You want to see a demonstration? They’ll show you a demonstration

[Joanne98]

Over the last year or so we’ve been treated/subjected to Tea Party rally coverage. Those ‘tight-camera shots’ have allowed their organizers to claim hundreds of thousands were in attendance, nay MILLIONS! when reality showed a few thousand.

But that doesn’t stop the media from treating them like a huge social movement.

Coverage bias was most pronounced during the Health Care Reform votes when several hundred teabaggers on the Capitol grounds got a great deal of coverage, while a pro-immigration reform march at the same time drew a much bigger crowd, well into the tens of thousands, received virtually none.

So let the teabags steep in their inflated numbers, thanks to Arizona, on very short notice, now you’ll see what a real political protest looks like.

Protest organizers said on Wednesday outrage over the Arizona law — which seeks to drive illegal immigrants out of the state bordering Mexico — has galvanized Latinos and would translate into a higher turnout for May Day rallies in more than 70 U.S. cities.

http://firedoglake.com/2010/04/29/you-want-to-see-a-demonstration-theyll-show-you-a-demonstration/

[babylonsister]

1. Yes, let 'the media' TRY to ignore this one. I also think it will be huge,

and necessary.

[lunatica]

2. Rachel Maddow will cover it as will Keith Olbermann

Both, but especially Rachel are drawing quite the audience. I figure their audience will grow quite a bit as more and more minorities tune in since that's virtually the only place they're being talked about.