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Media Downplay Historic Day of Anit-War Protests
Monday, 21 March 2005, 12:11 pm
Opinion: Scott Galindez

Media Downplay Historic Day of Protests

By Scott Galindez
t r u t h o u t | Report

From: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/032005A.shtml
Sunday 20 March 2005

Fayetteville, NC -- The second anniversary of the war was the impetus for major demonstrations throughout the world. In the United States, over 800 communities held events calling for an end to the occupation.

CNN, however, reported that in the United States "barely a ripple was made while large protests took place in Europe." The New York Times reported that protests in the United States ranged from 350 people in Times Square to thousands in San Francisco. Later in the same story, the Times reported that several thousand marched from Harlem to Central Park. If thousands marched in New York, why did the Times highlight the 350 in Times Square?

CNN's report was worse … nothing about US protests. While they only saw a ripple, a huge wave passed them by. If CNN had been in Fayetteville, North Carolina, they would have seen what could be a major turning point in the anti-war movement. The largest Anti-war protest ever in this heavily military town took place.

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CNN missed the boat … perhaps a good thing for them, since they were only prepared for a ripple and not the giant wave that formed in Fayetteville.
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Photo Essay, M19 Fayetteville:
http://chapelhill.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/14179.php
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