKSCRBAE0CFFA?type=worldNews&storyID=649934

snip>

By Joanne Kenen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress has formally certified President George W. Bush as the victor of the November elections after two Democrats symbolically stalled the event in protest at alleged voting irregularities in Ohio.

California Senator Barbara Boxer and Ohio Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones, formally lodged objections because of Ohio, although they said they recognized Bush had won and were not trying to overturn the results.

They said their goal was to force lawmakers to heed problems that had been particularly evident in Democratic-leaning minority and urban neighbourhoods and to consider the need for more voting reforms including standard election rules in all states.

"This objection does not have at its root the hope or even the hint of overturning or challenging the victory of the president," Tubbs Jones said. Boxer called it a matter of "electoral justice."

</snip

Symbolically, huh?

BBC: nothing as far as I can see or hear.

[Danocrat]

17. I thought I was crazy

and came here to see. Dan Rather never mentioned it. Tweety, not one word. We'll see what Olbermann says but there is apparently a junta ordered blackout on the subject. I mean for God's sake, it was a history-making event. I guess if it's not mentioned, it's easier to re-write.

[leftchick]

18. Should have been a history making event....

In ameriKa, if your TV doesn't tell you, it never happened. :(