<html><P>The Sunday morning network pundit programs also mentioned<BR>the demonstrations and generally they didn't denigrate them.</P>
<P>Greg Boozell<BR><A href="mailto:gboozell@juno.com">gboozell@juno.com</A><BR><BR>--&nbsp;Liza&nbsp;Featherstone&nbsp;&lt;lfeather@panix.com&gt;&nbsp;wrote:<BR><BR><BR>People&nbsp;are&nbsp;always&nbsp;complaining&nbsp;that&nbsp;protests&nbsp;aren't&nbsp;covered&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;major<BR>media,&nbsp;and&nbsp;at&nbsp;least&nbsp;lately,&nbsp;it's&nbsp;totally&nbsp;untrue.&nbsp;If&nbsp;there&nbsp;are&nbsp;enough&nbsp;people<BR>there,&nbsp;it&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;covered.&nbsp;This&nbsp;one&nbsp;was&nbsp;covered&nbsp;by&nbsp;major&nbsp;newspapers&nbsp;-&nbsp;quite<BR>favorably,&nbsp;too&nbsp;-&nbsp;and&nbsp;I&nbsp;am&nbsp;pretty&nbsp;sure&nbsp;I&nbsp;saw&nbsp;it&nbsp;on&nbsp;Fox&nbsp;and&nbsp;CNN&nbsp;too.&nbsp;There&nbsp;was<BR>a&nbsp;wonderful,&nbsp;very&nbsp;sympathetic&nbsp;article&nbsp;in&nbsp;New&nbsp;York&nbsp;magazine&nbsp;this&nbsp;week,&nbsp;"Not<BR>Your&nbsp;Father's&nbsp;Anti-War&nbsp;Movement"&nbsp;-&nbsp;not&nbsp;about&nbsp;the&nbsp;DC&nbsp;protest&nbsp;but&nbsp;obviously<BR>timed&nbsp;to&nbsp;coincide&nbsp;with&nbsp;it.&nbsp;So&nbsp;perhaps&nbsp;it's&nbsp;time&nbsp;to&nbsp;stop&nbsp;boo-hooing&nbsp;about&nbsp;the<BR>media&nbsp;--&nbsp;it's&nbsp;really&nbsp;not&nbsp;the&nbsp;problem&nbsp;right&nbsp;now.&nbsp;If&nbsp;anything,&nbsp;this&nbsp;march&nbsp;got<BR>too&nbsp;much&nbsp;media&nbsp;coverage&nbsp;--&nbsp;anyone&nbsp;who&nbsp;watched&nbsp;it&nbsp;on&nbsp;C-SPAN&nbsp;seems&nbsp;to&nbsp;have<BR>been&nbsp;totally&nbsp;traumatized&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;experience.<BR><BR>In&nbsp;re:&nbsp;Norman&nbsp;Solomon,&nbsp;87&nbsp;words&nbsp;isn't&nbsp;bad&nbsp;for&nbsp;TV.&nbsp;Probably&nbsp;more&nbsp;than&nbsp;the<BR>famines/droughts&nbsp;in&nbsp;Africa&nbsp;got.<BR><BR>Liza<BR><BR><BR><BR>on&nbsp;9/30/05&nbsp;6:05&nbsp;PM,&nbsp;Doug&nbsp;Henwood&nbsp;at&nbsp;dhenwood@panix.com&nbsp;wrote:<BR><BR>&gt;&nbsp;Stuart&nbsp;Elliott&nbsp;wrote:<BR>&gt;&nbsp;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Doug&nbsp;Henwood&nbsp;says&nbsp;that&nbsp;Nathan&nbsp;Newman,&nbsp;David&nbsp;Corn,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Marc&nbsp;Cooper,<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;and
&nbsp;others&nbsp;are&nbsp;wrong&nbsp;to&nbsp;criticize&nbsp;the&nbsp;ANSWER's&nbsp;role&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;anti-war<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;movement&nbsp;because&nbsp;&nbsp;the&nbsp;demonstration&nbsp;&nbsp;"received&nbsp;sympathetic&nbsp;coverage<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;in&nbsp;all&nbsp;the&nbsp;major&nbsp;media."<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;But&nbsp;Norman&nbsp;Solomon&nbsp;complains&nbsp;&nbsp;"if&nbsp;you&nbsp;relied&nbsp;on&nbsp;television&nbsp;for&nbsp;your<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;news,&nbsp;you'd&nbsp;hardly&nbsp;know&nbsp;the&nbsp;protests&nbsp;happened&nbsp;at&nbsp;all.&nbsp;According&nbsp;to<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;the&nbsp;Nexis&nbsp;news&nbsp;database,&nbsp;the&nbsp;only&nbsp;mention&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;network&nbsp;newscasts<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;that&nbsp;Saturday&nbsp;came&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;NBC&nbsp;Nightly&nbsp;News,&nbsp;where&nbsp;the&nbsp;massive&nbsp;march<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;received&nbsp;all&nbsp;of&nbsp;87&nbsp;words."<BR>&gt;&nbsp;<BR>&gt;&nbsp;Silly&nbsp;me.&nbsp;I'm&nbsp;still&nbsp;stuck&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;dead&nbsp;tree&nbsp;world.&nbsp;I&nbsp;read&nbsp;about&nbsp;it&nbsp;in<BR>&gt;&nbsp;several&nbsp;major&nbsp;newspapers.<BR>&gt;&nbsp;<BR>&gt;&nbsp;I&nbsp;guess&nbsp;the&nbsp;TV&nbsp;networks&nbsp;would&nbsp;have&nbsp;covered&nbsp;it&nbsp;if&nbsp;ANSWER&nbsp;hadn't&nbsp;been&nbsp;involved.<BR>&gt;&nbsp;<BR>&gt;&nbsp;Doug<BR>&gt;&nbsp;___________________________________<BR>&gt;&nbsp;http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk<BR><BR>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk<BR></P></html>